Re: extract all text lines between 2 lines in a file?
Tom Buskey wrote: I have a file: You don't say :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: extract all text lines between 2 lines in a file?
I have a file: Would you care to share the file with us? Or are you just bragging because you have a file? ;-) It's marked TOP SECRET so I guess I can't... Sorry ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Future (RPM based) linuxen: RHEL, FC, WBEL, Mandrake, SuSE?
Buying Libranet gets you real Free Software, not the Creeping Proprietary which has made RH, and others, increasingly unworkable. Your interest may vary, but Creeping Proprietary seems to have been an underlying thread here. CP was the primary reason I decided to dump RH. (I discovered afterward that RPM Pain was a sufficient second.) Please explain Creeping Proprietary? And I have to admit that RPMs were a pain until I installed apt from freshrpms.net.. apt-get on Redhat rocks. C. Libranet is easy to keep up to date. I am no Debian guru, but Synaptic and apt-get have made it a piece of cake. Dependency Hell is a thing of the past. (Do stay away from dist-upgrade once you mix in from Testing and Unstable.) Doesn't not having dist-upgrade remove one of the best things about apt? I don't know of anyone who has tried Libranet who has reported unfavorably. There have been many _glowing_ reports, including some on this list. I tried Libranet when it first came out and wasn't very impressed. But I am so used to RH that I will admit that at the time I was biased.. (Ben Scott will get this) I found Libranet like Debian but without the Debian. I did install a box with the new Sarge installer and that was fantastic.. I didn't actually use the box much once it was installed, but the installer is GREAT. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Future (RPM based) linuxen: RHEL, FC, WBEL, Mandrake, SuSE?
The OP was what to do as RH keeps changing. Libranet isn't the answer for everyone, but it isn't sufficiently well known that there are alternaives to RPM. RPMBIGOT MODE=ON This is my only real beef here. It's perpetuated myth about rpm. Rpm is not, I repeat not responsible for the so-called dependency hell that many Debianites (hehe) have pontificated about. It has to do with the much more centralized development deb packages. That's the other thing.. apt is a package MANAGER, it is actually independed of what you use for the packages (be it deb or rpm) that's why you can get apt for RPM. If you just go installing debs from all kinds of places you're probably going to run into dependency hell eventually, probably not as soon as with RPMs, only because there are so many people maintainting all kinds of stuff with RPM. That's why I noticed since RH8 they've been labeling the RPMs with the distro and version number (mypackaget-1.2.44-RH9.i386.rpm) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Mirrors...
I've been mirroring some stuff on my server that I colo with Colospace.com (my new employer). I figured I would share. :) If you have anything you would like me to add please let me know and if I have room I'll put it up. http://scootz.net/~mirrors/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Mirrors...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, at 11:30am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have anything you would like me to add please let me know and if I have room I'll put it up. How about a copy of the Win32 source? ;-) How about how to turn a bunch of XBoxes into a render farm.. WTF was that argument about... I only heard the Mike side. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Mirrors...
WOPS! That was only suppose to go to Ben SORRY! :) Travis Roy wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, at 11:30am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have anything you would like me to add please let me know and if I have room I'll put it up. How about a copy of the Win32 source? ;-) How about how to turn a bunch of XBoxes into a render farm.. WTF was that argument about... I only heard the Mike side. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: biometrics and nanotechnology
Michael Sh wrote: Hi, Trying to help my daughter research a paper on biometrics and nanotechnology in relation to homeland security...and possible civil right infringements... Any links or info would be greatly appreciated... Isn't that what she should be doing? Looking for links to information? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Richard Sharpe
Hey, if anybody on the list has Richard's cell phone can you please call him for me. I was going to meet him to show him the Zaurus but I'm stuck at work with a fun MS-SQL server outage and other fun stuff like that so I can't make it. I don't have his number so I can't call him myself :( SORRY RICHARD! ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Zaurus for sale
Now that I got my laptop from work I never use the thing any more and it's a pitty.. I'd like to get about $150 for it or best offer.. It comes with the following: Zaurus SL-5500 Docking station Power adapter NetGear WiFi card I didn't get the CD when I bought it, but I do have a copy of the CD on my server that I can give you access too, it's about 26megs. I re-flashed it with TheKompany.Rom but I can reflash it with OpenZaurus or the Sharp rom if you wish. There are tons of programs for it: http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/ It worked great with TheKompany Rom (OpenZaurus seemed a little flakey for me) Buyer pays shipping or if fairly close to Manchester we can arange something. More info on the device can be found here: http://www.myzaurus.com/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: F/OSS Database experiences recommendations
- You can define triggers (MySQL can't do this). From: http://www.mysql.com/products/mysql/ Stored procedures and triggers Stored procedures allow you to create functions and subroutines that run on the server. This makes it possible to grant access to specific queries without granting carte blanche access to the underlying data, or validate data in the database before it is stored. Triggers can be configured to fire when certain conditions are fulfilled. The MySQL database server will provide hooks for implementing stored procedures in multiple languages, as well as including support for the Persistent Stored Modules syntax defined as part of ANSI SQL-99. Support for stored procedures was added in version 5.0, and support for triggers will be added in version 5.1. Plus they have some documentation for it already. http://www.mysql.com/documentation/maxdb/a7/41ee0b605911d3a98800a0c9449261/content.htm A friend of mine that uses MySQL says that it's in the dev version already. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: SFTP to /bin/false account?
'scp' might be a better alternative. i imagine anyone that has an sftp client also, or could easily obtain, and scp client. oh, and i'm pretty sure you dont need to be able to login to use scp. It would, except that scp doesn't allow you to delete files, rename them, move them, etc, etc. You can do those things via winscp, there must be a way with command line scp.. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Bandwidth Throttle...
Okay, so since it seems there is no mod_bandwidth or mod_throttle for Apache2 I've been looking into other ways to limit bandwidth for a domain I host (media.guster.net). With iptables is there a way to limit bandwidth on a virtual interface? Or with anything else for that matter. Is there a way to do the same with a second network card? I would rather do it with a virtual interface over having to put in another network card. -Travis ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
Then I suggest you look at the archives of some mailing list software mailing lists... The idea is often brought up there, for the very same reasons I brought them up here (originally). Personally, I find the notion that I should be required to provide personally identifying information to the whole world in order to participate in a public forum to be offensive, and contrary to the priciples by which the United States of America was founded. It does not need to be, and should not be so. That so few people value their 4th amendment right to privacy is a travesty. If that is true, perhaps you shouldn't have your webpage address in your sig: [dslv-1-175:~] travis% whois pizzashack.org Domain ID:D34817032-LROR Domain Name:PIZZASHACK.ORG Created On:17-Sep-2000 16:55:17 UTC Last Updated On:09-Jan-2004 08:23:26 UTC Expiration Date:17-Sep-2004 16:55:17 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:R86-LROR Status:OK Registrant ID:-592800 Registrant Name:Derek Martin Registrant Organization:Pizza Shack Registrant Street1:10 Lear Dr Registrant City:Nashua Registrant State/Province:NH Registrant Postal Code:03063-2128 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.9786060257 Registrant Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin ID:-938816 Admin Name:Derek Martin Admin Organization:Sophic Admin Street1:3 Elm St. #21 Admin City:Andover Admin State/Province:MA Admin Postal Code:01810 Admin Country:US Admin Phone:+1.9789965397 Admin Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tech ID:-592800 Tech Name:Derek Martin Tech Organization:Pizza Shack Tech Street1:10 Lear Dr Tech City:Nashua Tech State/Province:NH Tech Postal Code:03063-2128 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.9786060257 Tech Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Name Server:NS1.NEXTTIME.COM Name Server:NS2.NEXTTIME.COM Name Server:CERBERUS.PIZZASHACK.ORG -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 07:19, Travis Roy wrote: Then I suggest you look at the archives of some mailing list software mailing lists... The idea is often brought up there, for the very same reasons I brought them up here (originally). Personally, I find the notion that I should be required to provide personally identifying information to the whole world in order to participate in a public forum to be offensive, and contrary to the priciples by which the United States of America was founded. It does not need to be, and should not be so. That so few people value their 4th amendment right to privacy is a travesty. If that is true, perhaps you shouldn't have your webpage address in your sig: [dslv-1-175:~] travis% whois pizzashack.org However, I think that the posting of the whois information was not only unnecessary, but completely inappropriate to the discussion. How so? Derek is worried about people getting his email address and various other information when he posts to this list. Yet, he includes his domain in his sig. With that information you can do a whois on him and not only get his email addres, but his phone number and address as well. If he was really that worried about his privacy he wouldn't include that information. As for actually posting the whois information I figured it was more dramatic rather then just explaining this. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: content mgt for non-profits
Jeffrey Creem wrote: I am pretty happy with geeklog (www.geeklog.com http://www.geeklog.com). Correction, it's www.geeklog.net I wanted to check it out as well :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
However, I think that the posting of the whois information was not only unnecessary, but completely inappropriate to the discussion. And *I* think it was entirely appropriate given the context of the discussion. Whois information is publically available - just like your voting information, property tax info, EIN (if you're a corporation), ... Thanks for the backing Bruce. And those are some good points. It's amazing the ammount of public information there is about people if you just drive down to town hall, and with more and more towns and cities going on the internet some of them are putting this data online. People get so up in arms about privacy, yet do things that just don't make sense when it comes to protecting their own. They use credit cards willy nilly, they give their SSN out to everybody they do business with because they require it for security. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
