cant you just block it from the firewall? if the os had security, you could just not allow them to install. another way is to set up a script that runs every nite and deletes that stuff (pulls the files from a server) that might stop em or a baseball bat....
--mat On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 15:54, Neal Stuntz wrote: > Hey, > > Been awhile since I posted, my internet has been down. On to the > question: I'm at work, and we don't want to have to setup a NT/2k server > box up here. We have Windows 9x/ME on all these HP machines that we use for > payroll, etc.. Lately we have had a problem with 2 of the office people > running AIM/IE/Yahoo, etc... we do not want them to run anything other than > our accounting software which goes over the internet, and Outlook 2000. Is > there any way to block port 80 for outgoing traffic in those OS's? I'm not > real good with 9x/ME's network stuff. If there is a 3rd party program i > could block this stuff with, that would be cool also. > > > Thanks in advance, > > Neal > > p.s. I know this isn't a *nix question, but this is a general area of people > to ask. Sorry if anyone is offended :) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Bendily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:25 AM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Debian. > > > > > > hehehe, true true! > > I didn't really "need" anything, but some guys at > > the office and I have been testing linux distros, > > just for the fun of it. We thought that a debian > > release 3.0 would hopefully be as sophisticated as > > perhaps a Redhat release and be able to detect and > > correctly setup our monitor and video card for the X Window system. > > It was just a hope. About 5 other distros have been able > > to handle this very well. Although the gdm package failed > > during the install and I think i saw that the package > > stands for "gnome display manager". I thought that I > > may give the install another try to see if it can > > setup the package correctly this time. > > Just for posterity. > > > > -- > > Brad Bendily - CNA > > Network Specialist > > > > Southeastern Louisiana University > > Phone 985.549.3643 > > Fax 985.549.5777 > > > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Mat Branyon wrote: > > > > > to get it to work, the command is XF86config .... hope you know A LOT > > > about your monitor and videocard (vsync, hsync, and video card > > > chipset). im not sure, but it might have xconfigurator, which might be > > > a bit nicer. who needs X anyway? you got mutt, vi, and bitchx, what > > > else do you need? =P > > > > > > --mat > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 01:38, Brad Bendily wrote: > > > > Isn't there some debian guru's on this list? > > > > What kind of magic do you have to do to get Debian's > > > > Xwindow system to work? > > > > Mind you this is the woody version 3.0 of the www.debian.org > > > > distro. We had a fairly generic test PC with a Geforce2 MX card > > > > and the GDM didn't install correctly. After that it seemed that > > > > everything went down hill. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Brad Bendily - CNA > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
