RE: Why I hate MS

2005-04-26 Thread Brian
> Hmmm, you ought come and hang out on #gnhlug with some of us > ;) IRC is even better than IM, imo :) Everytime I've gone onto #gnhlug someone named crschmidt harasses me. Plus, it seemed there were a lot of 'bots in there last time I checked in. ___

Speaking of DNS.... (spammish but on topic)

2005-04-19 Thread Brian Chabot
How's this for good timing? My employer rolled out recursive DNS service today. Yeah, most of us here could just run our own servers, but if you don't want to... http://www.dyndns.org/news/releases/archives/2005/04/587.html Brian ___ gnhl

RE: Power consumption (was: free to good home, 19" CRT)

2005-04-17 Thread Brian
Ah, but that new appliance wasn't produced for free. It was made in an energy-consuming factory, most likely by people that drove their cars to work. And then it got from the factory to you the consumer via trucks and trains and ship that also burn fuel. You probably added to the landfill a bu

RE: Desire for a new kind of list?

2005-04-13 Thread Brian Karas
It is coming, stay tuned. I had wanted to have it rolling already, but life got in the way for a minute. > -Original Message- > From: Drew Van Zandt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:24 PM > To: Brian > Cc: GNHLUG; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject

Re: OT: spamming tech question

2005-04-10 Thread Brian Chabot
You can also decode these URL's here: http://www.samspade.org/ Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: AAARRRGGGHHH!!! Re: USB CD Burners? - Problem

2005-04-10 Thread Brian Chabot
ng about where I was looking...) So I booted with power management off and so far, after about an hour, it's still connected. I have NO idea how there is a relation between ACPI and a USB CD burner, but hey... I'm not complaining. At least not till I try to do t

RE: Duplicate/unique SSH key-pairs for multiple clients?

2005-04-07 Thread Brian
The only real danger comes if the laptops are lost and recovered by someone who has any idea about linux. If you just regenerate the hosts key and/or otherwise render the key on the laptop invalid, then you're at no risk. Most people tend to notice fairly quickly if their laptop is missing. You

AAARRRGGGHHH!!! Re: USB CD Burners? - Problem

2005-04-06 Thread Brian Chabot
0 Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 5 usb 4-5: USB disconnect, address 4 A reboot (either a reboot command or an init 6 or 0) now hangs. WTF? Ben Scott wrote: > On Apr 4, 2005 2:46 AM, Brian Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Now I burn a

Re: [OT] You lose a little piece of your soul when you run Windows :-(

2005-04-05 Thread Brian Chabot
it will try to reformat to NTFS. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player | |

Re: USB CD Burners? - Problem

2005-04-03 Thread Brian Chabot
te that this is the error from te previous time it hung... ) I then unplug the drive and all is well again. And ideas? Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or

Re: USB CD Burners?

2005-04-02 Thread Brian Chabot
y needed firmware updates. I was thinking of getting a cheap LaCie, MadDog Multimedia, or Hi-Val drive. They're running under $70 at CompUSA... Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6

USB CD Burners?

2005-04-02 Thread Brian Chabot
to USB1.1. Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas? Thanks, Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught, Fast Learner,

RE: Google Gulp

2005-04-01 Thread Brian
This is better than selling your child to fulfill a gadget fetish! > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kevin D. Clark > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:03 AM > To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > Subject: Google Gulp > > > http://w

RE: BB/Forum software suggestions

2005-03-23 Thread Brian
phpBB > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Cole Tuininga > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:22 PM > To: GNHLUG List > Subject: BB/Forum software suggestions > > > Hi all - > > I'm working on creating a bit of a web based family

Desire for a new kind of list?

