Re: restore/backup/snapshot

2003-10-23 Thread Jack Bowling
y does this make it a piece of cake to upgrade but it also minimizes the danger of a catastrophic drive failure taking it all out. As for backup snapshots, go to freshmeat.net and do a search for rsnapshot, one of the better rsync-based snapshot apps. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Howto: Quicker web browsing, slower FTP traffic?

2003-10-21 Thread Jack Bowling
ently been developed that will make it easier to set up marking of packets for instituting QoS, see: http://mega.ist.utl.pt/~filipe/ipt_p2p Note that the examples are slim at that site so some homework will be necessary. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Iptables denies access to web site

2003-10-20 Thread Jack Bowling
the packet as if it came from outside the firewall even though it didn't and should answer it accordingly. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Iptables denies access to web site

2003-10-20 Thread Jack Bowling
inning where it should be. The lack of comments in the script makes it harder to follow than it should be. Just so I get it right, I assume since there is only one nic declared in the ruleset that the Dlink is providing NAT for the LAN? -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-l

Re: Iptables denies access to web site

2003-10-19 Thread Jack Bowling
a router/firewall? -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Kickstart - post install cp of files from CD fails

2003-10-17 Thread Jack Bowling
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 10:07:33AM -0500, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > from http://256.com/gray/docs/rh_boot/ > > Darn, Marcel, I wish I'd seen this one yesterday! Would have saved me > several hours and two DVD-R's! Nice page. Thanks. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAI

Re: C++ lib compatibility between Red Hat 9 and 7.3

2003-10-17 Thread Jack Bowling
t" doesn't sit well with me. Not that I am expecting you to change your world view. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: graphing a data stream

2003-10-09 Thread Jack Bowling
ould do any better than gnuplot here but thanks for the tip on using perl modules for the collection. Seems to be several out there. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

graphing a data stream

2003-10-08 Thread Jack Bowling
torials or suggestions for further research, please pass them on. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Open TCP & UDP Ports

2003-10-08 Thread Jack Bowling
st? How do > > I close a specific port within the RedHat OS? > > > > One last question, the port scan also returns 81 UDP ports as open or not > > answering, should I close these as well? Port scans run from the same subnet as you are scanning always show more ports open

Re: OS Desktop Business Model?

2003-10-05 Thread Jack Bowling
some people. Having said that, it is a concern mainly for the desktop user (Exchange Server, XP). Linux is taking over more and more functions from our old HP-UX boxes in the backroom and will continue to do so. Eventually there will be a solid foundation of linux boxes with an easy to use but virus-

Re: iptables

2003-10-02 Thread Jack Bowling
packets out as well as in. I like knowing what my firewall is set to do rather than take it on faith. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

test5+ bombing on uhci-hcd

2003-09-28 Thread Jack Bowling
many USB changes in the past couple of releases as to be expected. But I'll make a diff and try to wade through it anyway. Just thought I'd put out an initial feeler. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.

Re: DHCP appears not to be working

2003-09-22 Thread Jack Bowling
sbin/iptables -L -v -n" and "sbin/iptables -t nat -L -v -n" -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: procmail folders and filters

2003-09-19 Thread Jack Bowling
Does kmail support IMAP? IMAP will let you see those maildirs from home. > > IMHO, if you're regularly checking your mail from multiple locations > and need folders, IMAP is the only way to go. If kmail won't do it, > switch to something that will. Yes, probably a better

Re: PDF Converter on Linux/Redhat

2003-09-17 Thread Jack Bowling
n based control script. [snip] This just popped up on freshmeat. Of possible interest and GPLed. http://alambic.iroise.net/ -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Prefered backup method?

2003-09-17 Thread Jack Bowling
nc's job, but > > I have not figured that out yet. > > What about using cygwin to run rsync and openssh on the Windows machine? I'll be doing exactly this in the few spare moments I have at work today... -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailin

Re: IPTables overhead

2003-09-16 Thread Jack Bowling
ks in an existing chain, you > can later choose to filter other network ports using the same list of > unwanted source networks. Yay, Gordon. I'm glad somebody brought user-defined chains into this thread. They really are the best way to stop packet traversal of huge firewall sets in i

Re: Configure X without redhat-config-xfree86?

