Re: HOW TO: Boot with the new kernel

2003-10-23 Thread Jason Dixon
rrect. If it's grub, change the "default=" to the index number of the kernel you wish to boot (starting with 0). For example, if you have two kernels in your file, and you want to boot the 2nd one, change that line to "default=1". That's all you need to do wi

Re: Transfering files in SSH

2003-10-23 Thread Jason Dixon
tem using compression (-C). The second does the same in reverse. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: determining which/what applications are running on a server

2003-10-23 Thread Jason Dixon
to remotely > install/remove a given application from a menu of applications 1) OpenSSH 2) redhat-config-packages via exported DISPLAY over OpenSSH (default behavior) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Slow connection to sendmail

2003-10-23 Thread Jason Dixon
listed in your /etc/resolv.conf is readily available and reponding to direct queries. You might have additional issues due to ident, but it would require some network investigation on your part (tcpdump). -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list

Re: Interfacing with Micros Fidelio (might be off-topic)

2003-10-22 Thread Jason Dixon
ot; software are you speaking of? Do you have any idea how many different software products Micros develops? So far as I can tell, Micros Fidelio is a subsidiary of Micros. This tells me literally nothing. Grrr. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-li

Re: [SUMMARY] NFS between Linux and Solaris

2003-10-22 Thread Jason Dixon
*all* Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 kernels are built on 2.4.9. The newest is 2.4.9e-27, and Red Hat won't officially support anything you build yourself. :) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

[SUMMARY] NFS between Linux and Solaris

2003-10-22 Thread Jason Dixon
nt, I have to assume some other system and/or network anomoly was causing the problem. If I can reproduce and resolve the symptoms, I'll re-summarize. -J. On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 15:20, Jason Dixon wrote: > Hi folks- > > My apologies if this is out there somewhere, but I've

Re: NFS between Linux and Solaris

2003-10-22 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 15:58, Jason Dixon wrote: > On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 15:43, Ken Rossman wrote: > > Can you include some info on exactly what commands you are using, and > > some info on the respective configurations of each machine? > > Pretty simple: > > [Linux se

RE: NFS between Linux and Solaris

2003-10-22 Thread Jason Dixon
the NFS implementations. The problem seems > to be that it varies between OS levels. There are no "hangs" or delays. I believe what you are describing was a known issue with IRIX as per the Linux NFS site: http://nfs.sourceforge.net/#section_e -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consult

Re: NFS between Linux and Solaris

2003-10-22 Thread Jason Dixon
-o ro,vers=2,proto=udp,noac server:/mnt/iso /mnt/point cd /mnt/point tar cf - . | (cd /mnt/repository; tar xpvf -) The structure inside /mnt/iso on the server is any one of the RHAS 3.0 ISOs mounted via loopback. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redha

NFS between Linux and Solaris

2003-10-22 Thread Jason Dixon
m is easily reproducible. The server is running Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 Update 2 on a DL380. The client is running Solaris 8 on an E250. Both servers, while on separate VLANs, are in the same general networking "vicinity". Any ideas/solutions will be greatly appreciated. TIA, --

Re: moving the /var partition

2003-10-22 Thread Jason Dixon
it's possible), make sure to HUP any services that might be writing to /var (syslog, apache, etc). HTH. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

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

2003-10-21 Thread Jason Dixon
s for instituting QoS, see: > > http://mega.ist.utl.pt/~filipe/ipt_p2p Good catch, I forgot to mention (really, by accident!) that there is now support for layer-7 QoS with Linux. Neat, but none of it is very well documented, IMHO. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting ht

Re: Help! Basic Linux Introduction?