However, I think that the posting of the whois information was not only unnecessary, but completely inappropriate to the discussion. I believe the point was to demonstrate that the personal privacy Derek keeps asserting is being violated is already non-existent, by his own actions, and completely independently of this list. And yet it failed miserably to do so. I don't live at that address, and mail to any of those e-mail addresses will not reach me (with certain important exceptions, which I will not detail here). At one point that data was correct, and from the time you input the data, until the time that data was changed then your privacy was not there. All it demonstrated is that Travis Roy is inconsiderate. That's not a nice thing to say about a guy in a wheelchair.. oh, wrong Travis Roy, you're talking about me, not the other one. I didn't realize posting publicly available information to a publicly available mailing list was considered inconsiderate. I suggest we not allow posting of any information such as addresses (email or otherwise), phone numbers, web site URLs and other information like that without the written permission of the person that owns that information. Violators will me smacked 30 times with a sting rays tail. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
This is a check and balance that the internet community (ISPs and backbones, mostly) agreed to at the inception of the internet - back when it was split from the Arpanet. This check and balance is a violation of domain owners' privacy, which should not be possible without just cause, i.e. a court order. These days it may be possible to hide your information with some registrars; it was not when I registered pizzashack. You had several choices you could have made. You could have not registered the domain. You could have had a friend register it for you, you could have had a sub domain of a friends domain (Like pizzashack.scootz.net), you could have filled in bogus information for part of it (like 978.org does), you could have got an anonymous mail drop and registered it with that address. So, how much privacy should we be required to sacrifice? This is true for ANYTHING you do. When you go to school you give up some privacy, when you walk down the street, when you get a bank account, when you get a job, when you get a credit card, a phone number. I gave up some when I got a ham radio license, anybody can go and look up my call sign and see my address from last time I renewed. For those interested: N1UEV TRAVIS J ROY PO BOX 41 GOFFSTOWN NH 03045 USA In my opinion, which should surprise no one, the answer is almost none. Only what is absolutely essential in order to make things work. My ISP knows who I am... No one else needs to, unless a) I want them to, or b) they can get a court order because of something I did to them. Then you should take better care to protect your info. There are tons of instances online of your email address on google. You say you want privacy, you say you want your email address not getting out there but you already have posted it all over the internet yourself. This little mailing list should be the least of your concerns ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
Actually it wasn't. Or at least not all of it. So what? It should be up to ME, not YOU, when and where I decide to give up my privacy. It doesn't matter if the information was ever right or ever public; the point is I asked you not to do it, with reason, which I've explained before. You did it anyway. That's rude. So if somebody asks me for a phone number that I might not have, but I find it online via google, 411.com or whatever I shouldn't be allowed to give it because I don't have permission? You better start sending google an email asking them to remove the 495 results for your email address, then contact all those web sites and ask them to remove your email address. I guess my question is, why is this list (that now takes care of hiding emails, well kinda) such a huge concern for you.. Why is it HERE of all the places that your email is that you feel you must fight this fight. If you are THAT worried about your email address perhaps you shouldn't even use email. From any kind of legal standpoint (not that there is any), say I put your email address in my sig saying you're a weenie for trying to hide it, what kind of recourse could you have since I can find instances of your email on the web long before I even knew who you were? You can't argue that my domain record is no different than posting my e-mail address in a public forum, because as we've established, that information is quite intentionally wrong. What of it wasn't at one time was entered before this became an issue for me. Which is irrelevant, because it too is now wrong. If that's the case the fact that I posted it shouldn't bother you in the slightest since it's not correct. My point is, I and only I should be in charge of what of my private information is given to whom and when. Seeing my address posted on an on-call list does not give you the right to give it to your neighbor, or anyone else. Or at least it shouldn't. Depends on where that on-call list is. If I see a phone number for somebody posted in a town hall, public library, the corner store, and somebody asks me for that persons number I'm going to give it to them without even thinking about it. If I see it at work, I might give the number to other people at work, but not people outside of work. As somebody said before, once you give your email address to even ONE other person then it's not private anymore. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Owning facts (Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security))
Not that this has a lot to do with this innane thread, but this might not be true in a relatively short while. For more information, look here: http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62500,00.html http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5021 I'm sure that there are plenty of *other* places (besides this list) where this topic could be discussed. Please.. most of the discussions I saw about this totally show that it's crap. They can own a copyright on their database and charge for their access to that database. They don't own the fact, like people can't own my phone number, but they will be able to own a database of phone numbers. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
Tom Buskey wrote: Bruce Dawson said recently: Can we take this thread off-line? No one else appears to be contributing. Amen Brother! It's hard because Derek's email was unknown or invalid Now that was funny... But besides that, Derek brings up the privacy of his email address in what seems to be a rather random fashion. Even if this thread goes away I'm sure in like 6 months we'll be talking about exchange replacements and Derek will say something else about his email address being private. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
(and this is a wholely public forum). I disagree there, also. In order to post to the list, you must sign up... It is not possible to post unless you are a member. In order to sign up, you must provide some amount of personally identifying information (an e-mail address). That e-mail address can ALWAYS be traced back to you, with varying degrees of difficulty, by those with government-backed subpoena power... A public resource, by contrast, is one which anyone can use. Generally speaking, there's some amount of anonimity implied. If I use a public restroom, I do not need to sign up to use it, nor do I need to identify myself when I do. If I use a municipal swimming pool, (usually) the same is true. These are public. You say that this list is a public forum; not so. In order to be a forum, people must participate. In order to participate, you must sign up and identify yourself (albeit minimally). Hence, it's not public. Likewise, distribution of the original source messages is limited to those who are signed up. This list happens to also archive the messages, but a) not in their original form, and b) this does not need to be the case. Actually, you have no idea what other people on the list are doing with regards to the list. For a time I posted a public archive of another list that I belonged to (because the list didn't have it's own archive). I could easily do the same with this list and post an archive with unedited messages that all the world can see. So I wouldn't say that there is no public archive of this list, just that there isn't one that you are aware of. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: p2p, anonymity and security
You confused me a bit with this wording. I think you meant to say that you agree there are thousands of legitimate uses for this technology, and only the naive here will forget all the fair-use rights bestowed upon us all. Or else you were saying that I could share all the Grateful Dead songs, public speeches, and other forms of un-encumbered media that I want. Then why bother with the anonymity? If your sharing with your friends, then simply set up a password protected area! If the RIAA somehow charges you for that then I would think you could sue them for hacking your systems. Perhaps because he wants to share legal content with more then just the people he knows, and/or distribute the bandwidth over many connections. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Photo Album
Cole Tuininga wrote: Hi all - I'm looking to replace my current web based photo album software as the current one has some security issues. Anybody have suggestions for or against any particular software? My feature requirements are that it be able to handle multiple albums, have sub albums/folders, and most importantly, needs to allow the viewer to choose the resolution they wish to view at. It would be nice if it also supported me being able to add comments to the pictures as well. I've found yappa-ng and r.i.g. that seem to do what I want, but I'm not familiar with either. Anybody have feedback or suggestions? I swear by gallery (galler.sourceforge.net) I love it. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: p2p, anonymity and security
Derek Martin wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 12:04:57AM -0500, Greg Rundlett wrote: I also want to get a general purpose p2p tool similar to Napster, for sharing ogg, mp3 or other multimedia files. The number one prerequisite here is which tool/protocol offers the best anonymity. I feel obligated to point out that you are basically advertising in a relatively public forum your intention to violate Federal law. This is rather a bad idea, particularly in today's climate. It is certainly possible to exchange materials which do not have copyrights to which you are not the owner via these file sharing networks; however I don't think anyone here is naive enough to believe that is (exclusively) what you intend... How do you know that? Perhaps he wants to share legal content but doesn't want everybody and their brother knowing his IP address, name, and location. Bands like Guster allow sharing of their music if it's a live show that they taped. You can get tons of their shows on archive.org. I host guster.net for a friend and he has many many media files up that the band has no problem with. Just because somebody is sharing media files doesn't automatically mean they are illegal, even if they want to keep their identity a secret. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: acronyms - Re: Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, March 17, 2004 (room 4-370):Movie Production with Linux amp; Cinelerra
What is PITA? Pain in the rear rear doesn't start with an a, that would be pain in the ASS :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)
