Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-13 Thread Paul Smith
ot;Generally speaking, any jl> attempt to "allow all commands except..." is doomed to failure, at jl> least in a technical sense." I agree with this. In fact I never even considered this approach. jl> If I were you, I would create a very restrictive sudoers file and jl

Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-13 Thread Paul Smith
%% Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bh> I don't have an answer and in the absence of any additional bh> information, why don't you post the sort of things that you think bh> theses guys will need to do and see if the list can come up with a bh> way to restrict privs to those tasks.

Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-10 Thread jurvis lasalle
On Friday, Oct 10, 2003, at 07:29 America/New_York, Paul Smith wrote: %% Martin Mewes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Obviously this now pushes the battle down into the trenches of exactly what commands constitute this set, with the tug-of-war between the developers' need to manage th

Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-10 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 06:29, Paul Smith wrote: > %% Martin Mewes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Obviously this now pushes the battle down into the trenches of > >> exactly what commands constitute this set, with the tug-of-war > >> between the d

Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-10 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 09:36, Paul Barclay wrote: > I would not restrict usage on any individual system, this will just lead > to frustration on the developers part. > > What are you trying to protect on individual systems? > > Consider a Windows solution instead as they are quite up on restictin

Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-10 Thread Paul Smith
%% Martin Mewes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Obviously this now pushes the battle down into the trenches of >> exactly what commands constitute this set, with the tug-of-war >> between the developers' need to manage their desktop, the security >> tea

Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-09 Thread Martin Mewes
Howdy, Am Don, den 09.10.2003 schrieb Paul Smith um 16:30: > Obviously this now pushes the battle down into the trenches of exactly > what commands constitute this set, with the tug-of-war between the > developers' need to manage their desktop, the security team's need to &

Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-09 Thread Paul Smith
the point: I'm just trying to find out if anyone's collected any list of "reasonable" root-level commands that users would legitimately need to run on a day-to-day basis. Some obvious ones I can think of are mount and umount, for example. Also probably lsmod, insmod, rmmod (for o

Re: List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-09 Thread Paul Barclay
t access as they use it during their > development efforts. > > One idea being floated is that, instead of giving users full root > privileges to their desktop, they be allowed to run a well-defined set > of commands via "sudo". > > Obviously this now pushes the ba

List of "user-level" root commands?

2003-10-09 Thread Paul Smith
pment efforts. One idea being floated is that, instead of giving users full root privileges to their desktop, they be allowed to run a well-defined set of commands via "sudo". Obviously this now pushes the battle down into the trenches of exactly what commands constitute this set, with

Re: where to put user xset commands?

2003-10-04 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 03-Oct-2003/13:10 -0300, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Anthony E. Greene wrote: >> Add the commands to ~/.bash_profile within an if loop that checks to see >> if you're running X: >> >> if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] ; the

Re: where to put user xset commands?

2003-10-03 Thread Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto
Anthony E. Greene wrote: > Add the commands to ~/.bash_profile within an if loop that checks to see > if you're running X: > > if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] ; then > xset whatever > fi Thanks, that will do it.. there should be another way though. -- Hercu

Re: where to put user xset commands?

2003-10-03 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 02-Oct-2003/17:45 -0300, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've tried ~/.Xclients, even ~/.xinitrc, with full paths, with exec &, >but nothing. I give up. Anyone? Add the commands to ~/.bash_profile within an if loop that checks to see if

Re: where to put user xset commands?

2003-10-02 Thread Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto
Hal Burgiss wrote: > This may vary according to RH version, and whether using startx or a > display manager. On RH8+startx, ~/.Xclients works. Have you tried > ~/.xsession? Yes.. didn't work either. This is RH9 booting straight to X. Thanks, -- Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: where to put user xset commands?

2003-10-02 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 05:45:41PM -0300, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto wrote: > > I've tried ~/.Xclients, even ~/.xinitrc, with full paths, with exec &, > but nothing. I give up. Anyone? This may vary according to RH version, and whether using startx or a display manager. On RH8+startx, ~/.Xc

where to put user xset commands?