2005-03-01 Thread Brian
;area" spanning Concord NH to Boston MA and beyond) that we should be able to get a group of "do-ers" together and maybe actually produce something cool in the process. So, any takers? -- Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discu

Re: Debian Sarge vs. USB

2005-02-27 Thread Brian Chabot
x27;t a problem there) but in Mandrake 10.0 Official there was a problem with *un*mounting USB mass storage devices which has yet to be fixed. If you have plugged it in and unplugged it and plugged it in again, try restarting autofs and retry the above. Hope this

Re: Linuxworld - boothbabe confirmation needed

2005-02-14 Thread Brian Chabot
Jon maddog Hall wrote: I have not heard back from Brian, Bill, Ed, Don, Thomas or Steven. That's odd. I responded four times. The most recent was sent to the GNHLUG list today. I'll CC this there, too. I have signed up all nine of you for free "exhibitors" passes which

Re: Linuxworld GNHLUG Boothbabes - hurding cats

2005-02-14 Thread Brian Chabot
y looking to be able to make a run or two around the other vendors in that whole time. I can cover the booth most of the three days... If I can get confirmation that I'm actually going to be able to get in without having to fork over

Re: Linuxworld GNHLUG Boothbabes - hurding cats

2005-02-14 Thread Brian Chabot
Jon - I think one of our spam filters may have blocked something, so I'm sending this to GNHLUG in hopes that you see it. Mostly, I'd like to verify that I'm on the list to get in all three days... Jon maddog Hall wrote: Brian Chabot - volunteer, but also wants to "

RE: More free crap

2005-02-13 Thread Brian
These items have been given a new home. Thanks for the interest. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 12:30 PM To: 'GNHLUG' Subject: OT: More free crap Thanks to the people that helped rid my b

OT: More free crap

2005-02-13 Thread Brian
I'm not too fond of inkjets in general. Not sure about linux interoperability of this unit. -- brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

RE: rental servers?

2005-02-05 Thread Brian
GE Capital comes to mind... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill McGonigle Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 11:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: rental servers? Here's a strange question - has anyone heard of a service that provides sho

[OT] Free crap

2005-01-31 Thread Brian
also have Composite/S-Video video output on the sysbd as well. Let me know if you want anything. -- Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Book Printing on Linux

2005-01-30 Thread Brian Chabot
ice.org, but in 16 page chunks. Maybe this is a pipe dream and the above choices are already the best but with the number of utilities Linux has to offer I thought I would at least ask. Thanks, Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: LUG booth at LinuxWorld

2005-01-21 Thread Brian Chabot
I'd be willing to help out. I'd like to have a chance to wander around a little, too, but I'd be more than willing to volunteer a significant chunk of the time. At the moment I'm still looking for work, but if I plan ahead, I'm sure I can get the time off for so

RE: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Brian
records? You mean like those BIG black double-sided CD's? j/k, I'm plenty old enough to know of records... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Freeman Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 3:12 PM To: 'GNHLUG' Subject: RE: Play wav files fro

RE: Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Brian
m... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Freeman Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 2:44 PM To: Brian Cc: 'GNHLUG' Subject: Play wav files from serial input Brian writes: > Setup a linux server with a samba share and directories lab

Play wav files from serial input

2005-01-12 Thread Brian
collect the input stream okay... Thanks - Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Save a couple of bucks on a DVD burner

2005-01-08 Thread Brian
Not a bad deal, and the savings are fairly significant! http://www.buy.com/prod/Pioneer_16X_DVD_RW_4X_Double_Layer_Internal_Black_Be zel/q/loc/449/10385548.html ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailma

Re: IT management software?

2004-12-29 Thread Brian Chabot
st, I have had good results from IRM: Inventory Resource Tracker from http://sourceforge.net/projects/irm/ It's homepage seems to be down at the moment, though. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT

RE: We apologize for the... doh!!

2004-12-27 Thread Brian
They fixed it. It said "incontinence" before. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Sconce Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 12:07 PM To: GNHLUG Subject: Re: We apologize for the... doh!! On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:29:36 -0500 "Michael ODonnell

RE: Looking for a good portable linux system

2004-12-19 Thread Brian Karas
I've done something similar at a few job rev's now. Some things I've learned... Get a case with wheels, I use musicians hard cases most of the time, you can find them at Daddy's or similar music outlets. Even an 8 oz laptop gets heavy after 2 layovers, 1 delay and 15 hours of travel :) Weight

Re: FSF looking for Sys Admin

2004-12-16 Thread Brian Chabot
Brian wrote: Someone else seemed to think that a new laptop and cellphone, along with benefits and vacation, were big "perks", IMO those are just the standard offerings. That was me. The last two years have seen me working for peanuts and table scraps and *zero* benefits. It

