RE: Linux Newbie Question

2003-10-09 Thread Michael Kalus
Try: ctrl+alt+backspace, this WILL force a restart on the X-Server. M. > -Original Message- > From: Donald Tyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Linux Newbie Question > > > That's what I presumed, but when I di

RE: Exchange server from pine

2003-08-27 Thread Michael Kalus
> If it's not free, > then I might as well buy Windows in place of buying this > since it would be able to run all the windoze apps. (doesn't > mean that I'll buy Windows!) > What a stupid logic. You don't seem to have understood what the idea behind the GPL is all about, have you? > I like Li

RE: Spreadsheet program?

2003-08-14 Thread Michael Kalus
You might want to go to the Sun StarOffice website and look through their docs. They have released a manual for programming in Star Office Script and it is geared to people who already used VBScript in their Office applications, sorry don't have the link handy right now. > -Original Message---

RE: List has died!

2003-07-29 Thread Michael Kalus
> The restart seems to have done the trick, I am now receiving > the mail. > Thanks for your help! > So am I, This is the first email I got from the list since yesterday at 4:13pm. Michael -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/list

RE: RedHat 8 FS problem.

2003-07-28 Thread Michael Kalus
> Since you cannot fsck the device, that indicates that the OS cannot > find the device. Is this partition on a separate disk? If so, I > would suspect that the disk is not spinning up, the BIOS is not > recognizing it, and hence the OS cannot recognize its existence. Thanks, That's what I t

RedHat 8 FS problem.

2003-07-28 Thread Michael Kalus
Hi, I do have a redhat 8 box here that lost power over the weekend. When it came back up it complained about fs corruption (ext3). So Logged in and issued an fsck on all the file systems. All came back clean but /pub The complain I receive is that LABEL=/pub cannot be found, when I try to do an

RE: RH 10

2003-07-24 Thread Michael Kalus
> Agreed that Red Hat community does a much better job with > support, but this states that Red Hat doesn't support RH 7 and older. > http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/archive.html But that is the beauty of it, isn't it? If you want an updated package either see if someone already created

RE: [OT] Does this mean that IP was proven on the SCO case?

2003-07-23 Thread Michael Kalus
> I did not mean to stretch the comparision between SuSE and SCO any > further than this. I considered making this explicit in my previous > mail but thought that wasn't necessary. It obviously is ;). Oh okay, guess I got that wrong then ;) Thanks for clearing that up. Michael -- redhat-l

RE: [OT] Does this mean that IP was proven on the SCO case?

2003-07-22 Thread Michael Kalus
> A little like SuSE making people pay for their installer > (YaST). Big difference is that we know where YaST came from > but have no > clue about the IP SCO wants to license. Is it really? I am not so sure, was YAST ever licensed under the GPL? Even so, the GPL doesn't prevent someone from ch

RE: Mailing list recommendation?

2003-07-10 Thread Michael Kalus
Majordomo will definetly do the trick, though all the mailing lists I am part of (or help administering) have switched to Mailman quite some time ago, it is a lot more flexible and "nicer" than Majordomo. M. > -Original Message- > From: James Pifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thurs

RE: RH9 home networking

2003-07-03 Thread Michael Kalus
> I have rogers cable in Canada and just setup my home network. > > I bought a LinkSys Wireless Router, the cable plugs into the > modem, the LAN connection from the modem goes to the router > WAN connection and every PC plugs into the Router or uses > wireless. Pretty simple and everything wor

RE: RH9 home networking

2003-07-03 Thread Michael Kalus
> ok, pay attention. > > DSL outlet -> DSL modem -> linksys 4-port hub with wireless. > > from linksys hub: > > - one wired PC running XP > - one wireless access laptop running RH 9 > > cost of linksys hub: $89 US. > > and yes, it works, it really does, given that both machines > are on

RE: RH9 home networking

2003-07-03 Thread Michael Kalus
> why are you making this so difficult? why not have the cable > modem go to the hub, and let the hosts all plug into the hub? > that's what we're doing here, and it's pretty easy. > > unless you have a static IP for that first box and want it to > be visible to the net, that is. There might

RE: RH9 home networking

2003-07-03 Thread Michael Kalus
There is a little bit more to it than just sharing your connection, you also would like to make sure that the machines behind the RH9 box are protected. If you use something like Webmin (http://www.webmin.com) you can use their "Firewall" Module to enable NAT and share your connection rather easil

RE: How do I find the IP address.

2003-06-30 Thread Michael Kalus
You mean on DHCP? Ipconfig -a |more Should tell you your IP address. > -Original Message- > From: David Langschied [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How do I find the IP address. > > > Hi all! > I have connected my Linu

RE: How do I find the IP address.

2003-06-30 Thread Michael Kalus
> You mean on DHCP? > > Ipconfig -a |more > > Should tell you your IP address. My bad, that is supposed to be: Ifconfig -a |more I worked too much with Windows lately :( M. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Multi Protocol Instant Messenger?

