[newbie] How do you stop people from using your server as a spam relay???

1999-09-22 Thread Eric L. Damron
It appears that some jerk may be trying to use my Linux server to relay mail. I don't know if he succeeded or not but I don't to take any chances. Short of killing all mail services how can I make using my Linux box as a relay VERY difficult? Thanks.

Re: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread Richard Adams
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: I added a user called "test" with a password of "test" when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password (to anything!!!) errors include: BAD PASSWORD: it is too short BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word passwd:

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave (REPLY)

1999-09-22 Thread Bob Jackson
Fred Macinster wrote: What can I say.. I was in one of my moods. You know I see all this stuff go by Subject: Help Subject: Subject: I am dying I really like the one with no subject . That gets black holed Correct!! Blank subject is the secret code for "Hell, I didn't really

[newbie] Re: []

1999-09-22 Thread Michael Scottaline
"Jerry" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: remove == Uh-oh!! Here we go again! ;o) Release the hounds!!! :o) ++ Michael Scottaline COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 * * * * * * * * * * * It's a fresh wind that Blows

[newbie] Re: []

1999-09-22 Thread Michael Scottaline
John Paul Donaldson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: remove = Do they do this on purpose?? Release the hounds!! AGAIN! :o) ++ Michael Scottaline COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 * * * * * * * * * * * It's a fresh wind

Re: [newbie] LICQ and Madrake 6.0 HELP!

1999-09-22 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My experience with the Licq package from Cooker was not good. Although it was a month ago (maybe a little more), I remember that it requires qt2, which requires libstcc++-1.95 or some such, which breaks things if you install it (you have to

RE: [newbie] RE: remove

1999-09-22 Thread Michael Doyle
G'day Nar your both wrong, its when you move your furniture from one town to another. On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: Sorry Ken you aren't quite right there. What you have described is a return. A remove is when you move, return and then get moved for the third time. The logical

Re: [newbie] Chix

1999-09-22 Thread Simon Norris
I'll give you $30 for it. - Original Message - From: Bob Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Chix "David P. Greenberg" wrote: --I bought this stupid OS because the guy at the computer store said I could

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread fred
Off topic http://www.linuxnic.net Spam? I guess a bit of shameless promotion -:) Blame me directly at the above email if you are bent. Cheers.

Re: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
Richard Adams wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: I added a user called "test" with a password of "test" when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password (to anything!!!) errors include: BAD PASSWORD: it is too short BAD PASSWORD: it is based on

[newbie] KDE CDROM

1999-09-22 Thread Mike Fieschko
"Dan" == D L P [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] Dan am having one problem. My CDROM will mount when I log on as Dan root but when I log on as user it will not allow me to mount Dan it. I am sure it just a matter of changing a file permission [snip] What's the entry in

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, fred wrote: Off topic http://www.linuxnic.net Spam? I guess a bit of shameless promotion -:) More than just that: shameless promotion of an *illegal* product that *won't ever work*. You can't just create a TLD all of your own and ask ISPs to list you as a root

[newbie] Vim syntax highlighting

1999-09-22 Thread Paul Cooper
I have seen other peoples installation on Vim using syntax highlighting auto-indentation, I would really like to get this to work on my system so that I could use it to do all my C/C++ Java programming on Linux. Could someone please tell me how I can get this to work, preferably so that it is

Re: [newbie] How do you stop people from using your server as a spam relay???

1999-09-22 Thread Richard Adams
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: %_It appears that some jerk may be trying to use my Linux server to relay mail. I don't know if he succeeded or not but I don't to take any chances. Short of killing all mail services how can I make using my Linux box as a relay VERY difficult? Use the

Re: [newbie] Chix

1999-09-22 Thread Jaybird X
Hidong Kim wrote: David P. Greenberg wrote: --I bought this stupid OS because the guy at the computer store said I could get chix with it... Yes, you can. Yeah..but they look like Penguins. --

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave

1999-09-22 Thread Singer XJ Wang
Get some X-10 moudles, re-write your microwave to be alawys ON then remot control via the firecrack on/off On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Richard Adams wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: I bought this stupid OS because, the guy at the computer store said, I could manage my microwave with it.

RE: [newbie] Re: []

1999-09-22 Thread Ken Wilson
I am waiting for the day someone types 'remove' and someone replies 'me too'. hehehe :-) Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread Ken Wilson
Well, it's spam. Keep it out of the mailing list please. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of fred Sent:

Re: [newbie] What does Helios mean?