Derek Martin wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 01:01:48PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, at 1:04am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (and this is a wholely public forum). I disagree there, also. Derek: *GET OVER THIS*. Thank you, but no. I agree that the nature of this specific list is much more public than private, but I will maintain that the requirement to sign up in order to participate makes it a closed, i.e. semi-private, list. There's a reason why most mailing lists are closed lists these days: to keep the rifraf (i.e. the spammers) out. This behavior is exactly analogous to private clubs which require membership, as I have argued before. Many private clubs will pretty much let anyone join, but they require membership so that they know who they're dealing with (and probably also to hit them up for money every so often) ugh, not this again... Any list that does not require a human to manually add somebody is public. Anybody can set up a disposable email to join the list and harvest email addresses. Anybody can write a bot to join the list automatically and sit there and collect email addresses from list emails. I also have no doubt that this is already happening. I do not currently object to anything about the way the list is being run (though I would prefer that the archives were available, but with e-mail addresses removed). If I did, I would (as I always do) ask that it be changed, and if that failed, I assure you I would do as you suggest. How do you know that somebody that's subscribed to the list isn't already putting up an archive of the list with the email addresses intact. A private club which has one or more members who videotape its proceedings, and subsequently post them on the Internet, is still a private club. Your personal archival of the ensuing events on a public network makes no difference... Though it's possible that some of the members may want to hunt you down for violating their privacy, depending on the situation. So if me, or anybody else on the list decides to start posting a public archive of the list with email addresses attached you'll hunt them down.. I'll remember that and be sure to do it under a yahoo account with bogus information and have it archive the list on a free web hosting site that also has bogus information. I'd wonder how much they would laugh at you when you try to get the sites taken down because you're email address is posted in the archive. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Desktop apps
I've always seen the GIMP vs. Photoshop issue as one primarily due to the monopoly-like dominance of Photoshop. That combined with factors like a quirky UI, the lack of an official Windows GIMP port, and the fact that the users of these programs typically aren't the deepest, meant that the GIMP didn't get much traction. This amazes me because the documentation for the GIMP is first-rate. Docs mean nothing usually.. Users don't want to read docs, they want to use software :) With GIMP v2 the user interface is supposed to have been totally redone. I haven't played with v2 so I can't say (Has anyone? If so, comments?). If the UI is improved perhaps that combined with the GIMP's increasing standardized usage in the animation industry might mean it could finally make some serious headway. But still, I'm not holding my breath... :-) After reading this I went searching for screenshots of Gimp2 and I found some here: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~kucherpa/gimp2.0pre2/ It looks -VERY- nice and I would totally use this over Photoshop since it now has a more Photoshopesque interface. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Apache2 bandwidth limiting
There is no mod_bandwith or mod_throttle for Apache2. I read on one forum online about somebody using mod_bandwith on their Apache2 server. My question is, has anybody else tried this and have it work, or, is there any other options for somebody running Apache2? -Travis ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Desktop Linux (fwd)
Anyway I think you guys all made your points (better than I did), and I'm dropping out of this, now clearly non-profitable thread. These threads can be profitable?! :) I think it got pulled quite far afield from Maddog's original query. and that's too bad. He was looking at something pretty important. (as usual) Well, it did and it didn't. Basically he said that this year was the year for Linux on the desktop. We all brought up views of why we thought it was or wasn't and what could be different to make it better on the desktop. I'll stop posting in this thread as well after I finish up a little statement about my stance :) Here it is in a nutshell. What I think will make linux work on the desktop and what is required would be that a user can buy a computer from a store or mail order place and get it pre-installed. It needs to include everything a basic user would want/need, and have a nice interface for upgrades/installs. It -will- require some type of auto update for system/security upgrades that does not require user intervention. We all know that people don't patch their systems even when told to multiple times. We also know that if a commercial or semi-commercial general user worm/virus gets out there it's going to be bad news for the linux community. There also needs to be either pre-installed Wine or something similar until there is a fair number of off the shelf linux games. The other thing is that when telling people about linux and showing them software that they can get be sure not to say things like you don't need Quicken, you can get GNUCash for free (or photoshop vs. the gimp, or whatever). Because that puts in their mind that GNUCash = Quicken. Bring it up as something that they can do their finances with and don't even bring up Quicken. Or say that it does SOME of the same things. And most of all, keep in mind that linux (just like windows or OSX) is not for everybody and that they might be happy with what they're using, or it might actually be the best solution for what they need to do. For me personally I run Linux as a server, I support Linux via owning a TiVo. I'm going to build a home media server that will run linux and I'll have a little mini-itx net booted computer hooked up to my TV to watch/listen to my media files.. For my wife she uses a Powerbook with OSX because that's what her school uses (she's a teacher). Cost of software is minimal because of her discount (Keynote for $14, OSX 1.2 and 1.3 for free, all legit copies from Apple). I use OSX because I got a G3 for cheap and it suits my needs. I actually do a remote X session for some linux programs from my server. My brother has two kids, his wife is a paralegal at a lawfirm that is all MS software. The kids use MS software at school, and all their games run on windows, for that, that's the right choice for what they need. With all this said :) My Dad recently got an x-box and most of the games he plays he plays on that now, so it might be time to see how things go with them and put Fedora on their Dell and see how it goes. When that time comes I'll be sure to keep the list posted :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)
It took a little work to get the video card to work right (nVidia's problem, really) and the VPN to my job was slow getting started, but once set up the only things I found lacking are game and some proprietary multimedia support. We most also not forget that the average home user does not want to spend time figuring out how to make their video card work, etc... They generally want stuff to just work for them. Most acknowledge that some amount of work -- installing software, or following some (extremely simple) directions to make a change in some applet in the control panel -- will be required on their part. But if they had the choice, they wouldn't even do that. You also have to keep in mind the state of today's computer buyers/users. People are bringing up the problem of installing Windows software, and dealing with windows drivers and the problems encountered there.. Most people that buy a computer today buy pre-built, pre-installed WinXP machines from places like Dell, HP, or Gateway. They take it out of the box and use it. They go and buy some USB devices that plug in and just work. XP has come leaps and bounds over Win98 and even 2k. It's easy to use, and very stable. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)
--- Jeff Kinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Based on what I've seen - Quicken Linux equivalent: GnuCash. It is quite nice, actually. GNUCash is NOT a replacement for Quicken, it has at least half of the features missing, if not more. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)
You know why linux will fail on the desktop for most families.. When Matt comes home with his new copy of Grand Theft Auto from the store and can't play it because they're running that weird linux thing rather then windows. Same thing for any other cool software the family is looking for.. Yes, I realize that there are thousands and thousands of free OSS titles out there but the problem is that for people that just want to go out and get Quicken to do their finances (and no, GnuCash is not even close to Quicken for features/ease of use), or TurboTax or whatever. They want to just get software they've heard of, that others have used, and that, strangely enough, you can buy from a store.. They seem to think there's more accountability if you can buy it from a store. I'm sure we've all run into the boss that won't let you put linux on a server because of the way it's developed. They feel that there's no accountability because there's no company behind it. We all know that it's a load of crap, MS is not gonna help you when your MS-SQL database eats your customer records even if you spent tons on a support contract, but it gives people, even home users, a warm and fuzzy feeling. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: md5sum of RH9 (shrike) disk 1
Is there a reason that you are installing RHL 9? Why not install fedora core 1 ( aka RHL 10 ) ? Just a thought. I know that on my new server Fedora did NOT like my drive array for some odd reason. Worked great with RH9, no problems with software raid or anything, but I could just not get it to work with Fedora.. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Network/Server monitoring.
Hi, one of my new projects at my new job is to set up some network/server monitoring. Right now they're leaning towards What's Up Gold. Mostly because it's fairly easy to setup and I've used it in the past at two previous jobs. I would like to switch to something linux based. I'm installing Nagios right now on my home server to tinker with it and see how it compairs. I was just wondering what people on the list have tried and what they would suggest I take a look at. I need it to not only monitor servers by ping, but also services on the machine, as well as CPU/Memory usage (via SNMP most likely) and routers and switches (also via SNMP). Pretty charts and graphs are a big plus :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: SSL Cert problem with Outbreak
I -think- if you turn off the warning in IE it will take care of that.. it's under the internet options, advanced tab, under security.. If that doesn't you'll have to install the cert as a trusted one, I don't recall how to do that off the top of my head. I do the same thing and I just bit the bullet and bought a cert from freessl.com. I got a chainedssl cert.. worth every penny. I also use it for my webserver for secure access to my webmail setup. On Feb 11, 2004, at 4:40 PM, Cole Tuininga wrote: Hi all - I have a (linux related) Outlook/Outlook Express question for anybody who feels like taking a stab at it. I've set up a mail server for some folks who want to securely pop the messages down. Easy enough, I installed the ipopd-ssl package (this is a debian box). It set up a fake certificate and away we go. Here's the problem. Outlook is complaining every time they connect about the fact that the certificate isn't signed by a recognized authority. Not only that, but the folks who have it automatically check for new mail every 10 minutes or so are getting the pop up message every time it checks for the mail! With evolution (which I use), the first time it pops up, it gives me the info about the certificate and asks if I want to accept it. I say yes and I don't hear about it again. Does outlook have some facility like this? They'd rather not shell out the money for a real certificate... -- I haven't lost my mind! It's backed up on disk somewhere... Cole Tuininga Lead Developer Code Energy, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID: 0x43E5755D ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: dialup to MSN with Linux?