RE: Subversion

2004-12-16 Thread Brian Karas
FWIW, Subversion was a pretty simple/straightforward install... Never heard of Trac though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken D'Ambrosio Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:42 AM To: Mark Komarinski Cc: Fred; GNHLUG Subject: Re: FSF loo

RE: FSF looking for Sys Admin

2004-12-16 Thread Brian
>(Then again, not many programming jobs are five minutes away, have an in-office mike and ike dispenser, a foosball table, >and a MAME-based stand up arcade machine...) Chris, you know I mean this with all due respect, but you need to get out more. The 5 minutes away part is always a variable,

Re: FSF looking for Sys Admin

2004-12-15 Thread Brian Chabot
? DAMN. I haven't seen benifits in IT like that since before the bubble burst. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | | Self-taug

Re: hot spot managment

2004-12-14 Thread Brian Chabot
s.com/defendair.html The same company has lots of shielding products, including windoe coverings... Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | |

RE: Can only the 100Mbs part of a 10/100Mbs router fail?

2004-12-08 Thread Brian
Every 10/100 device I've seen in the last 10 years has used 1 chip to handle the 10/100 PHY. This means that it would be (IMO) HIGHLY unlikely that only the 100Mbs portion could/would fail, I would expect all or nothing. Based on past experience (is there such a thing as *future* experience?) I w

Re: GIMP 2.2 splash screen contest

2004-12-04 Thread Brian Chabot
the folks over at OpenOffice.org things might improve in the advocacy arena... Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | | Self-tau

Re: VoIP software

2004-11-17 Thread Brian Chabot
I'm just starting to use Broadvoice.com's BYOP (Bring your own phone) and linphone. So far, it seems to work pretty well. I'll let you know if I still like it afte I've had a chance to use it a bit more. Brian -- --

802.11g - Success story!

2004-11-09 Thread Brian Chabot
tGear WG511. Smile as you get a connection. I haven't played with custom settings yet, like WPA, or WEP yet. My WiFi network is firewalled and open as a FreeNet. I'll play with WEP settings next time I head up to the office. If anyone here is interest

RE: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Brian
We did. All the liberals kept getting mad at being picked on... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cole Tuininga Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:53 PM To: GNHLUG List Subject: Re: Verizon DSL On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 14:00, Bill McGonigle wr

RE: Toner cartridge for Kerry office

2004-10-04 Thread Brian
I used to have a batch of toners for that printer that were notorious for jamming/clogging the printer. Too bad I threw them all out, or I'd gladly send them over ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger H. Goun Sent: Monday, October 04,

VPN's....

2004-10-02 Thread Brian Chabot
or bridge type vpn... anything but point to point, preferably. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | | Self-taught, Fast Le

RE: IRC anyone?

2004-09-24 Thread Brian
I just logged in using gaim... Just skip the password fields. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Dawson Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:28 AM To: Christopher Schmidt Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IRC anyone?

RE: IRC anyone?

2004-09-24 Thread Brian
Err, gaim actually has an IRC client... I have never used it myself, but it *is* in there. -Original Message- > >OK. I'll bite. How does one do this using GAIM? Err, one doesn't. One uses an IRC client. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL

RE: Lend/rent me your RJ45 crimper?

2004-09-18 Thread Brian
Sure, I've got all the Cat5 tools you could ever need. Comes with free instruction, if you need it. ;) Available for pickup in Amherst, NH... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael ODonnell Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 11:38 AM To

Re: Sun "sells" Open Office to Microsoft?

2004-09-15 Thread Brian Chabot
by Sun & MS on the OSS sommunity? OO changed it's official name from "Open Office" to "OpenOffice.Org" and insists on using the new name. Would this fuzzy loophole make them immune? I'm not sure whe

Re: Verizon offering 3Mbps

2004-09-09 Thread Brian Riley (maillist)
Oh yes, there are some real dirtbags on both Dish and Direct internet services ... I was lucky I found a local dealer in Milton, VT who was a real pleasure to work with. On 9/9/04 11:32 AM, "Bill McGonigle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Plus the local Direcway licensees were scum, trying to get

Re: Verizon offering 3Mbps

2004-09-09 Thread Brian Riley (maillist)
tand up to them and say 'wire the whole town or wire nothing!' Cheers ... BBR On 9/9/04 11:21 AM, "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 10:37 -0400, Paul Lussier wrote: >> In a message dated: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 23:01:27 EDT >