2003-10-02 Thread Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto
I've tried ~/.Xclients, even ~/.xinitrc, with full paths, with exec &, but nothing. I give up. Anyone? Thanks -- Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Executing commands on startup and shutdown

2003-09-02 Thread Adam Bowns
E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com > > From: Adam Bowns Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 16:10 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Executing commands on startup and shutdown > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I have been trying

RE: Executing commands on startup and shutdown

2003-09-02 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
part). HTH Regards, Hugh -- Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com From: Adam Bowns Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 16:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Executing commands on startup and shutdown > > > Hello everyone, > > I have been trying to execu

Executing commands on startup and shutdown

2003-09-01 Thread Adam Bowns
Hello everyone, I have been trying to execute a command on startup, then a different command on shutdown. So far I have had success with executing the command on startup, but for some reason, via the exact same method I cannot execute the command on shutdown. Here's what im doing: - I have the a

Re: how to integrate user applications in to system commands

2003-08-21 Thread Ben Russo
anil garrepally wrote: Hi, what is the way to integrate our executable application programs to OS. so that like regular OS commands our application also work. And how to write a man page and how to integrate it to system. So that man command will give our explanation about that command

how to integrate user applications in to system commands

2003-08-21 Thread anil garrepally
Hi, what is the way to integrate our executable application programs to OS. so that like regular OS commands our application also work. And how to write a man page and how to integrate it to system. So that man command will give our explanation about that command. Please,can any one tell this

Re: Printer Commands (PCL)

2003-06-13 Thread hanfamily
It depends on what you want to do, which version of RH you use, and which printing system you use. If you want to add differenct pcl commands to different text files and print you can add them as escape sequences with vi you just add them with crtl-v esc then the command however the magic filter

Re: Printer Commands (PCL)

2003-06-13 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Friday 13 Jun 2003 2:16 pm, Luis Gustavo Dantas wrote: > Hello!!! > > I´d like to know how can i insert PCL commands in text printers. > > I have a printer with a five bin mailbox installed (a kind of output tray) > and i need to insert commands to use it!!! I used to have

Printer Commands (PCL)

2003-06-13 Thread Luis Gustavo Dantas
Hello!!!   I´d like to know how can i insert PCL commands in text printers.   I have a printer with a five bin mailbox installed (a kind of output tray) and i need to insert commands to use it!!!   Can you help me???   Thanks   Luis

Re: X server restarting commands..

2003-06-09 Thread Randy Perkins
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 00:54, Raphael Zwiker wrote: > > try to change the resolution, it's asking me to logout > > and restart the Xserver. I wonder anyone know the > Press ++. That should work > hello how can you insert ++ into a bash script thanks in advance randy -- redhat-list mailing li

Re: X server restarting commands..

2003-06-09 Thread Raphael Zwiker
try to change the resolution, it's asking me to logout and restart the Xserver. I wonder anyone know the Press ++. That should work -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

X server restarting commands..

2003-06-09 Thread Sivakamesh Thota
hi, Can anyone help regarding the following problem: I have redhat9.0 installed in my laptop. I am using KDE desktop. My default resolution is 800X600. when I try to change the resolution, it's asking me to logout and restart the Xserver. I wonder anyone know the Xserver restart commands. an

Re: List of commands again.

2003-05-30 Thread Bret Hughes
On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 11:22, Ziaur Rahman wrote: > Quoting David Eduardo Gomez Noguera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 11:56, Sven Anderson wrote: > > > > Well, if you really want to know all commands, you can do: > > > > find / -perm

Re: Basic Sendmail Commands?

2003-03-20 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 19-Mar-2003/14:34 -0800, CM Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Correct, for example at the prompt, I type 'mail' and >it either takes me to my user's mailbox or it says, no >mail...this is Sendmail running, correct? No, that is 'mail', an MUA which is separate from 'sendmail' (an MTA). I do

RE: Basic Sendmail Commands?

2003-03-19 Thread Cowles, Steve
> -Original Message- > From: CM Miller > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: Basic Sendmail Commands? > > See my comments below... > > Correct, for example at the prompt, I type 'mail' and > it either takes me to my user'

Re: Basic Sendmail Commands?

2003-03-19 Thread CM Miller
See my comments below... >>On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:46:06AM -0800, CM Miller >>wrote: >> >> I either looking for a tutorial that I can do >>online, or the basic >> keyboard commands: For example, if I go into my >>mailbox view and >>read a

Re: Basic Sendmail Commands?

2003-03-19 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:46:06AM -0800, CM Miller wrote: > > I either looking for a tutorial that I can do online, or the basic > keyboard commands: For example, if I go into my mailbox view and read a > message, how do I go back to the mailbox view without quitting Sendmail >

Re: Basic Sendmail Commands?