I also would suggest MV.. They are the best (and not just because I worked for them 5 years ago). Just to give you an idea.. I have DSL (768/768 ADSL). They probably give me a few more static IPs then usual because I'm still friends with a lot of the people there, but I'm currently only using 2. I plug my DSL modem into a Bay Networks switch and off I go. They don't care what I do with it as long as it's not illegal. I even ran a cable to my neighbor (who later got his own DSL line) and they were totally cool with it. I run a linux server and do whatever. In fact two months ago they cut the price, something you almost never see now adays. As far as dialup. They were great, I got a static IP for that as well. The support staff can help you out no matter what you're running, and if they don't know the answer, they'll find it for you. On Feb 8, 2004, at 12:12 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote: MV Communications is good. (603-629-) (www.mv.net) -- Dan Jenkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-624-7272 *** Technical Support for over a Quarter Century ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: piercing corporate FW outbound
I sent the first message to a friend of mine at Nortel, he does support for their huge client's routers.. Anyway, here's what he had to say: --- Start Message --- They are forcing his connection through a Nortel VPN box, which has it's own firewall rules on what to allow and not to allow. As far as Apani, they make a 3rd party client for our VPN box. As far as linux support... my linux firewall/router is transparent to anything related to the client, since kernel 2.4 I bring my laptop home, plug it into a hub... Start accessing the internet, through my linux firewall/masq box. Start the Nortel client, and I'm in my work network with no issues. I didn't even have to configure anything on my firewall. Linux IPmasq does all the work for me. Basically he's complaining about his company's firewall rules on the Nortel VPN box. It has nothing to do with the Apani client or Nortel. But his company's policies. --- End Message --- If anybody would like specifics then please let me know and I can get more information about his setup. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: MyDoom (was: Test)
In a message dated: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 12:27:39 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This took me 25 minutes, I hope your boss isn't reading this list ;) This is funny, because he is reading the list.. (BTW Tom, this only took 2 minutes) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: OT: Voting results in NH
I as an independant, were I a citizen of NH, could have voted in the primary, and would have probably voted for old Al. Not because I like him, or because I even have the feintest notion he might win or make a decent president, but simply because it would be one more vote cast and _against_ someone whom I'd rather not see as President. In other words, a vote can be used as much to vote *against* someone as to vote *for* someone. It is our right *and* responsibility to vote. Do so. This is a good point. And I wouldn't really suggest voting for somebody else that's actually on the ballot. Some guy on the radio on my way home suggested writing in yourself. If millions of people did that then it would send a very clear message. That's better then voting for somebody on the ballot already because you might end up voting some boob in (not that I'm saying Al is a boob, this goes for any election) that will really screw things up. no candidate ever keeps their promises. I would re-phrase this to: No candidate is able to keep all of promises made on the campaign trail. I don't think that it's even possible to do so. They make comprimises to make everybody happy, or give up one of their campaign promises to get somebody to vote for another one. I will not vote because I will not contribute to the mass dilusion that my vote is valuable. My vote is utterly worthless, and so is yours. Yeah, maybe I'm a cynic. Or, maybe I'm just awake... No, I think you're a cynic and no overly well informed. Not only that.. Currently the ONLY way to make a change is by voting. In 2000 I voted for Nader, not because I wanted him to be president, but because I wanted to show that there can be a viable 3rd party. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: OT: Voting results in NH
However, (and I'm really not looking for flames) I can't for the life of me understand why people still would vote for George Bush / Republican after 9/11 Because some people think he's the best person for the job? For whatever reason.. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: OT: Voting results in NH
That is also hogwash. Who wanted the DMCA? Who wanted the Patriot act? NO ONE, except for those who it directly benefited (law enforcement, RIAA/MPAA cartel, whatever). Those with enough money or influence to see that they passed. Was there public outcry about these bills, beforea they were passed? You bet your bippy there was. Did they pass anyway? Sure as... um, anything that's certain, they did. Just because you feel one way doesn't mean everybody does.. My brother thinks the patriot act is GREAT, as does my Dad. As far as the DMCA, you ask 10 people on the street (over 30) I bet 9 of them will go the WHAT?!. They just don't care, and they don't even WANT to care. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: OT: Voting results in NH
Keep in mind that NH tends to lean towards republican, and for most republicans there was not much (if any) reason to go to the polls yesterday. This is very true, also the fact that a lot of independents (like myself) tend to side with the right a bit probably didn't go to vote either. I know none of the canidates really did much for me, so I didn't vote. And while I agree that it was a poor showing and everybody should go vote (if they have somebody to vote for) isn't part of the live free or die thing to have the choice to stay home and sit on your ass and not vote. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: SMTP question. Sendmail, RH 7.3
I have a client in MN who uses qwest as his isp. I host his site and email and until yesterday at 3 pm he was able to send and receive just fine. His POP address is domain.com and his smtp address was something.qwest.net. In his calls to qwest he is getting the usual runaround you can't just use our smtp server, you have to have a qwest email account and send/receive from that account. What has changed? is there anything I can do aside from open my server up to relay for every qwest customer in MN? Please help quick! Sorry if this is OT, running RH 7 with sendmail. Please forgive any misterminology. There's a couple things you can do. First is he can get a quest email account and only use it to send. Probably just needs SMTP Auth. You can set up Pop-Auth or pop before smtp on your sever. That is they check their email via pop (or imap) and then it allows his IP address for the next 15mins to send mail via your smtp server (I used to do this myself) The best way is probably to set up SMTP auth on your server, with SSL if possible. That way they have to pass you a user name a password to send mail (this is what I currently do) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Mail, PIMs, CRMs and not Windows :)
Along that same front, the business users here have been using Office X for Mac OS, which means they've been using Entourage (the Mac name for Outlook) as their PIM/Mail client. This means that we have all the stupidity of Outlook on the Mac. Just an FYI, Entourage is not that close to Outlook. Office X is actually a totally seperate code base (as is IE for the Mac). Entourage is actually closer to Outlook XP as far as how it looks, but they're still not quiet the same. - Mail.app/iCal/Address Book Mail.app under Jaguar is very buggy with IMAP, has a very bad reputation here amongst those 'who are used to Outlook'. That's what I use, with two seperate IMAP accounts. I never noticed any buggy-ness with Mail.app under Jaguar. Do you have any examples? iCal is fantastic. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: SPAM and procmail
I noticed that too, then I looked at the headers: X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to http://www.habeas.com/report/ I went to their site and it seems they partner with a lot of people that do spam blocking (including spam assassin) and if these headers are in the email then the email gets through. If you look around the habeas site you'll see that the first three lines of those headers are a copyrighted poem and a registered trademark. So, if a spammer, like the one sending that viagra spam, uses the headers to get around spam filters they get sued for copyright and trademark infringement. Since I saw no use for anything Habeas would send me, I just made a rule to block stuff with those headers in it as well :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:42 AM To: Greater NH Linux User Group Subject: SPAM and procmail For anyone interested... It seems that a lot of spam is starting to slip through Spam Assassin again. The majority of the messages seem to either have obvious subject lines, or have ALT-- in the message body to try to hide dummy words to throw off the weighting. I came up with these two procmail recipes the other day that have done a good job of catching what SA doesn't. The first looks for various forms of drug keywords in the subject line, and the second just dumps any message with the ALT stuff in the body to an altinmessage mailbox (I have yet to see a valid use of the ALT stuff in the message body (for that matter I've yet to see a valid use of HTML in an email message, but that is another story)). Anyway, I thought I would share in case anyone else found these useful, or wanted to build off of them. :0: * ^Subject:.*([EMAIL PROTECTED]@])|([Ss5].?[oO0]. [EMAIL PROTECTED])|([EMAIL PROTECTED]@].?[xX]) meds :0B: * ^ALT--* altinmessage Another common technique that is foiling SA is hiding bogus tags in words (ie vi/houseagra). They always seem to be closing tags in the messages I've looked at. If I get the time, I want to pre-parse all email before it gets sent to SA and remove all non-real HTML tags, which should allow SA to better read and score the message. This is more of a job for piping the message to an external script/program (much like filtering it through SA). And for those that are wondering, yes this *can* get a little processor intensive on a busy mailserver with a lot of users, but for the price of hardware these days, it's been affordable to provide effective spam scanning. -- Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: SPAM and procmail
I see no chance of Habeas actually suing someone over copyright infringement and/or having any net effect. Except according to their website, they have, and they won. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: embarrassing question
believe it or not, my friend Dick Morrell of Smoothwall fame pointed me to this fantastic site that maintains rpms for end-of-lifed RH distros (like 6.2) so I've upgraded most of my apps... Could you provide the name and address of the site? :) Here it is... http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/ Ahh, apt repository.. very nice so.. the question now... will a break everything if I now try to run all those apps on the new 2.6 kernel? Since it uses apt, if you apt-get dist-upgrade you should be all set and good to go. Things should just work I'm not telling you 100% that it will, but it -should- :) Since installing RH9 and switching to apt (with freshrpm's apt database) I've had great luck with it. I love apt. (after looking at what they have, I didn't see a kernel, so I think you're on your own) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Kind of OT: Wierd emails... Virus? Probe? ???
From: Colin@datasquire.net Are they all coming from that address? Looks like something just searching for open relays to me.. I would just watch the logs and if it's from the same IP just block it and report it to the ISP that controls that IP. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
OT: Warning about ebay scam..