Re: Verizon offering 3Mbps

2004-09-09 Thread Brian Riley (maillist)
Ooppps that was $100 up front and $100/mo versus $600 upfront and $60 a month - same service, just one way is financing the equipment and installation. On 9/9/04 10:37 AM, "Paul Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 23:01:27 EDT >

Re: Verizon offering 3Mbps

2004-09-09 Thread Brian Riley (maillist)
Feldman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 23:01:27 -0400 > "Brian Riley (maillist)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have had Direcway bi-directional satellite since April and am fai

RE: Verizon DSL and static IP address (was: Speakeasy DSL)

2004-09-09 Thread Brian
And the NE network is setup in this abysmal bridged/routed mode which allows infected machines to essentially DDoS their entire DSL network. -Original Message- Note that their sales/support/customer-service is still absolutely horrible. Indeed, simply finding a salesdroid that knows t

Re: Verizon offering 3Mbps

2004-09-08 Thread Brian Riley (maillist)
I have had Direcway bi-directional satellite since April and am fairly happy with it. I have the DW6000 modem/router unit that feed my LinkSys WRT54G and have two Macs, a p4 running WinXP and two Linux boxes plus a Linux laptop and a Netgear Print Server on the system. Every thing seems happy with

Re: FYI: Philly considers wireless Internet for all

2004-09-08 Thread Brian Riley (maillist)
I will second the vote for Pat's Steaks, personally I always felt that Reading Terminal Market should have been considered in violation of a dozen or more provisions of the Geneva Convention! I always get a kick out of New England shops that offer "real Philly Cheesesteaks" ... when I point out th

Jave broken... WTF is PAX?!?

2004-09-03 Thread Brian Chabot
ava):11340, uid/euid: 501/501, PC: 247b1b44, SP: 5b2f97b4 Sep 3 17:29:45 hostname kernel: PAX: bytes at PC: 68 7f 02 00 00 d9 6c 24 00 58 c3 90 cc cc cc cc 00 80 01 00 So, uhh What is this PAX? And why does it seem to be terminating java (with extreme prjudice)? I'm pretty los

Re: Speakeasy DSL

2004-09-02 Thread Brian Chabot
ote, "You can *DO* that?" (I have a really funky setup combining NAT and static IP's that uses the best of both worlds and maximizes the use of the IP's I have, so in effect I can have my 8 IP's (7 usable!) and the rest of my network NAT'd without the nee

Re: Auth/system-auth & POP3 daemon

2004-08-24 Thread Brian Chabot
Any way, thank you. I'm still waiting to hear from the end user to see if the problem is resolved. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager

Re: Auth/system-auth & POP3 daemon

2004-08-24 Thread Brian Chabot
es the delay. I'd rather have auth working, but if I have to disable it completely, so be it. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | |

Re: Auth/system-auth & POP3 daemon

2004-08-24 Thread Brian Chabot
Now to find out why it works on the LAN connection and not over the WAN port. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | | S

Re: Auth/system-auth & POP3 daemon

2004-08-24 Thread Brian Chabot
port looks like this: INPUT[5]="REJECT tcp ident 0.0.0.0/0=>0.0.0.0/0" That may be an idea, but I think it might cause some confusion in the logs. If my hypothesis is right, the auth service is being used to add the username to the logs. This is a Good

Re: Auth/system-auth & POP3 daemon

2004-08-24 Thread Brian Chabot
times out while eth1 works fine. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player | |

Auth/system-auth & POP3 daemon

2004-08-23 Thread Brian Chabot
might fix this? Thanks in advance, Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player | |

Re: Slightly-Offtopic - Networking audit question

2004-08-17 Thread Brian
On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 16:44, Travis Roy wrote: > My company is doing an audit to find out what customers are connected to > what switch ports. > This is our current procedure: > > 1. Determine one of the IP addresses that the customer is using. What if they have 3 machines in a subnet? Does

Re: Dealing with unwelcome visitors

2004-08-16 Thread Brian Chabot
ou can close off these services. Someone else may have more ideas, but it sounds like you are doing just what you should be doing. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best

Mozilla Question: Seamonkey vs Firefox & Thunderbird...