2003-03-19 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 19-Mar-2003/04:46 -0800, CM Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I either looking for a tutorial that I can do online, >or the basic keyboard commands: For example, if I go >into my mailbox view and read a message, how do I go >back to the mailbox view without quitting S

Re: Basic Sendmail Commands?

2003-03-19 Thread CM Miller
I either looking for a tutorial that I can do online, or the basic keyboard commands: For example, if I go into my mailbox view and read a message, how do I go back to the mailbox view without quitting Sendmail all together (q on the keyboard)? I just to become very familiar with the keyboard

Re: Basic Sendmail Commands?

2003-03-18 Thread Daniel Tan
what kind of commands do you need or want? do a man sendmail or man "command" - Original Message - From: "CM Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 12:24 PM Subject: Basic Sendmail Commands? I've googl

Basic Sendmail Commands?

2003-03-18 Thread CM Miller
I've googled around for this, but I cannot find just basic keyboard commands for Sendmail. This would really help me out. Can anyone recommend any websites for this? thanks -Chris = Winning an argument on the internet is like getting 1st place at the Special Oly

Re: apt commands

2003-03-11 Thread Ted Wager
Ted Wager wrote: Hi.. I am trying to upgrade synaptic ...I have tried apt-get upgrade synaptic but it wants to upgrade the complete system...Any ideas how I can do this welcome Regards Ted Wager Many thanks to all who replied Regards TEd Wager -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mail

Re: apt commands

2003-03-11 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
ptic apt-get upgrade: upgrade all the system to the latest version Be sure to run the command "apt-get update" before any of these commands. Emmanuel -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

apt commands

2003-03-11 Thread Ted Wager
Hi.. I am trying to upgrade synaptic ...I have tried apt-get upgrade synaptic but it wants to upgrade the complete system...Any ideas how I can do this welcome Regards Ted Wager -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-

Re: kickstart postinstall commands

2003-02-28 Thread J.Slim
Ah Yes. That will almost certainly be my problem. Other than those post install commands the kickstart file seems to work fine when created in notepad and put onto a dos floppy. Thanks for the tip. (this certainly isn't the first, but hopefully it will be the last time that those CRLF&#x

Re: kickstart postinstall commands

2003-02-28 Thread Anthony E. Greene
ogus?" Can someone tell me why the question mark gets tagged on? It does the same thing with creating a directory (e.g. "bogusdir?" instead of "bogusdir"). I also read something about chroot postinstall commands. What would be the advantage of this? Do the script lines

Re: Man commands [solved]

2003-02-27 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 09:39 26 Feb 2003, Gene Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Cameron Simpson wrote: | >On 13:29 25 Feb 2003, Gene Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >| i just read this couple of weeks ago about finding out which | >| man () a particular information is by running this command | >| where it tells you

kickstart postinstall commands

2003-02-27 Thread J.Slim
Can someone tell me why the question mark gets tagged on? It does the same thing with creating a directory (e.g. "bogusdir?" instead of "bogusdir"). I also read something about chroot postinstall commands. What would be the advantage of this? -- redhat-list

kickstart postinstall commands

2003-02-27 Thread J.Slim
Can someone tell me why the question mark gets tagged on? It does the same thing with creating a directory (e.g. "bogusdir?" instead of "bogusdir"). I also read something about chroot postinstall commands. What would be the advantage of this? -- redhat-list

Re: Man commands [solved]

2003-02-26 Thread Gene Yoo
Cameron Simpson wrote: On 13:29 25 Feb 2003, Gene Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | i just read this couple of weeks ago about finding out which | man () a particular information is by running this command | where it tells you which man () is... can someone shed some | light into this again for

Re: Man commands

2003-02-25 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13:29 25 Feb 2003, Gene Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | i just read this couple of weeks ago about finding out which | man () a particular information is by running this command | where it tells you which man () is... can someone shed some | light into this again for me :) thank you! Maybe

Man commands

2003-02-25 Thread Gene Yoo
i just read this couple of weeks ago about finding out which man () a particular information is by running this command where it tells you which man () is... can someone shed some light into this again for me :) thank you! -- <> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 -BEGIN PGP SIGN

critical server commands logging

2003-01-11 Thread Prashant Desai
Hello everybody i want to log each and every commands which each user gives during their login session to the redhat linux 7.1/6.1/7.0 servers these server are very critical for us and as there are multiple users around 5 whom are using these server , ya all the logging should go to the