2003-06-26 Thread Michael Kalus
Hi, Does anybody know of any Multi Protocol messenger for Linux / Redhat? Trillian works great for Windows and Fire is great on MacOS X but I am not aware of anything for Linux, anybody here is? Thanks. -- Michael Kalus -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https

RE: Why is RH9 slower than Windows98SE. Any advice?

2003-06-25 Thread Michael Kalus
> Interesting. I didn't know that. But I guess it makes sense. I guess one of the things that Apple realized is that with projects like FINK they actually have access to ton's of applications. The one thing that prevented most Graphical applications from running was the hassle with getting X to

RE: Why is RH9 slower than Windows98SE. Any advice?

2003-06-25 Thread Michael Kalus
> 1) Writing a full scale graphical environment is time > consuming, difficult, and requires a lot of skill. There are > not that many around. The Mac interface, Windows, Sun's > SunView, X and X based derivatives (CDE, Gnome, KDE, etc.). > Probably a couple of others, certainly the Star int

RE: Telnet Remote Admin Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Michael Kalus
> I wouldn't go so far as to say "ssh is the same as telnet". > > The openssh and openssh-clients packages give you commands > which replace the functionality of a lot of insecure programs > like rsh, rlogin, rcp, ftp, telnet. > > SSH can be used to establish login sessions or run commands, >

RE: Why is RH9 slower than Windows98SE. Any advice?

2003-06-25 Thread Michael Kalus
PFMJI > Yes, OS X (pronounced "OS ten", says Apple) has a BSD kernel > and a lot of GPLed utilities, but Apple has added much > proprietary stuff on top of it. > > No, OS X does not use X Windows. Yes and no. Panther will be coming with a built in X window system. And you can already install X

RE: Telnet Remote Admin Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Michael Kalus
> > But in all honesty: > > Use SSH. > > ?? Telnet isn't very secure, everything you do is unencrypted. So someone could sniff out your root password for example. SSH is the same as telnet but encrypted. It should be installed by default in your system: man ssh should give you more info. Michae

RE: Telnet Remote Admin Problem

2003-06-25 Thread Michael Kalus
Did you do a su or a su - ? Try su - and you should get the full root enviroment. But in all honesty: Use SSH. M. > -Original Message- > From: David Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:51 AM > To: RedHat List > Subject: Telnet Remote Admin Problem > > > I

RE: how to install Grub without installing LINUX

2003-06-24 Thread Michael Kalus
Put in a DOS Bootdisk and once the boot prompt comes up type: Format c: /mbr That should write a clean boot record. (at least it did in the past :) ). > -Original Message- > From: Farschad Torabi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: Win98 desktop look and feel, where to get the theme?

2003-06-20 Thread Michael Kalus
> Someone ought to write a BSD screen save to aid in increasing > the comfort level of those newly migrated users to linux. > Should helpthem feel right at home :) Well there is the screensaver that re-enacts wonderful crash screens like the Amiga's "Guru Meditation" thing, comes also with core

RE: Win98 desktop look and feel, where to get the theme?

2003-06-20 Thread Michael Kalus
I only know in SuSE but there is a theme in KDE called "Redmond" which is to my knowledge the closest you get to the "Windows Eperience" (No BSDs included though) ;) M. > As some of you know I am migrating my workstations from > Windows98 to RH9. Is there a theme for either KDE, GNOME, or > an

RE: restrict telnet session

2003-06-20 Thread Michael Kalus
> Hi all, > > I have small and interesting question. I want to give telent > access for only 2 users, is it possible??? The system is > configured with redhat 8.0 Sure, just set the Shell for all the other accounts to /bin/false and they are prevented from logging in. Some apps though MIGHT ne

RE: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-18 Thread Michael Kalus
> Hell if they are that poor an admin to be infected by worms > that usually exploit OLD vunerabilities then HELL YES they > deserve to be ignored on the Internet! Those are home users, you know the kind that "just surf's the web" kind of people. Wasn't there a wrom going around the other day t

RE: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-18 Thread Michael Kalus
> If your dynamically assigned IP address is sending SMTP > traffic directly to remote hosts on the Internet (instead of > only to your ISP) then either you > are: > > 1) Running a local SMTP ***SERVER*** on/behind that IP address > 2) You are doing a LOT of telnets :) 3): I have a nice shellsc

RE: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-18 Thread Michael Kalus
> > So we have tons of people out there who have their windows machines > > wide open and are getting infected by worms, maybe we should just > > completely > shut > > those people off the net? > > Sounds ok to me. Same for me. Maybe we should petition my ISP then? > > > My ISP has names asso

RE: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Kalus
> > I do run my own mailserver, it does NOT relay and if you try it you > > get dropped with an error code, I had people try to use it > as a relay > > but even my own ISP only probes it and then went away when they > > realized it was closed. > > OK that is fine but a large majority of spam i

RE: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Kalus
> For you to be sending out SMTP traffic directly to AOL you > have to be running some sort of mailserver so yes you are > running a server and in violation of your TOS. Try telnetting to your mailserver on port 25, you can send the message directly, no server on your end involved. It's all plai