Sorry for the off-topic post, but both my brother and my parents got burnt by this so I thought I would let all you know so you can inform your family members.. Some guy is setting up a site at various webhosting places and then sending out spam that looks like it's coming from ebay. You enter in your ebay username and password and then click submit and it takes you to another ebay looking page that asks for various info including your account numbers and your paypal password. The funny thing about this is, the fool is trying to now sell snowmobiles (probably fraud, just wants to get the $4k and run) with my parents stolen ebay account. Here's some interesting stuff... From the bogus ebay email if you look at the submit line for the form: FORM name=3Dsignup onsubmit=3Dreturn Valid(this)=20 action=3Dhttp://scgi.ebay.com.saw- cgi.eBayISAPI.dll.RegisterEnterInfo.Reg= isterConfirmInformation.dll.reenterinformationconfirmationeBayISAPI.dll@ b= asateras.netfirms.com/ eBayISAPidlldasSKJEDFKJSdsalkepoamncjfdsjKKdsjdxcmn= zkjsjeLKKLKdsjnxs/ ksjdeISJJSjjISSdlldkDKJlLXcdcawerfDEurERRudsksalfkmcxXX= lkdmfldll/ LKJDjedssjheflkcgieBaysadkKJEDjdfklluseridLKSKdskdmxskjdeEEdkja= s7837sdkjd/a.php=20 method=3Dpost You can see that's made to look like ebay but it really goes to netfirms.com. This was the one my brother got. The one my parents got was from a different hosting place. Also, my sister-in-law sent the guy an email about his auction and she got a reply.. here's his header info: Received: from web25207.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.10.67]) Â by rwcrmxc14.comcast.net (rwcrmxc14) with SMTP Â id 20031110013427r1400l7llhe; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 01:34:27 + X-Originating-IP: [217.12.10.67] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [152.163.252.70] by web25207.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 09 Nov 2003 17:34:26 PST Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 17:34:26 -0800 (PST) From: JW [EMAIL PROTECTED] And finally... here's his auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=42597item=2441935799 We've already contacted ebay, and both my parents and brother are taking action to get their accounts disabled and/or changed. Any help getting this dirtbag would be a big help :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: OT: e-commerce using osCommerce
Since now I have to implement a 'full' e-commerce solution for the Knowledge Institute (buzgate.org), I wonder if Dave or anyone could help me out by defining the major steps and time allocated to creating a full osCommerce installation (like a project outline). For example, is setting up and testing the SSL site through your host a one day affair, or a one week ordeal? Do you self cert, or pay for a Thawte certificate? What about using a web-host certificate? Are there any rules-of-thumb for the amount of work that goes into maintaining your osCommerce shop after the store opens? And lastly, what if any catch is there to setting up the shipping calculator. The last time I tried (with a developer account at USPS), it wouldn't work. I set up the Signull store (http://store.signull.com - great antennas). As long as you've set up SSL in the past it should or have a decent ammount of apache experience it shouldn't take to long... We got our cert at www.freessl.com's chained SSL cert. Never had a problem, and it's cheap. We use OSCommerce's built in UPS shipping calc. Once the thing is set up it's just adding and maintaining prices. Super easy. We only have a few products at the moment, but want the full flexibility and control that osCommerce offers vs. some 'service'. Plus, we already have a bank merchant account with Fleet and can process credit card orders with a small card-swiping device in the office. I guess I'm asking what does it take to connect the two, and what advice can I benefit from? Hrm, you can check the OSCommerce site for the CC stuff, we use authorize.net. We try to avoid dealing with the CC stuff itself and let it all get passed off to them so we're not liable. I'd like think I can complete this project in two weeks, but then again, I'm famously optimistic [grin]. With the projects I already have scheduled for November, it's looking like a mighty challenge. Except for the CC stuff with Fleet that I have not had experience with, you should be able to do this it a week, max. That includes adding a fair number of products. If you go with the Chained SSL cert you'll have it in less then an hour. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: [Gnhlug-jobs] Linux Sysadmin
This position is for a one-person systems administration team Just remember there is no ' I ' in T E A M. Then you spell it TIEM ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Debian slow to release (was: Novell to acquire Suse)
But Debian's whole process -- and apt-get's ease-of-use -- is really, really hard to argue with. I know this has also been said a hundred times before.. but apt is NOT the packaging system deb is.. you can get apt for Redhat and use it with RPMS... up2date (if you pay for it) works kind of like apt where you can do up2date pine and it installs pine and deals with all dependencies... if you set up apt for Redhat you can also do apt-get pine and it will work just like it does for debian but using rpms.. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Video card?
Hi, all. Looking for a video card. I'd like it to be: o Well supported by -stock- XF86, o reasonably quick (does NOT have to be latest and greatest) o reasonably inexpensive (preferably under $100) o support 1600x1200x16 or higher I've used TNT and TNT2 cards with great results.. They should do 1600x1200 but I don't know how good it would be, but they are very cheap now adays. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Blackberry-like device, MacOS X, and/or IMAP?
Over 1130 folders with over 65982 messages (I say over, because this is just the mail I've been concerned enough with to port into evolution). As far as disk space, all I can say is that its over 1GB and intermingled with a lot of other files. I'm sorry, but how could you possible be required to keep so much email? I have probably 200-250 messages in my saved items, and I like to keep my inbox under 50.. Once my saved items starts getting bigger then that I archive it to CD. Still easy to access if I really need it and keeps my email lean and quick. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Allowing remote root login
I know people here don't like topposts but whatever... Get a spam filter (spam assassin works nicely) Set up whitelists Set up those autoresponder things to prove that a real person is sending you email to auto-add them to your whitelist Dump emails with words like enlarge and viagra and boobs Do those and you'll be lucky if you get 1 spam a month.. Just using spamassassin and some basic header checks I get 1 a day if I'm lucky. On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, at 3:57pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some people seem to feel that the benefit to the public of quoting your e-mail address is more important than your explicitly stated wish that the public should not have it. FLAME LEVEL=HIGH [insert profanity here] And some people feel that by broadcasting your email address to the world, you're pretty much giving up any hope of keeping it contained, and blaming other people for that is freaking retarded. Here's a concept: If you don't want people to know your email address, don't f**king broadcast it in a public forum. This is like the whole security through obscurity thing. You think you can keep something that is reasonably obvious and easy to obtain a secret, you solve your problems. Problem is, all it takes is one time, and the cat's out of the bag. /FLAME I notice that you've set your headers to list From as [EMAIL PROTECTED], obviously an invalid address. That makes a huge amount of sense to me. Now you're not broadcasting your email address. Much better! In fact, when I first saw it, I thought, Wow. What a good idea. Why didn't I think of that? And it's a hell of a lot more productive then blaming people for using an email address in an email forum. -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Blackberry-like device, MacOS X, and/or IMAP?
Does anyone know of anything like the Blackberry which either supports MacOS X (which the Blackberry does not!) OR has an IMAP/SSL capable e-mail client? Check the iSync site. http://www.apple.com/isync/devices.html ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Blackberry-like device, MacOS X, and/or IMAP?
I recently looked at a Kyocera 7135. Pricey, but it is supported by Linux (at least the Palm part is). And it supports https on the web browser and says its mail client has imap support - but I haven't tried it yet. I looked at one of these for BURST! Media when I worked there. It was an older version I think but it SUCKED. It was way to big and bulky as a phone, the palmos software on it was slow (compaired to a normal palm device). Every data call I made was very spotty and I couldn't even keep an ssh session open on it. I'm not saying the newer one sucks but make sure you try it out before you pay for it because it is pricey ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: protection in sendmail?