Re: ssh commands

2003-01-02 Thread Robert Canary
Nevermind I figured it out. I had to put the whole commadline in single quotes like this. ssh username@sshserver 'echo -e "this is a test\ntwo=2" > /tmp/sshtest; cat /tmp/sshtest' Robert Canary wrote: > > I am trying to pass the following on a commandline via ssh > echo -e "this is a test\ntwo=

ssh commands

2003-01-02 Thread Robert Canary
I am trying to pass the following on a commandline via ssh echo -e "this is a test\ntwo=2" > /tmp/sshtest; cat /tmp/sshtest on the console commandline I get. this a test two=2 However, if pass it through the commadline on a ssh I get this is a testtwo=2 I have tried double slashes and that will

Re: How to execute commands before system reboot

2002-12-02 Thread Roger
i mean these commands only get excuted only before system hung up and automactically. Thanks -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: How to execute commands before system reboot

2002-12-02 Thread Krishna
consist of all the commands that could be executed before system reboot or shutdown, just functionally like rc.local? Thanks R -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list --- Incoming mail is

How to execute commands before system reboot

2002-12-02 Thread Roger
Hi I am running RH 8 box, I wonder if there is a file can consist of all the commands that could be executed before system reboot or shutdown, just functionally like rc.local? Thanks R -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-09 Thread loophole
you need to do it now with rpmbuild __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailm

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Mike Khzar
You can find the syntax by typing RPM in the console. Anyway, the command for opening RPM packages is rpm -Uvh >From: R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: RPM commands changed? >Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 18:27:44 -04

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON wrote: > just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command > "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. > Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? > > Thanks for any tip? http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/rpmbuild

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread juaid
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think that since redhat 7.3 (and on 8.0) the option build (-b or --build > or something like that).. is in a new package called rpm-build (rpm -qa | > grep rpm-build).. nope, it's since RH 8.0.. 7.3 uses the traditional "rpm -b" regards, juaid -- redhat-list m

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Mike Burger
It's quite possible that you have to use "rpmbuild" instead of rpm, now. On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON wrote: > Hello, > > just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command > "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. > Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Keith Winston
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 10:10, Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON wrote: > Hello, > > just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command > "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. > Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? Yes, they pulled the building part out of rpm and c

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 07:34, Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON wrote: > > just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command > "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. > Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? Yes, the "rpm -b?" com

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 04:34:18PM +0200, Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON wrote: > Hello, > > just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command > "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. > Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? Please start a new thread for new topi

RE : RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Vincent . Fortier1
02 10:34 AM À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RPM commands changed? Hello, just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? Thanks for any tip. Anatol -- redhat-li

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Bret Hughes
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 09:10, Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON wrote: > Hello, > > just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command > "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. > Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? > > Thanks for any tip? > I don't have 8 installe

Re: RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread juaid
From: "Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? if you'd read the release notes for RH 8.0 you'd seen that now the functionallity is separated into "rpm" and "rpm-build" regards, juaid -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe

RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON
Hello, just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? Thanks for any tip. Anatol -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe ht

RPM commands changed?

2002-10-08 Thread Anatol Mayr / HEXAGON
Hello, just tried to generate RPMs for RH80 and detected that the command "rpm -ba ...conf" does not work anymore. Has the syntax be changed (the man-pages do not give a hint)? Thanks for any tip? Anatol Mayr Sales Manager HEXAGON EDV-Dienstleistungen Weissenwolfstr. 14 A-4221 Steyregg, AUSTRIA

RE: Strange problem with su and vi commands

2002-09-05 Thread cj
try "export TERM=vt100" without quotation marks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Tan Sent: Friday, 6 September 2002 5:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Strange problem with su and vi commands connect woth telnet

Re: Strange problem with su and vi commands

2002-09-05 Thread Daniel Tan
connect woth telnet i presume...try hyperterminal...a tad more useful - Original Message - From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:26 PM Subject: Re: Strange problem with su and vi commands On Thu, 2002-

Re: RE : Strange problem with su and vi commands

2002-09-05 Thread Fred Dech
5:27 > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: Strange problem with su and vi commands > > On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 07:07, Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL) wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > I usually connect with the user USER1, when i enter vi no particular > > probl

Re: RE : Strange problem with su and vi commands

2002-09-05 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL) wrote: > -Message d'origine- > De : Bret Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoyé : jeudi 5 septembre 2002 15:27 > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: Strange problem with su and vi commands > not sure about th

