hi ucan start GNOME from console by running "gdm" or edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop and change that to DESKTOP="GNOME" u r done bye bye On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : > Send linux-india-help mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-indi- > a-help > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is > more specific > than "Re: Contents of linux-india-help digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. gui fax software (Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri .) > 2. mailing list (=?iso-8859-1?q?dhana=20krishnan?=) > 3. login with passwd only (Logu) > 4. Re: Switching from PCQ to Caldera Linux (Suresh > Ramasubramanian) > 5. connecting TWO Printer (Nitin Bilgi) > 6. Re: sendmail config (Suresh Ramasubramanian) > 7. Re: mailing list (Suresh Ramasubramanian) > 8. start gnome (Mitesh Saini) > 9. Re: Switching from PCQ to Caldera Linux (USM Bish) > 10. Re: start gnome (Suresh Ramasubramanian) > 11. gtkYahoo ( Ping Skipped ) (H.S.Rai) > 12. Re: Switching from PCQ to Caldera Linux (Ankur > Agarwal) > 13. Firewalls and doubts (Raghavendra Bhat) > 14. Re: Switching from PCQ to Caldera Linux (Dr. > Sharukh K. R. Pavri.) > 15. Re: Sysctl-to effect without rebooting (Sreangsu > Acharyya) > 16. NT user profiles (Ictc-Sprint) > could someone please suggest some gui fax software ? > > regards, > > Sharukh. > -- > Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. > Mumbai, India. > > hello all, > > Is there a mailing list manager ,using which we can > send mails to the users , but the users shouldn't be > able to send it to the list . > > I am using mailman for mailing list. > > I want to deny list-users from posting mail to list. > > How to configure this in mailman. Is therea specific > option in a mailman . > > TIA, > -dhana > > > > ________________________________________________________- > ____ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send a newsletter, share photos & files, conduct polls, > organize chat events. Visit http://in.groups.yahoo.com > > hi > Is there a way out to make linux machine to ask only > for passwd and not > login name when booted. ie., I want that machine to be > used only by the root > and it should not ask for the login-name but it should > ask the password > directly. > > -Logu > > > > > ________________________________________________________- > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > +++ Raju Mathur [linux-india] <21/12/01 14:58 +0530>: > > Hehheh! Time to move this discussion over to the > flame-pot (aka > > Linux-India-General)? Cc already sent there. > > I find it strangely appropriate that I'm right now > listening to Deep Purple > ... "Smoke on the water, Fire in the Sky ..." > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin > [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LOST #087 -**< Sub : Steps for kernel compilation >**- > 1. #cd /usr/src/linux 2. #make mrproper 3. #make > menuconfig > 4. #make dep 5. #make clean 6. #make > modules > 7. #make install 8. #make modules_install > Change /etc/lilo.conf and than run lilo -v > For detailed explaination refer to Kernel-HOWTO. > > > hi everybody > Any help to connect to TWO printers to Pcq linux > 7.1. I have to cater to load of about 60 students. > Hence I need to two printers. Give detail > > Nitin Bilgi > > > +++ Anish Issac Jacob [linux-india] <21/12/01 17:49 > +0530>: > > I use sendmail 8.11 on my mail server. Have defined a > smart host(DS entry) > > which is on another network to relay the mails. Can > someone please tell me > > how to configure sendmail.cf to deliver mail to > machines in the local > > network and to few networks i specify first and then > relay the remaining > > mails over to smarthost? Currently all the mails are > being sent to the > > smart host and then the smarthost relays it back to > my local network. > > Treat those domains as local (add them to Class W - > that is, > /etc/mail/local-host-names, one per line) > > If you use a smarthost - do the above and see > http://www.hserus.net/sendmail.html for a few other > things (turning off dns > lookups locally, for example) > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin > [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LOST #115 -**< Sub : Monitoring su attempts >**- > In a multiuser system you may like to monitor all su > attempts. > Edit /etc/login.defs and edit SULOG_FILE as follows: > SULOG_FILE /var/log/sulog ... (name of file to > hold info) > > +++ dhana krishnan [linux-india] <21/12/01 13:12 +0000>: > > Is there a mailing list manager ,using which we can > > send mails to the users , but the users shouldn't be > > able to send it to the list . > > I am using mailman for mailing list. > > I want to deny list-users from posting mail to list. > > You can do this very well ... poke around the options > in the mailman web > based admin tool ... > > You DO need some channel for users to unsubscribe (and > for mailman to remove > bouncing users automatically), and also a mailbox for > the list admin, which > is read and monitored. > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin > [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LOST #148 -**< Sub : Shortcut keys for dir navigation > (#1) >**- > We are all aware that "cd .." will return you to the > previous > directory on the tree, similarly, if a file is to be > copied to > the prvious directory, you may do "cp filename .." ... > For the > home directory, instead of ".." use a "~" (viz. cd ~ or > cp ~/) > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 10:28:59AM +0530, mukund wrote: > > Do not change the linux distributions as you > change the > > shirts :-) Unless you have solid reasons to do it. > You can > > always upgrade your distribution for specific > packages. If > > you stick to a single distribution, you will get a > better > > in sight of linux. > > > ---end quoted text--- > > Mukund, > > My view on this is, that it is not a bad idea > provided > it is your second distro installed on a seperate > partition. > I have always had two distros installed, of which one > has > been Slack from Ver 1.0, the other has changed to RH, > SuSE, > MDK, BestLinux, Debian ... This way I have come to know > what > are the plus and minor points of all distros, and I > am not > lost about any of them ... afterall, once installed all > apps > run the same, only that the management varies, and > that is > what