Good Linux alternative? I am hosting their mail on my server temporarily (sendmail) but what can I offer for virus protection on the server rather than for each end user? You could always dump email with executable attachments. Not sure how to do it in Sendmail but I know there's a way. I know some people that use http://www.amavis.org/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Courier imap (ssl)
1) Is there a good guide for newbie's to courier? Especially wrt uw converts? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml While somewhat gentoo specific there's still a lot of info here. I used to use UWIMAP when running RedHat, I found this walkthru very easy to follow. 2) Does courier always use maildir? I've been using mbox and if I didn't have to convert it would be handy. Besides having used mbox in the past is there any other reason you would want to keep it? I've found maildir to be faster and much more reliable ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Courier imap (ssl)
My next question would be How do I have procmail handle maildir format? An example from my current .procmailrc: # Filter mail from my sister to a particular mbox :0 :Personal.lck * From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal/Laura This is what I have # List Geek :0: * ^(To|Cc): [EMAIL PROTECTED] .maildir/.list-geek/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: ripping software
Maybe I should consider using Ogg for my encoding format. It *is* a little bit irritating sitting down to work at a newly installed Linux box only to find out that I can't play my music because of patent issues (or, at least, not without installing extra software). Installing extra software, like what? If you're running RH9 how hard is it to type: rpm -Uvh http://www.xmms.org/files/1.2.x/rpm/rh9.x/xmms-1.2.8-1.i386.rpm That's really a hassle? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: ripping software
http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php abcde is by far the BEST ripper I've found. It's basically a front end for other utils but it's -GREAT-. The default is OGG but you can change that (I have a portable player). It's easy, once you configure how you want stuff to be organized you just put in the CD, type abcde and come back once you hear it pop out your CD and repeat. Does ID3 and ID3v2 tags while it's at it. On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 04:49 PM, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Recently I wanted to rip some of my CDs to mp3 format. Being a command-line sort of person, and also being impatient, I wondered hasn't anybody created a command-line utility to rip CD'S to mp3's that is smart enough to know about CDDB?. Perhaps this is a silly question, perhaps everybody and their brother has a great method for doing this and I am ignorant. Anyways, I quickly found a program that does exactly what I want. The name of the program is...unfortunate, but I can't complain about the results: http://ftso.org/choad/index1.html The fact this this program is written in Perl is a nice bonus, methinks. (-: Anyways, I just wanted to let other people know about this useful program. Regards, --kevin -- Kevin D. Clark / Cetacean Networks / Portsmouth, N.H. (USA) cetaceannetworks.com!kclark (GnuPG ID: B280F24E) alumni.unh.edu!kdc ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: ripping software
Does ID3 and ID3v2 tags while it's at it. What are these? If you have an MP3 player (WinAmp, XMMS, iTunes) that can read them they give you a bunch of info on the song and the info is stored within the MP3 file. Basically it's Artist, Album, Song, Year, and a bunch of other stuff, ID3v2 is the same but supports longer song and artist names and some other fields of info. More info here: http://www.id3.org/ If you have a cool gadget like an LCD screen you can display the MP3's ID3 info on that too: http://www.scootz.net/gallery/lcdscreen/aas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Domain Hosting/Mail Fwding vendor?
I agree, zoneedit is GREAT, free up to 5 domains. There's another service like them but I don't use called easydns. But my vote goes for zoneedit On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 09:54 PM, Bill Mullen wrote: On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, joe kagenski wrote: I was wondering if anyone has a suggestion for a vendor for domain host/email forwarder functions? I use a free account at http://www.zoneedit.com for this, works great. Look at the setting up the option called MailForwards. -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 9.0 Giving money and power to the government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. O'Rourke ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Connecting to Comcast
(I'm also *very* disappointed that there's no serial port on these modems, though, ironically, on my Digital Cable set-top box there is?! :) They don't want you to have to much control of your cable modem. For a while there was a way to configure it with SNMP and get it uncapped. They fixed that fairly quickly with a firmware upgrade. The serial port on your digital cable box is for it to interface with things like TiVo to control the channels for recording. I'm beginning to hate ComCast already, and I haven't even *used* their stuff yet :) (and I thought DSL was the only technology that had install horror-stories :) I used to hear tons of DSL horror stories.. Those are mostly gone now, unless you're on the frindge of the service area things go very smoothly. My DSL (MV.com) install went easier then any of my cable installs. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Connecting to Comcast
I agree. My parents have comcast and they didn't need to register the computer MAC, just the modem MAC with some web interface. The install CD is basically a pretty front end for the webpage, at least as far as I can tell. Just call up Comcast and tell tech support that the tech dropped off the modem but had to leave before he could set it up and didn't leave you an install CD. They'll walk you thru the webpage. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Derek Martin Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Connecting to Comcast On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 06:03:40AM -0400, Chris Brenton wrote: The registration is tied to the MAC address of your external NIC, so if you ever swap Ethernet cards you have to re-register. As of when I left Comcast in March, this was not true. I had dealt with tech support and they told me they no longer do this. I subsequently switched computers (I got the connection working with my laptop and its built-in NIC, and then switched to my firewall without doing anything to mimic the MAC or what have you) with no difficulty. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Connecting to Comcast
I used to hear tons of DSL horror stories.. Those are mostly gone now, unless you're on the frindge of the service area things go very smoothly. My DSL (MV.com) install went easier then any of my cable installs. David Kramer has DSL and lost his accesss yesterday for about a day. Yah, I lost mine too. I was told that Verizon made a change and MV had to reset a card.. It was not suppose to cause people to have to reboot their DSL modem, but for me, I did.. But MediaOne was infamous for doing renumbers mid-lease and causing people to have to reboot. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Microsoftheaded, hugely stupid
Any chance you can send the headers of these emails to the list for us to take a look at. On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 04:10 PM, Jon maddog Hall wrote: So, I am not really a security minded person. Those people I usually simply bow to and hope that the patches come out fast enough that I can apply them and protect my system. But I do expect a certain amount of decorum in getting those patches. Usually it means going to some protected site and doing something reasonable. A few minutes ago I get two email messages in rapid succession. One has the subject line Current Update, the other has a subject line Current Microsoft Critical Upgrade. Both propose to fix all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Both letters delivered the patches directly, via email. Neither letter described a way that I could tell if the patch had been tampered with, or even if the patch had actually come from Microsoft. Each letter had a different file attached, with a different name. If they both fix all known problems, why do I have two with different names, different lengths, etc. Now, I have no real problem in believing that these patches really did come from Microsoft, which actually makes the problem worse instead of better. Why would a major software company really believe that anyone who could say the word secure would apply this patch that came through the email this way? And if they believe that no real security person would, then why bother sending it? If they get MomPop installing patches this way, what happens when the very first spoofer hits MomPop with what looks like a patch from Microsoft? It just makes Microsoft look even more clueless. The really great part is that I don't have any Microsoft products anymore. I just stay on their mailing lists to see what other incredible things they do. md -- Jon maddog Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Is OpenSSH the new Microsoft?
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2003.040-openssh.html http://bugs.debian.org/211434 3rd one in two days... that's just bad. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: All .COM / .NET domain names now exist
http://www.hinterlands.org/ver/txt/ seems it is possible to opt out as well.. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Travis Roy Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Greater NH Linux User Group Subject: RE: All .COM / .NET domain names now exist This will have the immediate effect of making network trouble-shooting much more difficult. Before, a mis-typed domain name in an email address, web browser, or other network configuration item would result in an obvious error message. You might not have known what to do about it, but at least you knew something was wrong. Now, though, you will have to guess. Every time. Well, while it's not a browser error message what Verisign spits out makes it quite clear that the domain is not an owned/valid one: We didn't find: www.sadfjiasjddlksfjlaksdjflkas.com There is no Web site at this address. Some have pointed out that this will make an important anti-spam check impossible. A common anti-spam measure is to check and make sure the domain name of the sender really exists. (While this is easy to force, every little bit helps.) Since all .COM and .NET domain names now exist, that anti-spam check is useless. Can't you just check for a valid MX record? I know that's what most ISPs are doing now. host -t MX scootz.net Returns: scootz.net mail is handled by 0 mail.scootz.net. host -t MX sadfjiasjddlksfjlaksdjflkas.com Returns nothing ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: adm and address blocking
I find amusing that the adm account on this machine has a mailbox full of spam. Amusing tho it may be, how can I stop it from happening? You can use some kind of spam blocking software. Anything from spamassassin to a white-list style. Additionally, i've been getting attacked from ipt.aol.com. They own the address range from 172.128.0.0 - 172.211.255.255 What would be the netmask to block a range like that? 172.128.0.0/8 would block the entire class B, right? While blocking a whole range is what a lot of people I know do, I wouldn't, even more so if it's AOL. Eventually you will know somebody that uses AOL, or if you have users on your system they will know somebody that uses AOL. I use a combo of spamassassin and some postfix rules to block stuff (basically unreadable emails, emails with ADV: in them, or stuff about enlarging parts of ones body get dumped by postfix.. Everything else gets dumped by spam assassin). Unless you use the whitelist approach you will probably never block all spam. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
FW: Just some stuff...
Here's a quick and dirty webpage.. Other's have emailed me looking for something similar. I'll make something much nicer once this stuff is working much better, but this will give you all an idea. http://scootz.net/~travis/hms.html -Original Message- From: Bill Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:38 PM To: Travis Roy Subject: Re: Just some stuff... Hi Travis, The second one is kinda cool.. Basically it's this. I have a server running RH9. I also have a FM tuner card in it. What it does is record radio shows, rips CDs to MP3s and rips DVDs to Divx files. That's not all that exciting in itself but when you set it up to netboot a mini-itx computer that's sitting in the living room connected to your DVD and home stereo then it starts to get kinda cool. I'd like to read more about your HW and SW configurations for this. Would you consider writing up a web page on it? - Bill ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Can I make a suggestion for a sendmail seminar?
Here's a sendmail talk for ya.. use postfix :) j/k On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 04:32 PM, Steven W. Orr wrote: I would really enjoy a one nighter where someone could spoonfeed a sendmail programming seminar to me. I'm talking about a lucid talk on how to read and write subroutines and filters rewrite rules, etc... Is anyone else interested in this? Is anyone else up to giving the lecture? -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Just some stuff...