2004-07-09 Thread Brian Chabot
ts may not end up in SeaMonkey for some time. Has anyone else had more experience with these and their differences? Anyone else have opinions on which would be better or on near-future plans to make things more seamless? Thanks, Brian -- -

Re: Alternatives to Exchange Server

2004-07-07 Thread Brian Chabot
... I'm using the web interface because I'm NOT using Windows!" Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager

Re: Alternatives to Exchange Server

2004-07-07 Thread Brian Chabot
ke other people's code work. I do keep an eye on a few projects thqat show potential... PHP/E/Open Groupware for web side and RHEMS for the server side. None of them alone would be considered a full Outlook/Exchange replacement f

Re: Alternatives to Exchange Server

2004-07-06 Thread Brian Chabot
cess is handled.) My personal preference is for something web based because of the reduced IT costs in setting up clients, but the geek in me likes Mozilla. ...just my unrequested $.02 Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Destination show up twice in traceroute

2004-06-30 Thread Brian Chabot
s and need every one you can get, this makes sense. It may not be the answer in your case but it is an answer that is at least true on my network. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |

Re: Destination show up twice in traceroute

2004-06-30 Thread Brian
On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 20:21, Jason Stephenson wrote: > 11 134.241.121.88 (134.241.121.88) 36.643 ms 30.611 ms 29.616 ms > 12 134.241.121.88 (134.241.121.88) 32.835 ms 42.273 ms 28.932 ms Questions: How many NICs in this machine, and if more than one, what are the IPs and subnets? What i

1U Personal colo

2004-06-14 Thread brian
ional kind of hacker, not the Hollyweird version) community because I can... -- brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Recommendations for VPN end point appliances?

2004-06-13 Thread Brian
but not really shipping yet. I have a demo unit sitting here next to me. Basically mini-itx system board, 256MB compact flash for boot, and 3 on-board Ethernets. The rest is all linux... -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ gnhlug-discuss maili

Re: Recommendations for VPN end point appliances?

2004-06-12 Thread Brian
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 22:51, Hewitt Tech wrote: > I need them for a client that wants to > have secure access to their office from a remote worker's home office. Any > suggestions? SonicWall and Fortinet have both worked well for us. ___ gnhlug-discuss

Re: Nagios Question

2004-05-10 Thread Brian Chabot
Cole Tuininga wrote: On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 04:48, Brian Chabot wrote: I tried using ping as su - nagios I'm assuming from this that nagios has a valid shell. From a security perspective, you may want to change that. Just a suggestion. 8) Good point, but will changing the shell to /dev

Re: Comcast blocking port 25? (not what you think)

2004-05-10 Thread Brian
On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 11:20, Travis Roy wrote: > Okay.. for the -LAST TIME- my parents are -NOT- I repeat are -NOT- > running any kind of sever at all, NONE! They are trying to connect to MY > server that is NOT on the comcast network to send mail. (maybe it's already bee covered?) Why don't th

Re: Comcast blocking port 25? (not what you think)

2004-05-10 Thread Brian
On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 10:35, Steven W. Orr wrote: > And I'm guaranteed that my IP address won't change. Ever. Until, of course, it changes... I wouldn't give their "guarantee" too much faith... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://m

Re: Nagios Question

2004-05-09 Thread Brian Chabot
following error: ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted A quick search found a fix: # chmod o+s `which ping` && chmod o+s `which traceroute` After this it all seems to work. Thanks again! Brian -- --- | [EMAIL P

Nagios Question

2004-05-07 Thread Brian Chabot
Is anyone here familliar with Nagios? I just set it up and I'm getting a funky error. When it tries to ping a host, it returns the status as "UNKNOWN" and as the Status Information, it gives the (correct command line. Anyone have a clue here?

Re: IRC Server

2004-05-04 Thread Brian Chabot
long ago and it's really not too hard to do. There's a decent FAQ at http://www.irc.org/tech_docs/ircnet/faq.html If all you need is a basic IRC server for chatting, it's really simple. The complicated parts come in when you're putting together a ne

Quick Postfix Question...

2004-05-03 Thread Brian Chabot
is the only solution to add an A record for datasquire.net or an A record for @? Thanks, Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | |

Re: 1U servers..