2003-09-16 Thread Jack Bowling
s recently been ported to RH and MAndrake. The changelog mentions a script for configuring X settings without rebooting. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Vmware on Red Hat 9

2003-09-16 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:24:18 -0400 > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 09:20, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 21:12, Jason Dixon wrote: > > > > > > > > No kidding. You're offering an answer to a question that was never > > > asked. You'r

Re: Wu-ftp config question

2003-09-16 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Sasa Stupar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:44:24 +0200 > Ed Wilts pravi: > > >On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:03:03PM +0200, Sasa Stupar wrote: > > > > > >>I have a question regarding the configuration of wu-ftp: I have it > >>working for guest and anonymous (I

Re: starting kde/gnome

2003-09-14 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Joseph A Nagy Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:40:01 -0500 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 14 September 2003 19:29, Mark McDonald wrote this in an > attempt to be witty or informative: > > I'm using cygwin/Xfree86 for X window

Re: php on RH8

2003-09-12 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Kalin Mintchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 13 Sep 2003 01:57:38 -0400 (EDT) [snip] > this code works perfectly fine on the bsd machine. on the rh8 i get this > cli output (both installed the SAME way and from the SAME source 4.3.0): > > # ./ratLL.php > ./ratLL.php: line 2

Re: Buiild - RED HAT lLinux - 2.6.0-test5

2003-09-12 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from srinivask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:50:59 +0530 > Hi, > > I have built Linux kernel 2.6.0-test5. > when installed i am getting the following error. > > Kernel panic:VFS: Unable to mount root fs - error. > also , the initrd-2.6.0-test5.img file is not th

Re: Routing problem

2003-09-12 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from gaston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:32:32 -0300 > -Original Message- > This is feeling like a firewall issue to me so lets look more closely at > that. > > Not knowing your firewall script (I have lazily allowed shorewall to > abstract my thinking to

Re: 2.6.0-test5 won't boot

2003-09-12 Thread Jack Bowling
in grub.conf and does exist in the proper > directory. As does the kernel. > > Any help would be appreciated. Test-5 doesn't like me either. It hangs hard when trying to load the uhci-hcd driver. Oh well, test-4 is running nicely here so will stay with that until the next rev. -- Ja

Re: Prefered backup method?

2003-09-12 Thread Jack Bowling
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:35:41AM -0400, Kent Borg wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 08:23:39AM -0700, Jack Bowling wrote: > > I think backup methods are determined by your level of paranoia. For > > myself, I use a dedicated backup hard drive and rsnapshot > > http://rsnapsho

Re: problem with cdrw drive

2003-09-11 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from shishir patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:08:17 -0700 (PDT) > I've installed rh 8.0 and have been running it for about 3 weeks now. > But I've been having this irritating problem with my cdrw drive. I can > access it as a cd-rom drive, but > only for awhil

Re: Restricting DHCP services by MAC address

2003-09-11 Thread Jack Bowling
the port in question except for defined MAC addresses using the -m --match MAC option. Should work as long as the MAC address has not already been stripped out upstream. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Prefered backup method?

2003-09-11 Thread Jack Bowling
rge.net for doing the grunt work. It could easily be adapted to an offsite drive via the network, I used to do a laborious nightly tar backup but rsnapshot is so much faster and less work for the host box that it is no contest. -- Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-

Re: dependency problems w/mailscanner

2003-09-02 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 01 Sep 2003 21:01:52 -0500 > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 20:27, Kevin MacNeil wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 06:03:18PM -0500, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > > > Does MailScanner work or are you just worried about the dependency > > > err

Re: changing resolution of forwarded X traffic - SOLVED

2003-08-31 Thread Jack Bowling
ring > what options are available. Thanks, Rick. As it turned out for this particular app, all I had to do was pass it the -geometry 800x600 argument to the app name and it came up perfectly. Since the app is running on a HP-UX box, it apparently does not recognize the long versio

changing resolution of forwarded X traffic

2003-08-29 Thread Jack Bowling
re it is based on big 21" monitors. I can only see the top half of the app on my laptop. It would be nice if I could scale it somehow. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: I need WAV editor, with some basic features? Where can I get one?