I've been working on some stuff that I'll tell you about in a second but I wanted to know what you all thought of it. Once I get it totally finished I was also wonder what you thought of a workshop on it. One thing is that it would have to be at my apartment so if there is a large interest (more then 15 people want to go) I may have to do it twice but anyway... It's basically entertainment with linux. here's the two main projects I've been working on involving linux and home entertainment. The first is my M.A.M.E. arcade box. http://www.scootz.net/gallery/MAMECab (yes, some of the pics show a windows desktop, but it's running linux now). Basically go into some of the specialized hardware. Stuff needed to convert the machine and all that fun stuff. The second one is kinda cool.. Basically it's this. I have a server running RH9. I also have a FM tuner card in it. What it does is record radio shows, rips CDs to MP3s and rips DVDs to Divx files. That's not all that exciting in itself but when you set it up to netboot a mini-itx computer that's sitting in the living room connected to your DVD and home stereo then it starts to get kinda cool. So I figured I could go into the software and other stuff to make that possible and why I decided to do it the way I did. I guess it could be used to record TV to, but I have a TiVo for that already. But like I said, it would have to be at my apartment (located in Manchester, NH.. Elliot Hospital area) since I wouldn't really want to have to lug an arcade machine around, along with a server, a small computer, and a TV :) If you all thought doing something would be a good idea we're looking at about a month or two away. Between some finish tweaking on my end and some stuff we want to do to the apartment then it will have to wait that long. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
FM Recording script (Was: Re: Just some stuff...)
Hi Travis. This sounds like something I'd like to try myself. Can you recommend a good FM tuner card to get? I have just a old TV card with FM tuner. Be sure to invest in a good FM antenna. Here's my FM script, I use cron to tell it when to go off. (this is for cartalk obviously) scootz root # more cartalk.sh #! /bin/bash # Stop anybody from using the dsp device.. Recording shows is much more important /sbin/fuser -k /dev/dsp # Use fmio to control the FM tuner, set it to the correct station and volume /usr/local/bin/fmio -d v4l -f 89.1 -v 7 # Using an smixer preset, set the audio levels /usr/local/bin/smixer -s /root/mixersettings/recordshow.mix DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d` # Using mpegrec at bitrate 32kbps record for 3600 seconds (or one hour) /usr/local/bin/mpegrec -b 32 -l 3600 -x -b 32 --resample 32 -m m -o /tmp/Car_Talk_-_$DATE.mp3 # Set the mixer settings back /usr/local/bin/smixer -s /root/mixersettings/default.mix ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Anybody need a 15 monitor
I have a NEC MultiSync C500 Works fine, just don't need it anymore and it's taking up space. Whoever wants it has to come get it. I live in Manchester, NH and work in Salisbury, MA... Whatever place is better. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Anybody need a 15 monitor
Gone! :) You're all to slow On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 11:42 AM, Travis Roy wrote: I have a NEC MultiSync C500 Works fine, just don't need it anymore and it's taking up space. Whoever wants it has to come get it. I live in Manchester, NH and work in Salisbury, MA... Whatever place is better. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Argh! (Adelphia, E-mail, iptables, etc.)
I would think the best way is to set up somebody with unblocked port 25 to recive email to you and have them set up something to redirect email to you on another port. I know zone edit has some funky thing that Ben B. set up with the port 80 block on MediaOne was in effect. Don't know if you could use something like that to fake it out. And if all else fales you can look into an ISP that doesn't do silly things like this. Howdy, all. Adelphia -- God bless them -- has nixed my in-bound port 25, so I can no longer receive e-mail on this account. Which is highly annoying. In summary, I can no longer receive SMTP, so I'm looking for: some magic iptables recipe to re-direct port 25 from machine a (1.2.3.4) to machine b (3.4.5.6). I've done some Googling and RTFMing, and I can only see how to re-direct from one port to another on the same machine. I assume that there's a way to do this, but I have no idea how. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Please reply-to-all, so that this will also get sent to my work account ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I would have sent it -from- my work account, except that that's not a member of the GNHLUG list, and I'd have to wait for my message to be moderated on through. Thanks, -Ken P.S. Any suggestions on a good, readable iptables book? Since it seems to have made it -- more or less unchanged -- into the 2.6 kernel, I'm guessing that we might actually (*gasp*) have the same packet filtering security mechanism around for a while. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: OT: Shopping cart recommendations wanted
I second this.. Signull also uses it (http://store.signull.com - cheap plug) On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 04:20 PM, Morbus Iff wrote: I'm looking for recommendations on shopping cart software. I use osCommerce (.com), and have been happy with. Open sourced, PHP, strong community, lots of plugins/edits/hacks. -- Morbus Iff ( i put the demon back in codemonkey ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ Buy My Book! http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596004605/disobeycom icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Mediabox dist?
Yah, I was looking for something tiny. I have this nice little 750meg 2.5 drive that I pulled out of an old mac that works okay. Figured a nice small linux dist. and mount my big drive off the server for all the videos/mp3s that way I could fit it in a nice tiny case and keep it quiet. Is Freevo it's own player or is it just a frontend. I've seen pics of the interface but how is it to navigate? Would you use it as a settop box? The two that I have checked out freevo and mythtv. Myth seemed more geared towards tv/recording if I recall correctly. I thought freevo did not have many issues regarding performance unless there was recording involved, then you would want some beefier hardware. Derek Doucette http://derek.homeunix.org Travis Roy said: I was messing with a cool project called Geexbox (www.geexbox.org). It's basically a mini-linux dist. that lets you play stuff on your TV. I was having issues with Geexbox (it let me play audio CDs. If I tried mpegs, DVDs, or MP3s it would just freeze) so I was wondering if anybody knew of any other projects like this? I also looked at Movix and Movix2 but they didn't seem as nice a Geexbox. Freevo is way to intensive for my little mini-itx board and I don't need recording, mostly playback. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Freevo/Freevix - Day one
If you check out freevix, I would like to here how it worked out Okay! Well, it took me probably 5 hours to get from downloading to actually get it working. If I had more of a clue I probably would have had it working sooner. 1st problem was that I made the decision to do the network boot without really knowing how network booting works :) That ate up a huge amount of time. Once I got that figured out things went rather smoothly to get it to boot and mess around with it. The interface is great. The TV Guide thing looks very cool but right now it still had no data in it and that's not really a priority for me yet since I'm going to use my TiVo for TV watching and this for movies/music. Another thing that slowed me down was that you have to rebuild the root filesystem for the netboot every time you make a change and some config files are in different places and you have to change the right one. Most stuff hangs out in /etc/freevix/ The interface is kind of odd, but I'm using a normal keyboard for now, not a remote control. MP3 playback is great on my EPIA 800. I had a South Park episode laying around to try video playback, the quality of the AVI wasn't the best and it showed on the TV, but a high quality DiVX rip should look great. The controls change a bit when playing a movie +/- for volume when playing a MP3, but it changes to audio delay when playing a movie. I'll have to mess with that. Another problem was that it's suppose to automount CDs and let you browse them, but I couldn't get that to work at all. It showed the CD and the name of the CD but it would not let me browse it. I also haven't tried ripping CDs and archiving them since all my CDs are already archived to MP3 thanks to iTunes :) Menu navigation was slow for me, but I think I can speed it up since the config is still pointing to directories that are not there. Now that I'm done the get it to f*cking work stage I can tweak it a bit. I'm going on vacation tomorrow so I probably won't mess with it much until I get back. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: bootp server
1) It would conflict, anyway, since they're on the same port, and 2) Are you sure you want to be using bootp and/or dhcp on the same subnet as your ISP? How would your client host even get an IP? It's pretty unlikely -- unless your ISP is pretty generous -- that you've got multiple IPs with which to play... and even then, if you did, you'd most likely be on your own subnet, in which case DHCP/bootp broadcasts won't get past the router, anyway. Check out the DHCP RFC here for more info: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt I did some fooling around and luckally my test box has a second NIC so I just set up the dhcp/bootp server on that and networked the freevix/freevo box that way and it worked fine. BTW, I have as many DCHP addresses from my ISP as I want, and I currently have 6 static IPs from them as well.. MV rocks :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: term program?
Nevermind :) I figured out how to do it with minicom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Travis Roy Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: term program? Okay, this is only a stupid question because I've never had to do it :) I have a nice used baystack 350 that I got and it works like a champ but I want to console into it. I already did with hyperterm on my windows box, but how the hell do I do it on my Linux box! :) I figured this would be better then telnetting into it remotely, and besides, I havn't set the IP on it yet. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Mediabox dist?
I was messing with a cool project called Geexbox (www.geexbox.org). It's basically a mini-linux dist. that lets you play stuff on your TV. I was having issues with Geexbox (it let me play audio CDs. If I tried mpegs, DVDs, or MP3s it would just freeze) so I was wondering if anybody knew of any other projects like this? I also looked at Movix and Movix2 but they didn't seem as nice a Geexbox. Freevo is way to intensive for my little mini-itx board and I don't need recording, mostly playback. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
term program?
Okay, this is only a stupid question because I've never had to do it :) I have a nice used baystack 350 that I got and it works like a champ but I want to console into it. I already did with hyperterm on my windows box, but how the hell do I do it on my Linux box! :) I figured this would be better then telnetting into it remotely, and besides, I havn't set the IP on it yet. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Anybody got an 8-port switch?
Linksys, Netgear et. al. have 8 port switches. I did not check prices or availability in local stores. I was hoping to get something used and/or cheap. The one I had I paid $25 for and was probably over $100 new. Plus most of the ones at Staples/Best Buy/Office Max/CompUSA are switching hubs, not real switches :( ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Anybody got an 8-port switch?