2003-10-21 Thread Jason Dixon
far as administering Red Hat Linux systems goes, it can't be beat. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

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

2003-10-21 Thread Jason Dixon
ck out the following doc. Even if you choose to use Linux's QoS instead, this will explain it much better than anything else I've seen. http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/queueing.html -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing lis

Re: wanna know my Lan card model

2003-10-21 Thread Jason Dixon
tell (my memory fails me), the system uses the PCILIB interface to get PCI ID information from the cards. This information can be resolved via the ID information gathered in /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing

Re: RH7.3 not booting latest kernel

2003-10-20 Thread Jason Dixon
ttp://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-custom-kernel-initrd.html -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: how to clear log files

2003-10-20 Thread Jason Dixon
The default config (/etc/logrotate.conf) rotates weekly. You can change that to daily and instruct it to save only 7 days' worth of files. Read the manpage and browse the logrotate.conf and example files in /etc/logrotate.d/ for ideas. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixo

Re: RH7.3 not booting latest kernel

2003-10-20 Thread Jason Dixon
issing a ramdisk entry. Something like what your last kernel contains: initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3bigmem.img Make sure a ramdisk exists in /boot for the kernel you wish to boot, then add the appropriate line to your lilo.conf for that kernel and re-run lilo. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE Dixo

Re: What package is Pico Located in?

2003-10-20 Thread Jason Dixon
On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 11:02, Donald Tyler wrote: > Does anyone know what package in Red Hat 9 pico is located in? I cant > seem to find it in the applications list. Pine. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe

Re: RH7.3 not booting latest kernel

2003-10-20 Thread Jason Dixon
you'd change that line to "default = 2.4.20-18.7smp", as listed towards the bottom. Then make sure you run "/sbin/lilo" for your changes to take effect. HTH. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mail

Re: networking question

2003-10-20 Thread Jason Dixon
/custom-guide/ http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/security-guide/ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tcp3/ > Thanks a lot for your help. HTH. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: New laptop, new problems

2003-10-19 Thread Jason Dixon
'll want to install the kernel-wlan-ng base package, the appropriate kernel-wlan-ng-modules package (to match your kernel), and the proper interface package to support your hardware (pcmcia, usb or pci). -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing

Re: New laptop, new problems

2003-10-19 Thread Jason Dixon
On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 22:24, Hugh Taylor wrote: > Jason Dixon wrote: > >On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 21:33, Hugh Taylor wrote: > > > >>Redhat 9 does not detect the PCI wireless (a Prism 2.5) in my new > >>laptop. When I use a Knoppix CD to boot, it is detected. An

Re: New laptop, new problems

2003-10-19 Thread Jason Dixon
wasn't recognized at all using the default drivers. Hence my inquiry as to his card (it's not pcmcia). P.S. How's it going, Rodolfo? :) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New laptop, new problems

2003-10-19 Thread Jason Dixon
On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 21:33, Hugh Taylor wrote: > Redhat 9 does not detect the PCI wireless (a Prism 2.5) in my new > laptop. When I use a Knoppix CD to boot, it is detected. Any ideas? What's the make/model? -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net

[OT] Re: C GUI Programming in Red Hat 9

2003-10-17 Thread Jason Dixon
o move to the next step. Please don't take offense to this, but this request is highly off-topic for the Red Hat list. There are kaboodles of Linux programming books online (http://www.amazon.com) or at your nearest Borders bookstore. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http:/

Re: What's the easiest way to deal with dependencies???

2003-10-17 Thread Jason Dixon
ous distributions, you're bound to break something very soon. It would save us all a lot of traffic volume and wasted time if you want to just give me ssh access, and I'll install it for you. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: kernel upgraded now missing 2nd CPU

2003-10-16 Thread Jason Dixon
you booting the right kernel? Check 'uname -r' and see if it has "SMP" in the kernel string. If not, check your boot manager (/etc/lilo.conf or /etc/grub.conf) to see if you're booting the uniprocessor kernel by accident. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting ht

Re: slow ethernet

2003-10-16 Thread Jason Dixon
s to full-duplex (100baseTx-FD using mii-tool). Autonegotiation routinely causes problems with NICs/switches/etc. FWIW, most folks familiar with anything Realtek will tell you they suck. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing li

Re: Some embarassing, minor? security holes I found in my rh installation...you should check for same

2003-10-16 Thread Jason Dixon
r idea where they're coming from? -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Firewall - Limit Geographic Area

2003-10-16 Thread Jason Dixon
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 13:00, Kent Borg wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:28:01PM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > > I believe the OP's concern is that of remote exploit (DoS, script > > kiddies, worms, etc), not of application fraud. He wants to deny at > > layer 3, ba