RE : Strange problem with su and vi commands

2002-09-05 Thread Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL)
- -Message d'origine- De : Bret Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : jeudi 5 septembre 2002 15:27 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: Strange problem with su and vi commands On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 07:07, Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL) wrote:

Re: Strange problem with su and vi commands

2002-09-05 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 07:07, Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL) wrote: > Hi all, > > > I usually connect with the user USER1, when i enter vi no particular > problem appears, but if I made a su (whoever the user) before, my > backspace key return me ^? in vi. > > > Is there anyway to solve that pr

Strange problem with su and vi commands

2002-09-05 Thread Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL)
Hi all, I usually connect with the user USER1, when i enter vi no particular problem appears, but if I made a su (whoever the user) before, my backspace key return me ^? in vi. Is there anyway to solve that problem Thanks !!!

Re: shell commands

2002-06-14 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
To read / edit a file you need to use a command called "vi" information about it's switches and commands in the program are at http://linux-sxs.org/vicommands.html Information on changing date/time can be found at http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html A good place for simp

Re: shell commands

2002-06-14 Thread patrick1
try " man cat" or "man vi" or "man pico" or "man emacs" patrick On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:30:19 -0400 "ebinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone know what to enter at the shell to change server time in Red Hat >7.2 >and to read or edit a file >Thanks very new to the shell >Ed > > > >__

shell commands

2002-06-14 Thread ebinc
Does anyone know what to enter at the shell to change server time in Red Hat 7.2 and to read or edit a file Thanks very new to the shell Ed ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

rsh commands take a lot of time

2002-06-05 Thread bjeanselme
Hi, Does anyone know why rsh commands take a lot of time to be executed between 2 unix server. telnet command runs immediately. Linux 6.2 Thanks ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat

Re: How to give commands to Linux

2002-05-30 Thread Rob Saul
On Wednesday 29 May 2002 11:24, Manisha wrote: > > Yes, I can see GNOME. But I can give read/write/execute permission to only > one individual file (by right click the file - properties). But I need to > give permission to directory, how to do it ? odd, do you 'own' and/or have write permission

Re: How to give commands to Linux

2002-05-30 Thread ramakrishna
hi, > I am totally new to Linux. I want to give write permission to one directory > - want to create and write into the file - I can open the directory (like > explorer in windows), but then how to give the write permission ? > > Can anybody explain in detail the steps involved? I am sorry to

RE: How to give commands to Linux

2002-05-29 Thread Pranay Kumar
ws everybody to read write and execute in the phpdir tree. - Pranay -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Manisha Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Pranay Kumar Subject: RE: How to give commands to Linux Thanks for

RE: How to give commands to Linux

2002-05-29 Thread Manisha
M >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: How to give commands to Linux > >I am totally new to Linux. I want to give write permission to one >directory >- want to create and write into the file - I can open the directory >(like >explorer in windows), but then how to give the write permis

How to give commands to Linux

2002-05-29 Thread Manisha
I am totally new to Linux. I want to give write permission to one directory - want to create and write into the file - I can open the directory (like explorer in windows), but then how to give the write permission ? Can anybody explain in detail the steps involved? I am sorry to ask such a s

Re: oops can't execute commands

2002-04-29 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 29 April 2002 03:33 pm, Linux wrote: > I have found out that xinetd services are not starting as below > > I cannot execute any commands from the command prompt I missed the start of this thread, sorry. Does it work if you type

Re: oops can't execute commands

2002-04-29 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 22:56 29 Apr 2002, Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | No I did not update the kernel | I have found out that xinetd services are not starting as below | | Many thanks | Mike | | Apr 29 21:39:30 lennie xinetd[906]: amanda disabled, removing | Apr 29 21:39:30 lennie xinetd[906]: amandaidx disab

oops can't execute commands

2002-04-29 Thread Linux
No I did not update the kernel I have found out that xinetd services are not starting as below I cannot execute any commands from the command prompt Any clues? Many thanks Mike Apr 29 21:39:30 lennie xinetd[906]: amanda disabled, removing Apr 29 21:39:30 lennie xinetd[906]: amandaidx disabled