1999-09-22 Thread Gustavo Viola
What about Panoramix? Is it after the druid in Asterix? - Original Message - From: Hidong Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] What does "Helios" mean? Sevatio Octavio wrote: Is "Helios" just a name for

[newbie] Microwave and Chix

1999-09-22 Thread Gustavo Viola
These links may help anyone who is into "managing microwaves" through Linux: http://sdcc10.ucsd.edu/~swbrown/ppower/index.html http://members.home.net/ncherry/ AFAIK, these home automation software can already switch lights on and off (and even dim them!) but I could not find any specific info

Re: [newbie] video problems?

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Bill Crouch wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, you wrote: Ok John, I finally figured out the "#" is the "REM" equivilant of DOS. My problem is that when I went to do the "mount -w -o remount /dev/hda1/" I get a message that the /root wasn't

RE: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread Singer XJ Wang
Plus, its kinda of illlegal :) On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Ken Wilson wrote: Well, it's spam. Keep it out of the mailing list please. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original

Re: [newbie] Apache, PHP and mSQL

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
better yet, have you tryed just letting autoconf do it's job? On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Brett Jones wrote: Try linking the file into /usr/include On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Brett Jones wrote: One of the ftp mirrors should have the SRPM tree. Try them all until you

Re: [newbie] Microwave and Chix

1999-09-22 Thread Hugh Semmler
How about girls in astronomy? Any good links ? Oh and you made my dog happy! He doesnt like Linux, He's a win98 kind of dog :) On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: These links may help anyone who is into "managing microwaves" through Linux: http://sdcc10.ucsd.edu/~swbrown/ppower/index.html

RE: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread Lambert, Stephen : CO IR
Is there a script I could use to allow users to have the same login characteristics as root, without giving users group access to root. Also, what would this script be written in? Stephen. -Original Message- From: Steve Philp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999

Re: [newbie] Microwave and Chix

1999-09-22 Thread Singer XJ Wang
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Gustavo Viola wrote: These links may help anyone who is into "managing microwaves" through Linux: http://sdcc10.ucsd.edu/~swbrown/ppower/index.html http://members.home.net/ncherry/ AFAIK, these home automation software can already switch lights on and off (and

RE: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread Lambert, Stephen : CO IR
well, your are right about using shadow passwords! (default authentication settings during install) /etc/shadow root:$1$8H9lif10$fvhxrR2F45ZCabMfph7EA0:10854:0:9:7:-1:-1:134537896 test:$1$owwnI1m0$boC2hy9UBooW0ib4Pph0i.:10855:1:9:7:0::135223440 what do I change user test to? Stephen.

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave

1999-09-22 Thread Ripcrd6
-Original Message- From: Bob Jackson Fred Macinster wrote: I bought this stupid OS because, the guy at the computer store said, I could manage my microwave with it. How do I detect connect to it? Who was it that said "A fool and his money ..." Bob J. ...are soon partying!"

[newbie] Missing in action? - jrt

1999-09-22 Thread John Turbvull
I have installed Mandrake 6.1 (replacing cassini) and am impressed with how stable it is. Good work. There is just one tiny item that I miss. The cassini 'wide open hard drive' icon that was the default user mount icon for any FAT partitions on the drive. The icons (well two icons, one for the

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread Ripcrd6
Tasty, mysterious, very salty, comes in a can. Yes, it's definitely SPAM! Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam. Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam. We hate Spam, Spam. "If you ask me, those boys are Spam in a can." Quote (probably garbled) from The Right Stuff Brian -Original Message- From: Ken Wilson

Re: [newbie] Chix

1999-09-22 Thread Ripcrd6
Yes, see www.linuxchix.com Brian -Original Message- From: David P. Greenberg --I bought this stupid OS because the guy at the computer store said I could get chix with it... David P. Greenberg

RE: [newbie] Netscape

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: Are you sure it's Netscape that is causing the problem? I'm running 4.61 on my box at home and it is in 24bpp mode. Colours are all good. Strange. I've got Mandrake 6.0 at home and RedHat 6.0 here at work. In both machines Netscape's buttons (on the menubar)

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: Fred Macinster wrote: I bought this stupid OS because, the guy at the computer store said, I could manage my microwave with it. How do I detect connect to it? Eh? 1. Open door. 2. Insert CD. 3. 2 1/2 to 3 minutes on high, more for crispy.