2003-08-11 Thread Jack Bowling
run is mhwaveedit (ya...crappy name): http://freshmeat.net/projects/mhwaveedit/?topic_id=120 It uses sox for the backend but does most things well. Just make sure you save frequently if you do large edits. Very simple layout, though. jb -- Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: realtek 8139 mystery

2003-08-11 Thread Jack Bowling
> I can rmmod 8139too > insmod 8139too > ifconfig eth0 up > > > cool assigns a fixed IP and then bam ... no transmission > > Anyone got any ideas, before I use this laptop as a javalin..? Sure. Try the following: /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 duplex full autoneg on and see

Re: Can't play video DVD

2003-08-11 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from "M. Parcheur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:01:58 +1100 > Edward Dekkers wrote: > > >>In fact with Ogle I get nothing, but with Xine I get the fist images and it > >>crashes. With mplayer it doesn't crash, but images are a mosaic of small squares > >>and

Re: GRUB failure

2003-08-08 Thread Jack Bowling
Ashley. Sorry to butt my head in so late. When you yanked the 2nd drive, did you go into the BIOS and tell it that it no longer exists? -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Basic Dumb Logging Question

2003-07-31 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Leonard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:13:39 -0500 > tail -f /var/log/httpd/access_log > tail -f /var/log/httpd/error_log > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/31/03 09:11AM >>> > Suppose, for testing purposes, that I want to display my httpd access > and error

Re: rpm question

2003-07-31 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Barry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:18:35 -0400 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of RedHat Mailing List > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: rpm quest

Re: Shell Scripts for automating Telnet sessions

2003-07-30 Thread Jack Bowling
gt; The later example would only work if the script doesn't require any > input of course. ckermit is the ticket. It also has hooks for ssh. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: IPTables and Natting question

2003-07-27 Thread Jack Bowling
w.netfilter.org What you will be doing is part of what is termed "defence in depth" and is a recommended course of action. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Mutt alias file to Squirrelmail address book?

2003-07-26 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:48:30 -0400 > On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 10:38, Ed Wilts wrote: > > > Red Hat Linux includes both mutt and Squirrelmail, so this posting was > > definitely not off-topic. > > Red Hat Linux also contains Perl and Sendmail

Re: Simple Query

2003-07-24 Thread Jack Bowling
kely installed via a tarball rather than an rpm. Note that nessus is no longer installed by default by RH. I do not have it on my RH8 nor my RH9 box. jb -- Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: buggy gtk theme

2003-07-05 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from "Kim, Hidong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 05 Jul 2003 21:43:27 -0700 > Thanks, > > Do you have to be in a particular shell to execute these commands? I'm working in > bash. When I issued the unicode_stop command, VueScan launched, with the same > messed up labels. I

Re: buggy gtk theme

2003-07-05 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Hidong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:20:21 -0700 > Hi, > > I'm having a problem with a scanner application called VueScan. I've > been using it for a couple of years on Red Hat exclusively, and I use > the XFce window manager. I just reinstalled Red

Re: usb 2.0 or 1.1?

2003-07-04 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Martin Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 04 Jul 2003 09:21:00 -0300 > On Vie 04 Jul 2003 09:04, Cannon, Andrew wrote: > > USB 1.1 has a maximum data transfer rate of 12Mb per sec. > > USB 2.0 has a maximum data transfer rate of 480Mb per second. > > > > They are hardwar

Re: PCI USB Card Causing Problems

2003-06-12 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Joseph A Nagy Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:01:13 -0500 > Jack Bowling wrote: > > ** Reply to message from Joseph A Nagy Jr > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:25:47 -0500 > > > > > >> Altho

Re: PCI USB Card Causing Problems

2003-06-12 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Joseph A Nagy Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:25:47 -0500 > Although I no longer have the device in question (got pissed and gave it > to my future bro-in-law), I have some questions that I'd like answered > before I blow another $20-$40 on a USB PCI card.

Re: Quota Question

2003-06-11 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 19:10:23 -0400 > Phil Savoie wrote: > > >Nevermind... I was up late and failed to read the screen in front of me > >regarding inodes. Being blond, I had a moment. Thankyou anyway > > > > > > > WAIT A MINUTE, I hav

Re: FutureDomain SCSI controller & RH 9

2003-04-05 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David L. Dewey) on Sat, 05 Apr 2003 19:12:34 -0500 > I have an old old old FutureDomain SCSI controller, with the > TMC-18C50 chip set. Apparently this card doesn't have a > bios, but it worked great under RedHat 6.2 and 7.1 with the > stock fdomain.o

Re: unknown FTP connections

2003-04-05 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Dene Ulmschneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 05 Apr 2003 12:15:18 -0500 > Hey all- > > I recently installed RHL 9 onto a old box I had just to verify the media > and take a practice run on the install. So now I have a second RH system on > my network. The first one is

Re: hack in progress from babble-on.systems.:ircd

2003-04-05 Thread Jack Bowling
cs can pick out how you were rooted. Useful to know for the chkrootkit authors. Now you'll have to ask yourself if playing around with DCC on IRC is really worth it. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://li

Re: I want my ipchains back

2003-04-02 Thread Jack Bowling
e best course of action. Netfilter/iptables is simply superior technology. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: rsync, leave files compressed?