Re: Firewall - Limit Geographic Area

2003-10-16 Thread Jason Dixon
s concern is that of remote exploit (DoS, script kiddies, worms, etc), not of application fraud. He wants to deny at layer 3, based on geography. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Firewall - Limit Geographic Area

2003-10-15 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 17:41, Bill Carlson wrote: > On 15 Oct 2003, Jason Dixon wrote: > > This type of information could probably be gathered via NANOG or the > > ICANN site. However, if I haven't stressed it enough already, I highly > > suggest you avoid this route.

Re: Firewall - Limit Geographic Area

2003-10-15 Thread Jason Dixon
o do this? Are the IP ranges assigned to > American networks published somewhere? This type of information could probably be gathered via NANOG or the ICANN site. However, if I haven't stressed it enough already, I highly suggest you avoid this route. IT WILL NOT WORK like you intend. Reme

Re: Firewall - Limit Geographic Area

2003-10-15 Thread Jason Dixon
fe at 3 am with a crashed app easier. Please note that ntsysv only configures the current runlevel by default. Like chkconfig, it will accept the --levels option. Check the ntsysv (or chkconfig) manpage for more details. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net

Re: Firewall - Limit Geographic Area

2003-10-15 Thread Jason Dixon
vitally necessary, and run tcp wrappers where feasible. Your idea would all be for naught, considering how easy it is for intruders to spoof. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.r

Re: Chkrootkit segfault error

2003-10-15 Thread Jason Dixon
virgin binaries from a trusted/compatible source as well (see the README). Chkrootkit won't stop you from getting exploited, it will only attempt to analyze your system for signs of it. If you end up getting exploited at 00:05, there's nothing to stop the intruders from altering y

Re: iptables: Open Port 443

2003-10-14 Thread Jason Dixon
le of rules like this: [snip] -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 --syn -j ACCEPT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 --syn -j ACCEPT [/snip] Save your file, reload your ruleset (service iptables restart), enjoy! :) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://

RE: Pretty Printing

2003-10-14 Thread Jason Dixon
On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 13:56, Jason Dixon wrote: > I envision piping your code through a combination of perltidy -> webcpp > -> html2ps -> lp. Correction, I like Wayne's suggestion better. I just tried the perl sheet for a2ps, works great. example: a2ps --pretty-prin

RE: Pretty Printing

2003-10-14 Thread Jason Dixon
chemes. [colorify] I envision piping your code through a combination of perltidy -> webcpp -> html2ps -> lp. HTH. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Pretty Printing

2003-10-14 Thread Jason Dixon
lehandle to an enscript process in Perl. example: open (PS_OUT, "| enscript -p output.ps"); print PS_OUT "some text"; close (PS_OUT); -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: sending message to syslog

2003-10-09 Thread Jason Dixon
yslog to included in a log handled by the > syslog daemon? man logger -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Reading HTTP headers

2003-10-08 Thread Jason Dixon
> tcpdump only from a CLI? -X -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: OS Desktop Business Model?

2003-10-04 Thread Jason Dixon
27;t imagine them *NOT* releasing something like this... the market is definitely there. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Up2date return codes [Summary]

2003-10-03 Thread Jason Dixon
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 11:10, Jason Dixon wrote: > I'm looking for an exhaustive list of return codes for up2date. The > manpage claims only two: 0 (success) and 1 (failure). However, I've > managed to trap a 256 as well, so I was wondering if anyone's seen > anything

Re: Red Hat website error

2003-10-02 Thread Jason Dixon
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 11:41, Thomas Smith wrote: > Jason Dixon wrote: > >- Questionable perl-suid package dependency for Perl errata > > > How is this questionable? An errata update to existing packages shouldn't require you (IMO) to install a brand new package dependenc

Up2date return codes

2003-10-02 Thread Jason Dixon
I'm looking for an exhaustive list of return codes for up2date. The manpage claims only two: 0 (success) and 1 (failure). However, I've managed to trap a 256 as well, so I was wondering if anyone's seen anything authoritative. Thanks, -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup

Re: Red Hat website error

2003-10-01 Thread Jason Dixon
of SOHO-style errata support (I know, be patient...) Ok, I'm off my soapbox. But that felt damn good. ;-) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Red Hat website error

2003-10-01 Thread Jason Dixon
This ranks right up there with the inability to delete old users from a RHN account. It also reveals a lot about the quality of their (site) software development staff. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: rsync and ssh simple question

2003-10-01 Thread Jason Dixon
gt; Anyone knows how can i avoid that? You'll want to generate ssh keys with a null passphrase, then distribute the public keys to the remote systems you want to login to. Please search the archives, I've posted a detailed explanation before. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consult

Re: redhat error

2003-10-01 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 08:04, Jeff Hill wrote: > cant register with rhn even after i downloaded and installed the 2 > rpms cant help you no details more than that ;-) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:

Re: Converting PDF into a text file

2003-10-01 Thread Jason Dixon
.01-10 ps2ascii, included with the ghostscript package, also supports pdf to txt conversion. See the manpage. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: OT: DNS

2003-09-30 Thread Jason Dixon
database that provides contact/ownership information on a domain. The nameserver listings should NOT be taken seriously when troubleshooting DNS issues. I've seen MANY MANY MANY times where the root nameservers don't sync with what Whois reports. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup

Re: OT: DNS

2003-09-30 Thread Jason Dixon
ns3.yahoo.com. You're speculating. Without the proper information, we're speculating as well. Not only is this OT, but folks are guessing. DNS, while a black art, is not conducive to guessing. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redha

Re: OT: DNS

2003-09-30 Thread Jason Dixon
server doesn't make sense to me because if the > query is done directly to the third server the query succeeds You're not going to get any help because you didn't reply back with the domain information as one of the other posters requested. Now it's too late either way.

Re: packet sniffer

2003-09-30 Thread Jason Dixon
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 13:01, Noah wrote: > > I am trying to troubleshoot soe network issues - can somebody recommend a good > sniffer for redhat 8.0 kernel 2.4 Command line, tcpdump. GUI, ethereal. Tcdump wins hands-down for troubleshooting ease of use. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE D

Re: Illegal OpCode in NFS Kickstart

2003-09-29 Thread Jason Dixon
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 15:22, Jason Dixon wrote: > I'm attempting a RHAS 2.1 pxeboot NFS kickstart on an HP DL-740. This > configuration works fine on a variety of other Compaq/HP servers > (1850/320/360/380/580/etc). However, attempts to kickstart this server > die with a &qu

Illegal OpCode in NFS Kickstart

2003-09-29 Thread Jason Dixon
ckstart still fails in the same way. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Neither google nor RH's bugzilla were at all helpful. TIA, -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Amavis install problem on RH 9

2003-09-29 Thread Jason Dixon
mpatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > checking for gcc... no > checking for cc... no > configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH > > What is wrong? That last line tells it all. It couldn't find a C compiler (cc/gcc) installed. I'll bet the Amavis source co

Re: Is ftp running?

2003-09-29 Thread Jason Dixon
x27;ve listed are ftp clients, not servers. As a fellow consultant, I imagine that you're providing paid support for this application. Perhaps you might spend a few hours reading some of the excellent documentation that Red Hat provides for their Linux distributions (http://www.redhat.com/docs

RE: Backup options and considerations

2003-09-29 Thread Jason Dixon
oup.com/?l=redhat-list&w=2&r=1&s=backups&q=b P.S. Please don't take this as a flame, but I'm curious. Why would you spend as much time writing up your original post, rather than just searching the archives? I'm really not trying to start an argument, I

Re: can an xp's ntfs be mounted?