Re: [newbie] Is my Linux server trying to send mail out with out my knowing it !?!

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: Newbe needs help from someone how understands logs. I think my server was trying to email someone without my knowing it! Can someone tell me what this means and what I should do?? I was going through my logs and found this in my maillog file: I'd say

Re: [newbie] TNT2 no go??

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: %_i have had numerous answers to this, so i was told that X-Windows will not run under a TNT2 correctly...is this true, and what Dist should i use?? p.s. if Mandrake is better, then how do i uninstall RH from the terminal? and get mandrake to install on

Re: [newbie] Have I sinned against the penguin?

1999-09-22 Thread Ripcrd6
Place many penguin artifacts around the Linux box to show your dedication and you must now burn 10 CD copies and distribute to your CDR-impaired (or fast downlink-impaired) friends. Go forth and sin no more. Brian "My God, it's full of penguins!" -Original Message- From: Rick Murphy

[newbie] console port for sun ultra sparc 2

1999-09-22 Thread yacketta
From: Ronald A. Yacketta Hello all!! I is thier a "tip" program for linux? similar to what solaris has? at work I would conenct a NULL modem cable to a serial port (ttya) of one server (A) and then to the ttya (serial) port of another server (B) I would then issue a tip hardwire on server A

Re: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread Richard Adams
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: Richard Adams wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: I added a user called "test" with a password of "test" when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password (to anything!!!) errors include: BAD PASSWORD: it

Re: [newbie] Missing in action? - jrt

1999-09-22 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, John Turbvull wrote: The second missing item is a small utility called vidtune. I do not recall if it was on M6.0 or if I am remembering it from my RH5.3 days. . There was no such thing as RH 5.3... What you're looking for is actually called "xvidtune", and is included in

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave

1999-09-22 Thread Bluebottle
Some mothers do ave um!.. Problem is they live! www.goon.freeuk.com

[newbie] Root Password

1999-09-22 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Some of the other OS's I've worked with (VMS - shudder) allow the administrator to require 2 passwords to access the admin. account. It was very handy to be able to prevent outside forces from guessing logins - in the event of a "break in" the hack didn't already have half of the login sequence.

Re: [newbie] KDE CDROM

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi, I've only been using Linux for about a year , but I have been using a UNIX workstation at work for about 9 years so I am fairly familiar with the unix file system. I just recently installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0 after having Slackware on for around a

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: Also, you are in clear violation of the terms you agreed to by subscribing to this mailing list. So?? Why don't you guys just kick him off John

Re: [newbie] How do you stop people from using your server as a spam relay???

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: %_It appears that some jerk may be trying to use my Linux server to relay mail. I don't know if he succeeded or not but I don't to take any chances. Short of killing all mail services how can I make using my Linux box as a relay VERY difficult? Thanks.

Re: [newbie] pppd Died...

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: I recently battled for two weeks to get my kppp going after upgrading from mandrake 5.3 to mandrake 6.0. I ended up re-installing 5.3, and had a good connection about 2 minutes later. Appears that there's a problem with version 6.0. Try upgrading to ver 6.1 .

Re: [newbie] Have I sinned against the penguin?

1999-09-22 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Ripcrd6 wrote: Place many penguin artifacts around the Linux box to show your dedication and you must now burn 10 CD copies and distribute to your CDR-impaired (or fast downlink-impaired) friends. Go forth and sin no more. Brian "My God, it's full of penguins!" -Original

Re: [newbie] Root Password

1999-09-22 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Joseph S. Gardner wrote: Some of the other OS's I've worked with (VMS - shudder) allow the administrator to require 2 passwords to access the admin. account. It was very handy to be able to prevent outside forces from guessing logins - in the event of a "break in" the

[newbie] Humour

1999-09-22 Thread Bluebottle
Some light relief One night, a Delta twin-engine puddle jumper was flying somewhere above New Jersey. There were five people on board: the pilot, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama, and a hippie. Suddenly, an illegal oxygen generator exploded loudly in the luggage compartment, and

Re: [newbie] Trouble w/ NIC, modem.