RE: oops can't execute commands

2002-04-29 Thread Linux
No I did not update the kernel I have found out that xinetd services are not starting as below Many thanks Mike Apr 29 21:39:30 lennie xinetd[906]: amanda disabled, removing Apr 29 21:39:30 lennie xinetd[906]: amandaidx disabled, removing Apr 29 21:39:30 lennie xinetd[906]: amidxtape disabled,

RE: oops can't execute commands

2002-04-29 Thread Brian
Did you re-compile you kernel? Or update it with a new one -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Linux Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 3:08 AM To: 'Redhat-List (E-mail) Subject: oops can't execute commands This just happened. when I l

oops can't execute commands

2002-04-29 Thread Linux
This just happened. when I login to my RH7.2 box I get the following. any clues? Last login: Mon Apr 29 21:42:31 2002 bash: dircolors: command not found bash: grep: command not found bash: cut: command not found bash: cut: command not found bash: id: command not found bash: id: command not foun

RE: Commands for SCSI tape devices

2002-03-28 Thread Juan Martinez
On a Red Hat 7.2 system the package is mt-st-0.6-1 The command is /bin/mt Juan On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Jeff Graves wrote: > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:42:45 -0500 > From: Jeff Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: C

Commands for SCSI tape devices

2002-03-28 Thread Jeff Graves
What's the command to rewind/eject a tape device on /dev/st0? Jeff Graves Customer Support Engineer Image Source, Inc. 10 Mill Street Bellingham, MA 02019 508.966.5200 X31 - Phone 508.966.5170 - Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Email ___ Redhat-list mailing

Re: no last or who commands anymore :(

2000-12-23 Thread Nitebirdz
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Eric Clover wrote: > email from cron:: > > Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 04:02:01 -0600 > From: root > To: root@g > Subject: errors rotating logs > > errors occured while rotating /var/log/wtmp > > stat of /var/log/wtmp failed: No such file or directory > > Doh!! > thank you... > >

Re: no last or who commands anymore :(

2000-12-23 Thread Eric Clover
stat of /var/log/wtmp failed: No such file or directory Doh!! thank you... eric Statux wrote: > > did you try finger? > > the last and lastlog commands will not do any good if your wtmp file has > been removed. > > last -> SysVinit package > who -> sh-utils pac

Re: no last or who commands anymore :(

2000-12-23 Thread Statux
did you try finger? the last and lastlog commands will not do any good if your wtmp file has been removed. last -> SysVinit package who -> sh-utils package lastlog -> shadow-utils package check over your /etc/passwd and /etc/inetd.conf files for starters On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Eric Clo

no last or who commands anymore :(

2000-12-23 Thread Eric Clover
hello, im kinda sad. i have no more last or who commands. i think ive been hax0red:( any way to get my who working again? id kinda like to find out if someone is in my system. TIA eric ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https

Re: To link some commands

2000-12-09 Thread Andrew M Edgerton
anything else you want to tack on. - - Original Message - From: "Huiyuan Ma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 5:44 PM Subject: To link some commands > > A simple question:How to link to some commands for > using them

RE: To link some commands

2000-12-08 Thread Uncle Meat
On 08-Dec-2000 Huiyuan Ma opined: > > A simple question:How to link to some commands for > using them anywhere?For example,currently,to use the > command 'httpd'or something else in /usr/bin,I've got > to type the whole path to get the commands.Any way to &

To link some commands

2000-12-08 Thread Huiyuan Ma
A simple question:How to link to some commands for using them anywhere?For example,currently,to use the command 'httpd'or something else in /usr/bin,I've got to type the whole path to get the commands.Any way to link them?Thank you. __

Re: What commands look up MX records?

2000-11-07 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Jonathan Wilson wrote: > Aren't there commands that look up MX records, in a similar fashion to > whois and nslookup? host -t mx foo.com -- Todd A. Jacobs Senior Network Consultant ___ Redhat-list mailing

Re: What commands look up MX records?

2000-11-07 Thread Michael R. Jinks
efer, dig @your.nameserver.com domain.com mx HTH, -m Chris Harvey wrote: > > > Aren't there commands that look up MX records, in a similar fashion to > whois and nslookup? > > Yes. Use nslookup > > i.e. > > nslookup > > set q=mx > > hotmail.com > > Chri

Re: What commands look up MX records?

2000-11-07 Thread Matthew Melvin
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Jonathan Wilson wrote: > I think I've asked this before but I can't remember the answer: > > Aren't there commands that look up MX records, in a similar fashion to whois and >nslookup? > Either... nslookup -query=mx domain.nam

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