2003-03-31 Thread Jack Bowling
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:07:53PM +0100, gregory mott wrote: > by the way, why is redhat dropping bzip2? Huh? RH uses bz2 by default for its uploads internally, I believe. This sounds like misinformation. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscr

new sendmail vulnerability

2003-03-30 Thread Jack Bowling
In case somebody has not seen it yet: http://lwn.net/Articles/27217/ Red Hat is working on a fix. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: vsftpd

2003-03-29 Thread Jack Bowling
hen once you have done this, you restart xinetd by doing: /sbin/service xinetd reload This reloads all the services started by xinetd and should start up vsftpd. I take it that the wireless card worked with the new kernel? jb -- Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- re

Re: How to shut down X without shutting down the computer?

2003-03-28 Thread Jack Bowling
Learn to use ssh and then use fetchmail->procmail->mutt and you will be much happier as well as amazed at the speed gain you will obtain. I still like eye-candy when I am at home :)) jb -- Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mai

Re: Log Viewers

2003-03-28 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from "Burke, Thomas G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:35:27 -0800 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Isn't a log viewer a voyeuristic beaver? > > Sorry, I couldn't resist... ROFL jb -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EM

Re: what's the function of the /lib/modules/???/build symlink?

2003-03-27 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Michael Fratoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:58:14 -0500 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 27 March 2003 03:05 am, Jack Bowling wrote: > > ** Reply to message from Michael Fratoni > > on W

Re: dmesg

2003-03-27 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Mark Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:36:59 -0700 > To get memory do this: > > cat /proc/meminfo > > dmesg reads the kernel log buffer > > Mark > > Quoting Jianping Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I want to use dmesg to check how much memory is on

Re: Linux vs Windows

2003-03-27 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from David Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:17:50 -0800 > Word to business sense > Cheers to Linux stability: > 2:17pm up 189 days, 14:42, 1 user, load average: 0.31, 0.23, 0.21 > Jeers to Windows reboots for almost every "Windows Update" > Today's 331953 Sec

Re: what's the function of the /lib/modules/???/build symlink?

2003-03-27 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Michael Fratoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:08:22 -0500 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 26 March 2003 04:14 pm, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > in a fit of poor judgment, i tried to test the new 2.5.66 kernel > > on my RH 8

Re: RedHat 8.0 on Via (Cyrix) C3 1GHz - very slow

2003-03-26 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Runar Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:49:06 +0100 (CET) > Hi! > > Just to clarify things: > I am running an AGP card, and the computer is extremely slow doing > everything, not just X. This includes SCP, SSH, cp, JSP-compiling > (Tomcat), etc. > > I've

Re: beta install change not good?

2003-03-25 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 25 Mar 2003 01:13:40 -0700 > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 19:50, Jack Bowling wrote: > > ** Reply to message from Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 24 Mar 2003 > > 19:27:20 -0700 > > &g

Re: beta install change not good?

2003-03-24 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:27:20 -0700 > That said, RH is already beginning to differentiate between Enterprise > and non-enterprise. Since the "personal" is the base for sales (as in: > the "smallest" one), that would be a good start, IMO.

Re: IPTABLES Routing

2003-03-22 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Ralph Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 22 Mar 2003 17:51:42 -0800 > Larry, > > I corrected the typo, but I still get this error: > > iptables v1.2.6a: Unknown arg `--to' > Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information. $IPTABLES -A PREROUTING -t nat -p

Re: Ext3fs/ReiserFS Performance Enhancing

2003-03-22 Thread Jack Bowling
s change will likely be accepted for the 2.5 series. As for ext3, you really are trading off scalability and performance for journalling. Ext3 is still a heavy user of the Big Kernel Lock and does not scale well as a result. Hopefully changes in ext2 will force corresponding changes in ext3 as ext

Re: RPM 4.1 Segfault

2003-03-18 Thread Jack Bowling
Do: rm /var/apt/cache/archives/*lock* -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Is RH8 Ever Going to be Updated?