1999-09-22 Thread Dan Brown
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: it can't get irq0, specify it in your conf.modules 'options ne irq=X' This sounded good, so I tried it. The module is ne2k-pci, so I added "options ne2k-pci irq=10" to conf.modules. Now, it says "invalid parameter irq". Checking Don Becker's site, it appears

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: Also, you are in clear violation of the terms you agreed to by subscribing to this mailing list. So?? Why don't you guys just kick him off John Perhaps a friendly reminder is far better than a stab in the back, especially

RE: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
I'd be changeing my passwords right now. kind defeats the purpose of shadow passwords if you sent it across a mailing list.. On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Lambert, Stephen : CO IR wrote: well, your are right about using shadow passwords! (default authentication settings during install) /etc/shadow

Re: [newbie] Telnet Broken After Update!?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Kurt
Whoah!! I didn't realize the archive existed! I just went and visited it and truly like the keyword search feature!! NOW I can play hardball!! Thanks a bundle!! Kurt - "R. David Whitlock" wrote: The

Re: [newbie] Problem w/ Master Boot Record

1999-09-22 Thread Ripcrd6
Tried that. Fdisk says that it is active. I only have one partition of 513MB on the HD. The Linux I will add (Mu Linux) runs from Dos folder or floppy. Brian -Original Message- From: Steve Philp Ripcrd6 wrote: Anybody have an idea as to why the command: "fdisk /mbr" would not

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread fred
More than just that: shameless promotion of an *illegal* product that *won't ever work*. You can't just create a TLD all of your own and ask ISPs to list you as a root nameserver. There's nothing that prevents me from doing the same for just the same TLD, and where will that get us?

Re: [newbie] Have I sinned against the penguin?

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: but seriously is 6.1 available yet other than via D/L Cheapbytes.com has it available on a Gold CDR for $5 + shipping. John

Re: [newbie] TNT2 no go??

1999-09-22 Thread RiNgMaStEr
well if i can, what OS r u running, and also how can i get my second HD back? win98 doesnt recognize it is there and all i can run is RH in terminal, cuz i was told my card dont work with x-win - Original Message - From: Dan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [newbie] Trouble w/ NIC, modem.

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Dan Brown wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: it can't get irq0, specify it in your conf.modules 'options ne irq=X' This sounded good, so I tried it. The module is ne2k-pci, so I added "options ne2k-pci irq=10" to conf.modules. Now, it says "invalid parameter

Re: [newbie] Humour

1999-09-22 Thread fred
Is this Spam??? - Original Message - From: Bluebottle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 10:41 AM Subject: [newbie] Humour Some light relief One night, a Delta twin-engine puddle jumper was flying somewhere above New Jersey. There were

[newbie] Posts

1999-09-22 Thread hevnsnt
I dont know how most of you feel about the absurd posts lately, but I feel that this list has enough traffic without the "how do I turn my microwave on" type posts that have been going around lately. 150+ emails a day of 20% fluff is too much in my opinion. I am not saying that the humor and

Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Ripcrd6
Please only start one thread on a subject. Did you see what Steve Philip wrote? He said turn off Sendmail for a starter. Please listen and don't panic. If you don't know how to shut off sendmail, from command line type "setup" and choose "system services" from the menu. Then uncheck the

[newbie] to install or upgrade 6.1?

1999-09-22 Thread alann
I have seen various posts on this and since I ordered Mandrake 6.1 yesterday, I hope I can get an "official" answer. Should I UPGRADE 6.0 or should I wipe / and /user and start over? I hope to leave my /home alone ( no pun intended ) since I have quite a lot of stuff there now. Thanks! Alan

Re: [newbie] Humour

1999-09-22 Thread Hugh Semmler
Only if they go down with the plane :) On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: Is this Spam??? - Original Message - From: Bluebottle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 10:41 AM Subject: [newbie] Humour Some light relief One night,

Re: [newbie] Apache, PHP and mSQL

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, James Stewart wrote: On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: better yet, have you tryed just letting autoconf do it's job? how should I launch it? James. Ok i take it back. php doesn't play nicely with others so to speak. (look at the configure script to

Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: I have found that people unknown are attacking my linux box! The following entries were found in maillog: Sep 15 07:09:07 C287853-A sendmail[1979]: NOQUEUE: [157.89.64.77]: VRFY guest Sep 15 07:09:07 C287853-A sendmail[1980]: NOQUEUE:

Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Eric L. Damron
Ripcrd6, Although my last post concerns the same problem it also contains new information. I want to know what this guy did on my server. Turning off sendmail forever isn't an option. And I have never "serfed as root." So please, If you have nothing positive to add then don't respond. Thank

Re: [newbie] to install or upgrade 6.1?