Mine got the uplink and another port cooked in today's lovely storm.. If you really want to read about it go here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/sc00ter/90690.html But basically I need at least 8 ports, 100mb would be best, and I want a real switch, not one of those stupid switching hub things. Managed switch is always better if I can get a good deal :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: I HATE SPAM (was Re: Mouse swapping on a laptop)
If I have a private party at my house, there may be 1000 guests. This large number of guests makes it no less a private party... But I need to give my home address to each of those 1000 people, and trust them not to give it out to psychos, lunatics, or other random people to whom I would not myself give it. Well, if you sent these invites to people via a format that would send a copy of it on a billboard on some obscure road that some people might wander down or a copy of it on a board at the local library would you still consider it private? Because without X-no-archive that's basically what you do with any email you send to a list with a public archive. I disagree with X-no-archive on principle. You can disagree with it if you like, but that doesn't give you the right to violate my privacy, nor my expressly stated request not to post my e-mail address, which you have now done, in the attribution line of the message to which this message is a reply. Did Ben sign an agreement not to give out your email? Did you ever tell anybody on the list to specifically not give out your email? Even if you did, I never saw the email saying that. If somebody asked me in passing what Derek Martin's email address was I wouldn't even think twice about giving them the one that I have for this list since that's the one I have for you. Plus this leaves out the whole thing about people using some mbox parsing software and having their own archive up on the net on their webpage that ignores X-no-archive. You can't even start to control who does what with the email addresses on the list, or even stop a spammer from joining the list itself and getting email addresses that way (as some have pointed out). I'm not saying that we should give up trying to stop them, just pointing out the ways around trying to stop it from happening. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products
Dan Jenkins wrote: Cons: * No reverse DNS for IP numbers. I've asked. They've never understood the question. What are the implications of this? Some FTP sites will not let you connect, some web sites won't let you into secure information.. For some reason they use the DNS name as proof of your location. I will recommend MV Communications (www.mv.net or 629-) first, if it is available. Unfortunately, they don't list Dunbarton, probably because we have an independent phone company. UGH, Dunbarton has the WORST phone company.. the only place I know of that makes a call to the next town (Goffstown, also where the kids go to school) is long distance. They also put the phone lines in such a place on the poll that Dunbarton can't get cable. If the cable lines go above the phone lines they are to close to the power lines, if they put the cable lines below the phone lines then they are to low on the polls (trucks could hit them). I've VERY suprised you can even get DSL in Dunbarton ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products
Can you give me some example sites? I will then follow up with them to show them the problem it causes. Sorry no, I had a problem back when I used M1 and I lost my reverse, it took me MONTHS to get them to fix it, but I don't remember the site that was giving me trouble. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Very odd problem - SSL, Virtual Interfaces, and Authorize.net
Okay this is extreamly strange but let me give it a shot to the list.. We have two sites (auth.signull.com and store.signull.com) they both have ssl certs for online payment via authorize.net. Now I set up auth.signull.com on the primary interface and store.signull.com on a virtual interface and set up IP based virtual hosting and all goes well, when you go to the IP or the name of either you get to the right page be it SSL or non SSL. Now, since putting them both up we started having problems when I did this and the problem is very odd. There's a script that sends somebody's credit card information to authorize.net and then that is suppose to check it and send the information back to our server via a POST so that we can generate a page to show the user what happened (if the card was accepted). Now this drove us up a wall because it wasn't working and it was timing out. We got error emails from authorize.net saying that it was a time out. We thought the script might be hanging or something but we didn't see anything in the logs about it. After doing a trafshow we started seeing the actual connection so we knew they were connecting. Then we started doing a tcpdump and had them do the transaction via normal http so we could see what was going on. They connected and seem to start some kind of handshaking but the apache server never responds. Now here's where it gets even stranger. Going to the page via IE, Mozilla, or even just telnetting to port 80 and issuing the POST that way works fine, no issues. Of course authorize.net says that they've been doing this for years and it's not their problem. I turn off the virtual interface and it works flawlessly, turn it back on, same problem. Anybody have any idea? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products
I have MV Communications for my DSL with a Westel DSL modem like this: http://ebay3.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_aba3457ed36aef8e5393e11d18815f4b/i- 1.JPG No PPPoE crap, the TOS/AUP is basically don't spam, don't bother other, other then that we don't really care. I pay $85/month for 768/768 ADSL, never had a problem. I used to work there so they gave me a few extra static IPs then a normal person but the dynamic IPs I get have never changed. They give you control of your reverse DNS. I would very highly reccomend them. On a side note I told them about the manchesterwireless.org project (free wireless off our DSL) any normal ISP would usually throw a hissy fit. MV not only didn't care, they offered a few months of free co-location space if we needed it and to let them know how the DSL held up. Also a site that I host (www.guster.net run by a friend) generated over 30gigs of traffic one month, I told them about it and said I was going to thottle the site and they said I didn't have to and they didn't care. Now that's an ISP. (I currently have 2 linux server on it, an Airport base station supporting a Powerbook and a linux laptop, a windows box, and a G3 mac. I also have a cable going to the neighbors apt. [also okay with MV] where he's running a cisco access point supporting manchester wireless, an openbsd box, a windows box, a laptop, and a Sparc 5) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Cook Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:36 PM To: GNHLUG Subject: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products I'm considering getting DSL through GSInet (http://www.gsinet.net). They sell Actiontec (http://www.actiontec.com) DLS modems and routers. Does anyone have any experience with either GSInet's DSL service or Actiontec products? I'm looking for both good and bad experiences in general and any specific Linux issues to be aware of. Thanks, Larry ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: I need suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptop keyboard
oh duh, laptop keyboard.. Don't mind me, I'm retarded (and both you Bens out there can keep your mouth shut about that comment) :) On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 06:15 PM, Bill Freeman wrote: My keyboard is starting to flake out, particularly the left ctrl key, which is a hard thing for an emacs kind of guy. It's a Dell Latitude, so probably the place to get a replacement is Dell, but I thought that I'd ask if folks have alternate suggestions before bighting the big price bullet. So, is anyone comfortable with some source of, say, quality used Dell keyboards? Bill ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Wireless Stuff
http://www.hippopress.com/features/030717_unplugged.html http://scootz.net/~travis/Union_Leader/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: DSL firewall/router solutions?
However, they charge more than I'm willing to pay for a static IP. So, I'm wondering about which DSL firewall boxes are decent, and can they handle dynamic IP addresses? Or, is it just easier to use iptables/netfilter on my system at home and make that the router/ firewall for my network? Any decent broadband router can deal with DHCP. The only thing you usually have to worry about is when ISPs (like MediaOne back in the day) would renumber and kill your DHCP lease in the middle of a lease, but a reboot of the system/router would fix that. I've used linksys ones with great results, I have some friends using Netgear ones that also work good. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: What's the best way to automatically swap smart hosts (sendmail)?
Another way is pop-auth. You check your mail and then your IP address is put into a file and you're allowed to send for some time (usually 15mins) I did that for a long time until I switched to SMTP auth. MediaOne also did pop-auth for a long time. This is what I used - http://poprelay.sourceforge.net/ But smtp auth is probably the way to go. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:46 AM To: Greater NH Linux User Group Subject: Re: What's the best way to automatically swap smart hosts (sendmail)? On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, at 9:31am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone think of any cool ways to do this? Use an SMTP relay that supports SMTP authentication, and will allow relay from outside the local network if SMTP AUTH is done. Configure Sendmail to use that relay at all times, and to use SMTP AUTH. That will only not work if you travel between more than one network that blocks TCP 25 outbound. If that's the case, yell. :) -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: What's the best way to automatically swap smart hosts (sendmail)?
Oh, one more thing.. Since you're going to do some work for this.. At the same time you should set up secure pop/imap and secure stmp at the same time.. Passing all these passwords for your email in plain text probably isn't a good idea. I used to use stunnel. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Travis Roy Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: What's the best way to automatically swap smart hosts (sendmail)? Another way is pop-auth. You check your mail and then your IP address is put into a file and you're allowed to send for some time (usually 15mins) I did that for a long time until I switched to SMTP auth. MediaOne also did pop-auth for a long time. This is what I used - http://poprelay.sourceforge.net/ But smtp auth is probably the way to go. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:46 AM To: Greater NH Linux User Group Subject: Re: What's the best way to automatically swap smart hosts (sendmail)? On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, at 9:31am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone think of any cool ways to do this? Use an SMTP relay that supports SMTP authentication, and will allow relay from outside the local network if SMTP AUTH is done. Configure Sendmail to use that relay at all times, and to use SMTP AUTH. That will only not work if you travel between more than one network that blocks TCP 25 outbound. If that's the case, yell. :) -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
RE: What's the best way to automatically swap smart hosts (sendmail)?
That will not work for the OP, since he mentions he uses Comcast, and Comcast blocks outbound connects to TCP port 25. You have to use their relays. They don't yet.. I know many people that run smtp servers on comcast that don't have to relay thru the comcast smtp server. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