2003-03-18 Thread Jack Bowling
essage came out a bit twisted. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: OT : light years, arrrrggggh

2003-03-17 Thread Jack Bowling
w > how to read carefully enough to make the distinction, > so they put in hotsounding garbage. Jeez. And I thought I was anal.... -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: program to monitor directory changes (new files) and send e-mail

2003-03-17 Thread Jack Bowling
was created or changed # since the last md5sum was generated. for file in $(ls $watchdir); do if [ $file -nt $sumfile ]; then ls --full-time $file >> $mailfile ## Now mail a notification message to the recipients list ## mail -s 'New voice

Re: problems with rh8

2003-03-17 Thread Jack Bowling
recalcitrance in either: 1) modifying lokkit so that it also reads current rules; 2) coding another app to parse the iptables rules in more human readable form. Having a user assured of one part of their "security level" is necessary. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: program to monitor directory changes (new files) and send e-mail

2003-03-14 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from "Douglas, Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:34:47 -0500 > Tony (et al), > > Thanks...haven't tried your additional config yet, still working with the first > setup. I'm hitting a wall trying to get the mail to actually send. The md5sum is > working c

Re: port scan

2003-03-11 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Yujie Liang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:26:45 +1100 > Hi, > > How can I detect which ports are opened on my firewall? I remember there is a > command with "snmp" can do the job. > > Any idea? The only true way to do this is to get a friend that you tr

Re: Firewall "ipchains-rule" questions

2003-03-11 Thread Jack Bowling
; ## *THEN* drop everything else > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state NEW,INVALID -j DROP > If these boxes will not be running services open to the internet, then the NEW,INVALID state match should be the first line followed by the ESTABLISHED, RELATED. -- Jack Bowling mailto:

Re: MySQL Gui

2003-03-10 Thread Jack Bowling
> > > > > > Dustin > > > I have MySQLcc workign fine on a couple of 7.3 systems. Connecting to > both local and remote systems. I even have the Windows version running > on a Win98 system. Note that a Security fix cam out for MySQLcc yesterday. Just in c

Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3

2003-03-10 Thread Jack Bowling
like an unneeded security risk. What does everyone think? > Note that none other than Alan Cox is lobbying for only having loadable modules in the kernel and doing away with static builds. Who am I to argue with the Wizard? -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mai

Re: Sound Problems: can't find module sound-service

2003-03-09 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Jim Wilferling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 09 Mar 2003 18:47:33 -0800 >The symtoms include "can't find module-sound-slot 0" and "can't find > module-sound-service 0" upon shutdown.(when the system is trying to save > the mixer settings) Note that There's no indicatio

Re: chkconfig

2003-03-09 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Nicholas Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 09 Mar 2003 13:02:16 -0600 > Anyone know of good documentation for the chkconfig command? The man page is a > lacking, and a Google only came up with a few lame results. Nick - Pick any of the scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d and st

Re: boot to compactflash

2003-03-09 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 09 Mar 2003 10:27:28 -0800 (PST) > Update. I returned the 256mb flash and the new one seems to work brilliantly. I was > forced to get another of the same simpletech brand by the store though. > I'm working on hacking down the kerne

Re: traceroute

2003-03-08 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from CM Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:13:40 -0800 (PST) > Yes the computer is connected to a network, which is > mine, and I do have a linksys router/firewall, but I > can do tracert from my windows box ok, but not from > Linux. Apples and oranges. Most i

Re: USB Device

2003-03-04 Thread Jack Bowling
ad picture from it to the computer. Check out GPhoto. On my RH 8.0 box, it is listed under Graphics--> Digital Camera Tool. jb -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Strange Stutter

2003-03-03 Thread Jack Bowling
ta a while ago. There was a runaway process that pegged CPU usage near 100%. It finally died after a few days but until it did, the whole system was dog slow as could be expected. This is all a long-winded way to say that the best way to try to track it down is to run top and look for a hog. So

Re: Screen Capture

2003-03-03 Thread Jack Bowling
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 02:03:09PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 13:48, Jack Bowling wrote: > > > > On my RH 8 box, ALT-Printscreen captures the window and CTRL-Printscreen > > captures the whole desktop. Try it. > > > > can you tell what