2003-09-28 Thread Jason Dixon
ion" times. :) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&w=2&r=1&s=ntfs&q=b -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Backup options and considerations

2003-09-28 Thread Jason Dixon
the data being handled properly. In short, I think this is off-topic for this list. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Importing CSV Files

2003-09-26 Thread Jason Dixon
ou > could take a look at it and and see if it imports some format that > Outlook can export to. Nope, no CSV support (at least, not in Evolution 1.4.0). I did notice support for Outlook .mbx files, but it sounds like you didn't forsee that. :-P -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consultin

Re: Samba Usage Monitor

2003-09-26 Thread Jason Dixon
7;ve also trimmed text that is no longer relevant. It's considered good form NOT to "top-post". This is where you simply hit reply, then start typing at the top of the email. Replies like this (yours falls into this category) are harder to follow and tend to receive less

Re: Samba Usage Monitor

2003-09-26 Thread Jason Dixon
t kind of statistics are you looking for? smbstatus will print out a list of all running smb processes and locked resources. It would be trivial to write a top-like perl script to display summaries for user, remote system, share, etc. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongr

Re: Netgear WG511

2003-09-26 Thread Jason Dixon
/www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/3/2003/07/3/59031 http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/802.11g/ *Happily enjoying his 11Mbps 802.11b DWL-650...* -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https:/

Re: RH 9 wireless pcmcia

2003-09-25 Thread Jason Dixon
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 21:15, Helgi Örn Helgason wrote: > On 2003-09-25, Jason Dixon wrote: > > If you can find out which 802.11b chipset it uses, we might be able to > > help out more. As it is, I have a bad feeling it's equivalent to the > > U.S. version of the DW

Re: RH 9 wireless pcmcia

2003-09-25 Thread Jason Dixon
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 20:15, Helgi Örn Helgason wrote: > On 2003-09-25, Jason Dixon wrote: > > Do you mean the DWL-650? I see no reference to a DWL-610 on the D-Link > > website. If so, please search the archives, I've posted plenty of > > information regarding

Re: RH 9 wireless pcmcia

2003-09-25 Thread Jason Dixon
610 on the D-Link website. If so, please search the archives, I've posted plenty of information regarding this card. If not, please provide more details. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing l

Re: Plea to Linux Users

2003-09-23 Thread Jason Dixon
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 08:57, Kent Borg wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 08:24:00PM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > > It is for this reason that I'd like to suggest the following. Take > > 10 minutes to download, compile and run chkrootkit on your Linux > > systems. &g

Re: Plea to Linux Users

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
nto operation > after ensuring it is hardened) > > Basic forensics 101 - there are good tutorials available via google search. I'm happy that you consider yourself an expert in forensics. I don't. When I need an expert to perform forensics work for me, I subcontract out to

Re: Plea to Linux Users

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 21:30, Steve Phillips wrote: > At 08:57 p.m. 22/09/2003 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > >On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 20:42, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > >[snippy snip] > > > Um...Jason...the CERT training that I went to stated (though I have not > > > v

Re: Plea to Linux Users

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
xporting it via NFS brings up it's own mess of problems and potential exploits. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Plea to Linux Users

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 20:42, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > On 22 Sep 2003, Jason Dixon wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 20:28, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > > > > I'd say don't download and compile chrootkit. Instead, download the > > > knoppix s

Re: Plea to Linux Users

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
ce of mind. Uh, how are you suggesting that downloading chkrootkit from a third-party source is any safer from the developer source? This is why you verify the md5 checksum. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMA

Plea to Linux Users

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
t's potentially thousands of exploited servers that have been pulled offline and aren't hammering my firewall with nonsense. Why did this end up sounding like a chain letter? ;-) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: RHCE (was Fedora)

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
s like yours is good until the release of RHEL 4. Thanks for digging that up. I'm not sure whether to consider it good news or bad- with all their changes, I've lost track. :-P -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Fedora

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
nd RHAS was just starting to gain traction in the marketplace. -J. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jason Dixon > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:01 PM > To: Red Hat Mailing List > Subject: Re: Fedora > >

Re: Fedora

2003-09-22 Thread Jason Dixon
t heard anything from RH since they've issued the press release that signalled the end of the "retail" version. Previously, my certification was due to expire around RH 12. I have no idea now. > Now I know I must be getting old, I'm getting tired of all the change that &

The Storm

2003-09-19 Thread Jason Dixon
Testing to see if the list is up or just really quiet... -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: fax server recommendation