1999-09-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: I have seen various posts on this and since I ordered Mandrake 6.1 yesterday, I hope I can get an "official" answer. Should I UPGRADE 6.0 or should I wipe / and /user and start over? I hope to leave my /home alone ( no pun intended ) since I have quite a

Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Eric L. Damron
Thank You -Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!? On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: I have found that

RE: Re: [newbie] Humour

1999-09-22 Thread peter . schawacker
BDY.RTF WINMAIL.DAT

Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Ripcrd6
Shutting down the daemon temporarily would stop the abuse until a better answer comes to the list. I was helping in the way I new, kill the process. I used the surf as root as an example. It is the most common thing new users do. It was also the first security warning I read. Probably the

Re: [newbie] Posts

1999-09-22 Thread phins13
I agree. It's gotten so bad I can't even get someone to answer any of my posts. I thought this list was for serious help matters. For those of you that are helping people on this list, I say thanks. SA hevnsnt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know how most of you feel about the absurd posts

Re: [newbie] Chix

1999-09-22 Thread Ripcrd6
Whoops, www.linuxchix.org -Original Message- From: Ripcrd6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Chix Yes, see www.linuxchix.com Brian -Original Message- From: David P. Greenberg --I

RE: Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread peter . schawacker
BDY.RTF WINMAIL.DAT

RE: [newbie] PASSWD -SOLVED

1999-09-22 Thread Lambert, Stephen : CO IR
i think i have seen the light... during the install, i opted for both the use of shadow passwords and enabled md5 passwords. btw, the server is only a internal dev box, but thanks... -Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999

Re: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: I'd be changeing my passwords right now. kind defeats the purpose of shadow passwords if you sent it across a mailing list.. It'd take years to decrypt that MD5 hash back to a usable password. That's sorta the point of using the MD5 over the normal crypting. On

Re: [newbie] pppd Died...

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote: I recently battled for two weeks to get my kppp going after upgrading from mandrake 5.3 to mandrake 6.0. I ended up re-installing 5.3, and had a good connection about 2 minutes later. Appears that there's a problem with version 6.0.

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
fred wrote: More than just that: shameless promotion of an *illegal* product that *won't ever work*. You can't just create a TLD all of your own and ask ISPs to list you as a root nameserver. There's nothing that prevents me from doing the same for just the same TLD, and where

[newbie] ESound Errors in 6.1

1999-09-22 Thread Sean Pritchard
I have recurring errors in Esound on the Gnome as User. In fact can't get sound working in any user except Root. I misplaced (or deleted) the string on the archives of this list. Could someone please repost or email me direct? In the meantime, I'll keep digging for a fix... OH Ya WARNING:

Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
Even better would be to block incomming connections to sendmail's port from anything but your ip (dunno which @home your on) On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Eric L. Damron wrote: Thank You -Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] console port for sun ultra sparc 2

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ronald A. Yacketta Hello all!! I is thier a "tip" program for linux? similar to what solaris has? at work I would conenct a NULL modem cable to a serial port (ttya) of one server (A) and then to the ttya (serial) port of another server (B) I would

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: Fred Macinster wrote: I bought this stupid OS because, the guy at the computer store said, I could manage my microwave with it. How do I detect connect to it? Eh? 1. Open door. 2. Insert CD. 3. 2 1/2 to 3 minutes

Re: [newbie] Humour

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
fred wrote: Is this Spam??? Did you happen to see a URL to someplace selling parachutes? That wasn't spam, that was funny. - Original Message - From: Bluebottle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 10:41 AM Subject: [newbie] Humour

Re: [newbie] TNT2 no go??

1999-09-22 Thread Dan Brown
From: RiNgMaStEr [EMAIL PROTECTED] well if i can, what OS r u running, and also how can i get my second HD I'm running Mandrake 5.3, stock + the TNT2-enabled X server from nVidia's web page.

Re: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
"Eric L. Damron" wrote: I have found that people unknown are attacking my linux box! The following entries were found in maillog: Below are explanations of what the little cracker is trying to do... Sep 15 07:09:07 C287853-A sendmail[1979]: NOQUEUE: [157.89.64.77]: VRFY guest Check to

Re: [newbie] Trouble w/ NIC, modem.