Re: Screen Capture

2003-03-03 Thread Jack Bowling
rather large directory tree. Does gimp do > this for all users? Does gimp use any shared folders after starting? On my RH 8 box, ALT-Printscreen captures the window and CTRL-Printscreen captures the whole desktop. Try it. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing li

Re: iptables and ip masquerading

2003-03-01 Thread Jack Bowling
aintaining their own firewall will one day have to get down and dirty with writing rules and they will not learn how to do it by using lokkit. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: rpm questions

2003-02-28 Thread Jack Bowling
come root. There might also be an apt-get lock itself from a previous instantiation, so get rid of it: rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/lock jb -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: RedHat 8 kernel compile

2003-02-24 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Matthew Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:02:43 +1100 > Hi, > > I've just installed Redhat 8 and need to add some options to the > kernel. I've done. > > cd /usr/src/linux-2.4/ > make xconfig > > and then changed the config to my needs and then > >

Re: Gnome/(KDE?) NFS home dir base locks

2003-02-23 Thread Jack Bowling
version of NFS be a solution? Or does this still require statd/lockd? The docs state that portmapper is no longer required for the tcp version. Trond??? jb -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: System freeze / hang, ping responding,can connect but no service answers

2003-02-23 Thread Jack Bowling
releases 2.4.21, I will give that a whirl and see if the bug is still around. FYI, here are my two Maxtor IDE drives (out of 4 IDE and 2 scsi): $ dmesg|grep Maxtor hdc: Maxtor 5T030H3, ATA DISK drive hdg: Maxtor 52049H4, ATA DISK drive jb -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Sound Recording Issues

2003-02-22 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Jacen _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:36:30 -0500 > I just recently installed Redhat 8.0, and i needed to record a tape into a > wav through the line out, but even though the volume control was set to > record line out, sound recorder would just pick up bla

Re: USB CompactFlash reader problems

2003-02-19 Thread Jack Bowling
lid block device Darcy, often zip disks are partitioned with an extended/logical setup rather than as a primary. Perhaps this is the case with your flash disk. Try: mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/flash and see if it succeeds. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: I need EVERYONE's help!NOW!

2003-02-18 Thread Jack Bowling
t there has not read Senor Villanueva's riposte yet, please do yourself a favour and seek it out. A delicious dressing down if there ever was one, done in the best literary style. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: "Broken pipe" during rsync, tunneled over ssh: Help!

2003-01-31 Thread Jack Bowling
But before I upgrade SSH > using the sources, I figure I'd ask if anyone has been through this before. ssh prefers having the line to itself and since theoretically nothing else is occurring while you are transferring, try this: rsync -e ssh --blocking-io -avz /mnt/claws/backups/mail/

Re: Fax programs for Redhat 8.0

2003-01-18 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Ted Gervais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:37:44 -0400 > Wondering what might be available for RH8 as far as fax is concerned. I see > that EFAX is installed in RH8 but I can't find how to run it. Seems pretty > simple but not sure it will RECEIVE faxes.

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:13:22 -0800 > On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 12:36, Jack Bowling wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:33:29AM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > > > > The whole thing takes less than a

Re: Online Backup Software?

2003-01-16 Thread Jack Bowling
g like rdiff-backup. It can be found on freshmeat.net. Basically keeps some history around as well as rsyncing for backups. I use rsync to backup my work Win98 partitions to my home linux box. Works a champ and keeps the backups offsite. -- Jack Bowling mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Jack Bowling
p the NFS share and LDAP or NIS access (in my case, already > provided on other machines) on that server and it's done. Gordon - Have you checked out the NFS over TCP version yet? I just wonder if it is any faster than the portmap version. Perhaps others have tried it? -- Jack Bowling m

Re: how to turn off all firewall and ip filters in red hat 8.0?

2003-01-15 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:05:53 +0100 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:44:24 -0800, Jack Bowling wrote: > > > Checking the chkconfig script, "service iptable

Re: how to turn off all firewall and ip filters in red hat 8.0?

2003-01-14 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 14 Jan 2003 21:46:15 -0600 > On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 14:19, gabriel wrote: > > On January 14, 2003 12:08 pm, Yu Liang wrote: > > > What command should I use? Or how can I verify that they have been turned > > > off? > > > > i believ

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