2004-04-27 Thread brian
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 12:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Most 1U systems tends to have some kind of funkiness to them. True, there are only so many ways to cram 25 pounds of shit into a 1U bag. > The only exceptions to > this that I've seen are when someone takes a generic motherboard and jus

Re: 1U servers..

2004-04-27 Thread brian
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 08:32, Randy Edwards wrote: > > very much want to add in the optional CD-ROM drive for $100. Otherwise > > how will you install Linux on it? > > Since you asked :-), Debian (and some other distros) can be installed > with a few floppies -- enough to get a base OS up and

Re: 1U servers..

2004-04-27 Thread brian
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 10:27, Travis Roy wrote: > Either that or just open up the case, plug in a normal CD-Rom drive, > install, remove drive, put in rack... Or get a USB CD drive and do it > that way.. Actually, that won't work. We order one of the HP servers (big mistake, I hate the thing)...

Re: Cyrus [Was: Stop the maddness!]

2004-04-27 Thread brian
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 08:00, Dan Jenkins wrote: > I am interested. Me too, for anyone keeping score. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: A perl question

2004-04-20 Thread brian
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 11:54, Bob Bell wrote: > $ perl -pe '$tag="MyTag";$other="MyOtherTag";s/::(\w+)/${$1}/ge;' <<< "foo ::tag > ::other" > foo MyTag MyOtherTag > > Key bit there is "/e". Worke

Re: A perl question

2004-04-20 Thread brian
reply to this ticket with light status or additional information. If we see the connection come back up we will automatically close the ticket. Thank you -- brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

A perl question

2004-04-20 Thread brian
with always ends up replacing ::tag with the literal "$tag". Anybody can maybe point me in the right direction? Thanks. -- brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Somewhat OT: Small LED light suggestions

2004-04-16 Thread Brian
orted electronics components) laying around, if you need something semi-custom I could probably endeavor to put together something for you. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Future Meeting? (MythTV)

2004-04-16 Thread brian
ing the DVD ripping and MythGame so I'm > looking at the middle of next month for the earliest. > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- In theory ther

Re: List Archive (Was: Re: p2p, anonymity and security)

2004-03-12 Thread Brian
n the 'net, it is only a matter of time before it gets posted (or used in an argument or whatever) over "Here". As others have pointed out, if you don't like that, then don't play on the 'net. You're not going to change it at this stage. -- Brian <[EMAIL PR

Re: Photo Album

2004-03-11 Thread brian
nski wrote: > gallery.sourceforge.net > > -Mark -- brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Shiny webserver control panels

2004-03-05 Thread Brian
I use webmin a lot myself, but not sure if I really want to make that an end-user offering. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread brian
On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 09:59, Rob Lembree wrote: > files > files/exclude < this directory is excluded > files/exclude/include < except this directory or file > files/exclude/others... > > The question everyone is Perl, Python, or something else? > Simple shell scripting for this kin

Re: Desktop apps

2004-03-04 Thread Brian Chabot
them, and do it all automagically (with just user confirmation...) Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | | Self-ta

Re: Examination of a Linux Gui, w/color commentary

2004-02-27 Thread brian
On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 10:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > However his "idea" that the whole thing > > should just discover your network and list for you only the available > > options is tad bit off as well. > > Why is making networks easier to use a bad idea? It is not, when done right. But it'

Re: Examination of a Linux Gui, w/color commentary

2004-02-27 Thread brian
On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 21:34, Jeff Kinz wrote: > ESR's point is that the folsk designing the GUI's need ot think at the > problem from a perspective much closer the user's point of view. Yes, programmers should all cater to the fact that for some reason people think that they can be blissfully igno

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-25 Thread Brian Chabot
KDE is set up enough like Windows that most people can fall right into it. For geeks, it does install a LOT of stuff you'll probably never use, so it isn't the most efficient Linux distro out there, but I wouls argue it's the easiest other than the

Re: Desktop Linux (fwd)

2004-02-25 Thread Brian Chabot
manufacturers to offer Linux as a desktop choice, things would move much faster. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |Simply the Best IT/MIS Manager | | Self-t

Re: piercing corporate FW outbound

2004-02-06 Thread Brian H. Chabot
ogged into right now. Personally I like the concept of port-knocking (recently on Slashdot)+ssh tunnels... even though I'd need to tweak Portsentry to accept it. Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.hirebrian.net | |

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