1999-09-22 Thread Dan Brown
From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, obviously i wasn't fully paying attention i said options ne. No like it says the ne2k-pci doesn't accept an irq, you'll need to tell your bios to assign it an irq, somecards have a tool to set this also. What flavor is the card anyway? The

Re: [newbie] ESound Errors in 6.1

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
Sean Pritchard wrote: I have recurring errors in Esound on the Gnome as User. In fact can't get sound working in any user except Root. I misplaced (or deleted) the string on the archives of this list. Could someone please repost or email me direct? Don't know of a fix, but check the

Re: [newbie] ESound Errors in 6.1

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
Add your self to the group 'audio' or you have no access to the audio devices or the esound executables. On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Sean Pritchard wrote: I have recurring errors in Esound on the Gnome as User. In fact can't get sound working in any user except Root. I misplaced (or deleted)

Re: [newbie] COMMAND LINE HELP please.

1999-09-22 Thread Steve Philp
phins13 wrote: When you right click the KDE desktop, a list of options are broght up. One of these is for a command line that lets you execute a program from the command line window. ( similar to Run in Windoze) My questions are: 1. What is the name of the command line program? 2. Where is

Re: [newbie] Posts

1999-09-22 Thread Jeanette Russo
Well an alternative would be to mark the subject field with something so people could filter such as (TID) Thread is Dead or (Off Topic), etc. If we all agree on what to use anyone could filter out that stuff? They did this on the Caldera list, which seems to be gone now? Jeanette

Re: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: I'd be changeing my passwords right now. kind defeats the purpose of shadow passwords if you sent it across a mailing list.. It'd take years to decrypt that MD5 hash back to a usable password. That's sorta the point

Re: [newbie] Trouble w/ NIC, modem.

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Dan Brown wrote: From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, obviously i wasn't fully paying attention i said options ne. No like it says the ne2k-pci doesn't accept an irq, you'll need to tell your bios to assign it an irq, somecards have a tool to set this

Re: [newbie] ESound Errors in 6.1

1999-09-22 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Sean Pritchard wrote: I have recurring errors in Esound on the Gnome as User. In fact can't get sound working in any user except Root. I misplaced (or deleted) the string on the archives of this list. Could someone please repost or email

Re: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread Dan Brown
From: Joseph S. Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps a friendly reminder is far better than a stab in the back, especially since it appears he was simply trying to help out fellow "tuxters" No, it appears that he was attempting to hawk his ill-thought-out service, while giving the appearance

RE: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Ken Wilson
Eric, I wouldn't say whoever it is has hacked your box, at least not yet. But it is evidence they tried. It's not that hard, you just telnet to port 25 and manually feed it commands line by line. Read up on sendmail, 'man sendmail' might be a start, and get a book on Unix and Internet

[newbie] Re:

1999-09-22 Thread Bob Jackson
John Paul Donaldson wrote: remove surgicaly?? with a chainsaw?? Oh yeah111

RE: [newbie] (Off Topic)

1999-09-22 Thread Ken Wilson
Fred, I think you're missing the point. Legal or not, it comes across as some carnival huckster who thinks we are just a bunch of schmoes. Take it an pedal it somewhere else and don't insult our intelligence. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is

Re: [newbie] Chix

1999-09-22 Thread Rick Murphy
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, David P. Greenberg wrote: On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote: --I bought this stupid OS because the guy at the computer store said I could get chix with it... Nahhh...to do that, you have to have "Tux" the penguin with you

RE: [newbie] PLEASE! What do these log entries mean?!?

1999-09-22 Thread Ken Wilson
Try doing 'nslookup 123.456.789.12'. See if it resolves to anything you can use. Oh, substitute the ip address of the person who's been trying to hack you for the one I got to lazy to make legitimate looking. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant

Re: [newbie] PASSWD

1999-09-22 Thread mas9483
On 22 Sep, John Aldrich wrote: Well, you see, that's the beauty of MD5 hashes...it's not encryption, per se. :-) IIRC, MD5 creates a "fingerprint" of the password and then throws away the password. In the future, if someone wants to access something with an MD5 hashed password, the password

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave

1999-09-22 Thread Bob Jackson
Ripcrd6 wrote: -Original Message- From: Bob Jackson Fred Macinster wrote: I bought this stupid OS because, the guy at the computer store said, I could manage my microwave with it. How do I detect connect to it? Who was it that said "A fool and his money ..." Bob

Re: [[newbie] Cannot detect microwave

1999-09-22 Thread Bob Jackson
Bluebottle wrote: Some mothers do ave um!.. Problem is they live! That can be remidied. Bob J.

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