2003-09-17 Thread Jason Dixon
office and it has been jamming ever > since. [snip] I have this image of your brother standing over the fax, TPS report in hand, screaming obscenties at the machine. Something about "PC LOAD LETTER??? What the [bleep] does THAT mean???". -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting

Re: Kernel Tuning

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
ot, it's "go here, check this out, see where it leads you". This is more efficient for me, and, for the self-serving student, a much better opportunity for long term retainment. Not to mention, they're more likely to offer the same assistance to others later on. :) -- J

Re: Kernel Tuning

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
) and piping it through your pager will reveal some good sources. When I ran across "The four values in printk denote", I knew I'd struck gold. Hope this helps your future fishing endeavors. ;-) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Laptop for RH

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
hing's supported, including the Winmodem. Does that mean that I'd like to keep it? Nope. Someone please give me an IBM Thinkpad. :) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.c

Re: OT: Citrix solution

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 11:24, Distribution Lists wrote: > yesI guess VNC must be close, its just I've never used Citrix and have > nothing to compare it too. Ok, I know this is going to sound stupid, but... If you don't know what Citrix is, why are you trying to emulate it

Re: Vmware on Red Hat 9

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 11:13, Jack Bowling wrote: > ** 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: > > >

Re: Can't access remotely

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
is running services, but this does nothing to resolve possible issues with his firewall, TCP wrappers, etc. Not to mention that SSH is a much better alternative than telnet for administrative uses. Please read the documentation. This is not meant to be a rant/RTFM/flame. But if you don&

Re: Vmware on Red Hat 9

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
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're also trying to qualify your assumptions as relevant, when > >

Re: Vmware on Red Hat 9

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
as not possible with VMware. You were unaware of VMware's limitation with Windows XP and raw disks, you were making a false generalization about the feature capabilities of VMware. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubsc

Re: Can't access remotely

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
Your problem is not easily answered in a sentence or two. You'll need to read some about Linux System's Administration. I suggest you review the documentation provided by Red Hat here: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/ -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting

Re: Vmware on Red Hat 9

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
ner. This appears to be relevant: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/disks_2kmultiboot_ws.html#1046341 -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- 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 Jason Dixon
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 08:59, Ed Greshko wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 20:49, Jason Dixon wrote: > > > > C. Have VMWare boot the "real" installation of XP and use the Video > > > Hardware directly. > > > > > > Step C is not possible. That i

Re: Vmware on Red Hat 9

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
speak up and correct you, but this hasn't happened yet. Ed, YOU are WRONG. This can be done. I've been using raw disk vmware setups with VMWare on dual-boot systems for years. It looks like their documentation for 4.x is hidden now, but it's still there: http://www.vmware.com/

Re: daemon and killproc problem in startup script

2003-09-16 Thread Jason Dixon
scripts in that same directory. I can only assume that you've somehow managed to delete the functions file, which is breaking the rest of your scripts. If you need to replace that file, email me off-list and I'll send you a copy from my RH9 laptop. But you'll need to go back and undo t

Re: samba and iptables

2003-09-15 Thread Jason Dixon
Those will be the ones you'll want to add to your iptables ruleset to allow SMB traffic through. There's always a chance that you'll catch more traffic than you expect. It's a case of trial and error. You're generally looking for TCP/UDP traffic betwe

Re: Fetchmail don't keep messages !!!

2003-09-15 Thread Jason Dixon
? I was going to look into your problem and try to offer some assistance, until... You became a jerk. You've berated another user who attempted to resolve your problem by yelling at him. Twice. Hope you have better luck with other folks, it's certainly not coming from my direction. --

Re: A network mystery

2003-09-14 Thread Jason Dixon
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 17:27, Jason Dixon wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 17:23, Robert Jones wrote: > > Y'all, this one is about to drive me to distraction. Without going into > > a long chronology, I recent got DSL and have been reconfiguring. I > > finally got around

Re: A network mystery

2003-09-14 Thread Jason Dixon
h* > interface(s), where do the interface parameters come from? Careful > before answering! > I thought it was /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* but there's > something else at work here. Please run "rpm -qV net-tools" and reply with the output (if any). I have a sne

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