Re: [SLUG] Debian - what is needed to compile?

2003-08-05 Thread Crossfire
Chris Barnes was once rumoured to have said: > Now i'm starting to wander if this is a really crap release of Debian. > I am getting "E: Sorry, broken packages" errors all other the place, no > matter what I try to do! > > I did what Crossfire suggested: > apt-get install binutils gcc cpp make lib

Re: [SLUG] What *nix related courses have you enjoyed

2003-08-05 Thread Jeff Waugh
> In preparation for budget preparation time, I thought I would look on the > bright side of life into that indulgent perk of the training course. So > I'm proposing a thread on "What *nix related course(s)/subject(s) have you > found worthwhile and enjoyable. From the one day to something that

Re: [SLUG] Benefits of source distro (Gentoo) somewhat elusive :-)

2003-08-05 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Its bigots like you who really ruin a community. I know you don't like > gentoo, we all know it. > > But grow up. If you don't want to play with the other kids would you > mind staying indoors then? A Numbat is a cute (look at that nose!), furry, endangered Australian marsupial. There are ma

[SLUG] Evolution probs - netcat?

2003-08-05 Thread Andrew Fries
I realise it's tempting to dismiss this as "ah, he can't even enter his settings right", but I really think there is something odd going on here. I have two desktops on my LAN, one runs Libranet, the other Arch Linux. Evolution on Libranet works fine, as it always has - I'm using it now. Arch Linu

Re: [SLUG] A question of deletion.

2003-08-05 Thread Peter Hardy
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 15:26, Bill Bennett wrote: > In the old days, MS deleted a file by clipping the leading > letter and substituting a token that stood for "deleted". > > You can't undelete a file in Linux. Is this because the file > has been shredded? I ask not because I want to undelete, but

Re: [SLUG] compiling courier imap, compiler cannot createexecutables

2003-08-05 Thread Gonzalo Servat
On 5/08/2003 11:26 PM +, Voytek Eymont wrote: [..snip..] what am i missing ? Install gcc-c++ RPM Regards, Gonzalo -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] PHP and includes: outside/inside of web root ?

2003-08-05 Thread James Gregory
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 18:49, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Several approaches come to mind: > > > > 1) change the suffixes of all includes (eg to .inc). Arrange for apache > > to deny access to any .inc files - and while you're at it, deny access to > > any other extension not in your mime.types fi

[SLUG] compiling courier imap, compiler cannot create executables

2003-08-05 Thread Voytek Eymont
I'm trying to compile courier-imap-2.0.0 on RH73 as per readme, I switched to a 'normal' user and tried to run configure: [EMAIL PROTECTED] courier-imap-2.0.0]$ ./configure checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot cr eate executables S

Re: [SLUG] (?Courier?) IMAP + Postfix

2003-08-05 Thread mkraus
Hey Stu, dovecot also does support maildir - it looks pretty good, think I'll give it a shot... Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Stuart Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/08/200

RE: [SLUG] Benefits of source distro (Gentoo) somewhat elusive :-)

2003-08-05 Thread Jon Biddell
-=> This is an interesting POV. We currently have about 40 -=> Linux boxes in -=> high load production environments, and racking my brian I -=> can't think of And one has to wonder how Brian feels about being "racked" - possibly he enjoys it ?? :-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http:

Re: [SLUG] PHP and includes: outside/inside of web root ?

2003-08-05 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 08:26:25PM +, Voytek Eymont wrote: > in a situation where I can have a user placing a potentially poorly > written PHP code in his webserver that is vhost on my box, what should one > be doing to protect the box from such mishaps, any suggestions to minimize > the potent

RE: [SLUG] Evolution - how does it send the mail?

2003-08-05 Thread Ben de Luca
Is it possible that your mail from address is set to be nothing? And the smtp server wont send on the mail unless there is some thing set? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of andrew fries Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 5:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [SLUG] PHP and includes: outside/inside of web root ?

2003-08-05 Thread Voytek Eymont
** Reply to note from Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 5 Aug 2003 17:57:07 +1000 > Certainly, if all of the include files has (as they should) nothing but > function and class definitions, there's *nothing* an attacker could do by > grabbing these files directly - no code will actually b

Re: [SLUG] ADSL Modem Recommendations please.

2003-08-05 Thread Chris Deigan
Bill wrote: > I'm shortly to move house, and I'll be able to gain access to ADSL (once >I get Telstra to lay the 'phone cables - 7 + weeks to date), so I'm >interested in info re suitable recommended modems. > >I won't be going with BigPond, but will select an ISP with more reasonable >download

Re: [SLUG] UWS IE5 Policy

2003-08-05 Thread Mike MacCana
The thing is, if you accept their IE5 `requirement' now, you won't have much of a say when they replace all their web forms with ActiveX controls. Fight, now (politely). Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] PHP and includes: outside/inside of web root ?

2003-08-05 Thread Oscar Plameras
>When I first installed PHP with Apache 1.3x, we specified the 'include' path directive >to be 'above' the web server's root, so that a browser could NOT access it, and, all the >PHP inc files were placed there, inaccesible to any brower. > >looking at variety of php scripts/apps, these come with a

Re: [SLUG] A question of deletion.

2003-08-05 Thread Brett Fenton
use shred or wipe to kill the files rather than say rm. there are many file recovery tools out there they just depend on the fs being used. eg e2undel for ext2 brett Bill Bennett wrote: In the old days, MS deleted a file by clipping the leading letter and substituting a token that stood for "de

[SLUG] Linux Games (was benefits of Gentoo)

2003-08-05 Thread Mike MacCana
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For the desktop: > I would like to see if there is any speed difference in OpenGL Games. > I'm not sure how many Linux gamers there are, but that would convince me > which distro is the best for my use. > Quake 3 Arena & Unreal Tournament 2003 would be

[SLUG] PHP and includes: outside/inside of web root ?

2003-08-05 Thread Voytek Eymont
Can some experienced PHP users help me here, please: When I first installed PHP with Apache 1.3x, we specified the 'include' path directive to be 'above' the web server's root, so that a browser could NOT access it, and, all the PHP inc files were placed there, inaccesible to any brower. looking

Re: [SLUG] Benefits of source distro (Gentoo) somewhat elusive :-)

2003-08-05 Thread Oscar Plameras
> > using Gentoo or LFS (scary thought) for a production Linux server is > > probably the dumbest thing you'll ever do involving Linux... the > > maintenance nightmare alone... gcc optimisation levels don't make a > > massive difference from a lot of real-world POVs, I'd like to see some > > useful