is to be learnt. > > Change ... NO ! Supplement for learning ... YES ! > > Bish. > > > > -- > : > ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ] > ########################### > > Sub : Find the spelling of a word > LOST #195 > > Forget how to spell a word or a variation of a word ? > Use: > $look portion_of_word_you_know > [Note : the file /usr/dict/words should be in place] > > ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>##################################- > ###### > : > > +++ Mitesh Saini [linux-india] <21/12/01 16:08 +0530>: > > How to start Gnome from console, I have Kde as > > default. "startx" starts Kde which is default. > > switchdesk > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin > [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LOST #010 -**< Sub : User CDROM mount >**- > This is a security issue .... NOT recommended unless > it is on > a stand alone box. Make the following changes to > /etc/fstab, > (where the mount point is /cdrom). Then, $mount /cdrom > ... as > an user will do the trick > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,nosuid,nodev,noauto, > user 0 0 > > GtkYahoo ( for yahoo Instant Messanger ) display > following > messages > > Ping skipped, not connected. > > What does this mean? > > Befor this it displays: > > Connencting, fetching addressbook. > > It display friends list, that it communicated with yahoo > server and logged correctly. But after this, it display > following after every 2 minutes: > > Even offline message send are not reaching recipient. I > am > behind firewall, but there is no such setting in > "gtkyahoorc" file. > > H.S.Rai > > > Well PC Quests move to bring Caldera on Cdrom seems to > be a purely > commercial move , done in favour of Caldera for some > incentives ! rather > than community service to the linux in India. > Caldera was once a popular distro but its popularity > has been on the > downfall since a couple of yrs. > A quick look into the cdrom will tell u that nearly > all of the softs r of > older version than RH 7.1 . ..oops PCQ Linux 7.1 , so > distributing Caldera > seems to be a rather unproductive move. > If PCQ wanted to distribute an alteranate distro > which is sleek and less > bloated then they should have given Debian or much > better Slackware (May its > tribe grow!). > Or if PCQ wanted to show the ease of linux then they > should have tried > Mandrake or Suse. > Or even much better they should have released > upgrades to the existing RH > 7.1 (7.2 Is out since a > couple of months). > IMHO Caldera is one CD wasted for PCQ Readers. > There seems to be no reason for a linux user > specially a non techie user > to move to Caldera from RH 7.1. > > > Regards, > Ankur Agarwal > > > > > >From: N S SRIKANTH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [LIH] Switching from PCQ to Caldera Linux > >Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:05:10 +0530 > > > >Hi, > > I am using PXQ Linux on a dual boot machine. This > month PCQ has given > >us > > Caldera Openlinux. I am just curious. Will > switching over to Caldera > >be a > > better choice? > > > > I am just using Linux for word processing(Star > Office),surf > > the net, hear mp3 songs. Occassionally I download > programs from the > >net and > > install them. > > > > Pl advise > > > > N S Srikanth > > > >_______________________________________________ > >linux-india-help mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-indi- > a-help > > > > ________________________________________________________- > _________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: > http://messenger.msn.com > > > Get to the bottom of your IPChains/IPTables doubts. > > http://www.nblug.org/firewall/ > > -- > ragOO, VU2RGU<->http://gnuhead.dyndns.org/<->GPG: > 1024D/F1624A6E > Helping to keep the Air-Waves FREE > Amateur Radio > Helping to keep your Software FREE the > GNU Project > Helping to keep the W W W FREE Debian > GNU/${kernel} > > Raju Mathur [Fri Dec 21, 2001 at 02:58:03PM +0530]: > > >>>>> "Binand" == Binand Raj S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > > > Binand> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 01:22:49PM +0530, > Raghavendra Bhat > > Binand> wrote: > > >> mukund : > > >> > > >> > Do not change the linux distributions as you > change the > > >> shirts :-) > > >> > > >> Users' who are attempting to move over to the > GNU OS with Linux > > >> as the kernel [snip] > > > > Binand> Er - shouldn't that be: > > > > Binand> Users who are attempting to move over to > the GNU OS with > > Binand> Linux as the kernel and Apache as the web > server and > > Binand> Mozilla as the web browser and Pine as > the email client > > Binand> and Sendmail as the email server and Bind > as the DNS > > Binand> server and X Windows System and the > windowing system and > > Binand> Vim as the editor and Openssl as the SSL > toolkit and > > Binand> Openssh as the remote access software and > Openldap as > > Binand> directory services software and... > > > > Hehheh! Time to move this discussion over to the > flame-pot (aka > > Linux-India-General)? Cc already sent there. > > > > Regards, > > > > -- Raju > > -- > > Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kandalaya.org/ > > It is the mind that moves > > What ?!!! and rob us of a few free laughs ? not fair > Sir!! I actually > laughed out loud when I read Binand's post (my wife > must think I really am > reaching middle age -- oh well). > > regards, > > Sharukh. > > -- > Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri > Mumbai, India. > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Logu wrote: > > > I have modified some parameters in the > /etc/sysctl.conf file. How to make > > into effect the changes without rebooting the system. > > the sysctl parameters usually have a corresponding file > in /proc, where > you can just cat the value, > > echo -e "60 64 64 256 500 3000 60 0 0" > >/proc/sys/vm/bdflush > > or > sysctl -p > > will reload the values from /etc/sysctl.conf or > anyother file you specify > > > Hi > Can I configure a server (not standalone - used as > workstation also - > Peer-to-Peer) running Linux to authenticate all the > users in the network? > > With individual profies? like in windows NT - Primary > Domain Controller? > > Please give some pointers... and HOWTOs.... > > Regards > Vinod > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india- > -help >
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