RE: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Kalus
> > > > What AOL should do is (if they really want to prevent spam) > to go out > > to > the > > mailserver that makes the connection and see if they can relay to > > themselves, if they can then block it, if not let the mail > go through. > > They use Reverse DNS Lookup just like the rest of

RE: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Kalus
> When a reverse DNS lookup happens, it compares the dns with > the IP number. If they are not matched, the mail bounces. > Those on Dynamic IPs will bounce on ANY decent server. Excuse me but that is not what should happen. What if the IP does not have a DNS name associated with it? I do run

RE: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Kalus
[...] and I know that MOST if not all of the > Broadband providers in the US for residential service clearly > state that you are NOT to run daemons of any kind on their service. So no IRC then for people on broadband? What about things like Bittorrent? Not really a server but it definetly "ser

RE: simple question related to pop3

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Kalus
For SSH you should be able to just pint the shell to /bin/false or something like that, for FTP: I think there is a DENY option in the FTP configuration (depending on the server) that would block ftp access. M. > -Original Message- > From: David Richards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent:

RE: WGET information needed.

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Kalus
wget --help And you shall know. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 1:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: WGET information needed. > > > i need help on wget... > pls let me know the basic commands... > also infor

RE: mp3 player in console!

2003-06-16 Thread Michael Kalus
I think the program is called mp3blaster and works in the console just fine. (B (B> -Original Message- (B> From: winglion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (B> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:00 PM (B> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B> Subject: mp3 player in console! (B> (B> (B> I got a interesti

RE: PCI USB Card Causing Problems

2003-06-12 Thread Michael Kalus
> Then what's the point of having PCI USB cards!? All modern > mobo's have > USB ports, hell even my ancient IBM PC 330 (I'm talking uber ancient, > only a 486) came with two USB ports! And I've seen 4 port USB > cards (the > 2 porters (and I think the 4 porters) also have an extra > internal

RE: PCI USB Card Causing Problems

2003-06-12 Thread Michael Kalus
I might be off here, but I think the specs only support two ports in the computer itself, you can attach more devices by daisy chaining them or running them through a (powered) USB HUB. M. > -Original Message- > From: Joseph A Nagy Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12,

RE: Redhat 9, Mozilla (or Konquerer) and Hushmail

2003-06-09 Thread Michael Kalus
27; > Subject: Re: Redhat 9, Mozilla (or Konquerer) and Hushmail > > > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:04, Michael Kalus wrote: > > So far (under RH9) I re-downloaded java from Sun, installed it and > > even rebooted the machine. I also made sure that Java is enabled in > > th

Redhat 9, Mozilla (or Konquerer) and Hushmail

2003-06-09 Thread Michael Kalus
Hello everyone. I have a rather strange problem with Hushmail under Linux. Hushmail uses a Java Encryption engine which needs to be executed in the webbrowser. The problem I am facing is that for some reason Hushmail claims that Java is not installed / available. So far (under RH9) I re-downlo

RE: Anyone try Webmin?

2003-06-06 Thread Michael Kalus
> It does have it's purposes. If you're administering a number > of machines and you already know what you're doing, it saves > time and energy. If you're a "noob" it IS rather "dumbing" as > it's always better for "noobs" to get a firm understanding > from the "ground up". For those in a hurry

RE: Anyone try Webmin?

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Kalus
pache). M. > -Original Message- > From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 5, 2003 8:56 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Anyone try Webmin? > > > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: > > > Yes and no. > > >

RE: Anyone try Webmin?

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Kalus
Yes and no. The main problem I see with things like Webmin is that they remove the "user" from the real system. If they don't have Webmin available later when something is wrong they might not be able to fix the problem. Granted, I grew up on Command Line and even though I have (and use) Webmin I

RE: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Kalus
What are you trying to do with it? Use it as a firewall? Use it as a workstation? Michael -Original Message- From: Paul Sutcliffe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 4, 2003 11:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: What distribution works well with old computers? What distribution works

RE: Can't listen to my CDs. Need to rip them.

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Kalus
What do you mean by you "can't listen to them"? Can you play the Cd but don't get any sound? If so check the sound mixer and make sure that you have the volume for CD turned up. Michael > -Original Message- > From: Ricardo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 3, 2003 9:17 PM > To: [EMA

RE: Running Out of Space on /

2003-06-04 Thread Michael Kalus
I take it that your home directory and other sub directories are on their own file system? You might not have accidentally created only one partition and then have your home directories be a part of that? > -Original Message- > From: Staven Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 3,

RE: FTP login too slow

2003-06-03 Thread Michael Kalus
Title: Message The problem is most likely a lack of DNS resolution, so it waits until it times out.   You can either try to turn of DNS lookup (don't know off hand right now where to configure it) or make sure that the host that is connecting has an entry in /etc/hosts   Michael -

RE: dhcp - max lease time

2003-06-03 Thread Michael Kalus
> -Original Message- > From: Joseph A Nagy Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 2, 2003 2:23 PM > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > For permanent leases or leases that I wish to never > > expire, what should I modify in /etc/dhcpd.conf? > > > > The man pages don't mention per