Re: Another stupid question

2002-03-15 Thread Tim Sailer

On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 22:37, Bob Billson wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 06:42:32PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I want to switch over to maildir in Exim, but, no matter what I try, I
> > still get the files in /var/spool/mail . Is there a working example
> > somewhere?
> 
> Take a look on exim.org.  Look at the FAQ there.  One of the questions 
> gives a clear description how to do it.  If you still can't get it, post 
> the router, director and transport sections of your exim.conf file so we
> can see where the problem is.

OK, I'm number than I thought. I see nothing but a mere mention of
maildir in one or two spots. Can you give a little more obvious pointer?

Tim


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Re: Strange problem

2002-02-01 Thread Tim Sailer
On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 00:59, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> In my experience, unstable is "unstable".

At times.
 
> > and came up in a very strange state. No users could log in, only root, and
> > things like ps, w, and top wouldn't work. I was called, got in via ssh,
> 
> Why happens when you runs these commands? (What does "wouldn't
> work" mean?)

They hung. Nothing happened until I hit ^C

> What do the logs say?

Nothing. syslogd is one of the things that didn't start.

> What do you mean that it is impossible to be the same? (Are you saying
> that proc was also mounted at / ?)

Hmm. I didn't say that right. Mount showed /proc mounted. 'df' *also*
showed /proc mounted, with the same size/used/free as /.

> 
> > /proc by hand, started up the utils that didn't start, checked things out
> > the best I could, and rebooted again. Same thing. I've gone through 
> 
> What do the kernel messages say?
Nothing.
 
> What do the logs say?
Nothing
 
> What are these utils that didn't start? (Some network services that need
> to be correctly setup in /etc/rc*.d/ ?)

networking, syslog, just about anything that needs /proc to me mounted
and readable.


> Sometimes when I upgrade from stable to unstable, I have had some packages
> not reinstalled and some software didn't start that should have.

This machine was running unstable for quite some time, stabley. :)

Tim




Re: Strange problem

2002-01-31 Thread Tim Sailer

On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 00:59, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> In my experience, unstable is "unstable".

At times.
 
> > and came up in a very strange state. No users could log in, only root, and
> > things like ps, w, and top wouldn't work. I was called, got in via ssh,
> 
> Why happens when you runs these commands? (What does "wouldn't
> work" mean?)

They hung. Nothing happened until I hit ^C

> What do the logs say?

Nothing. syslogd is one of the things that didn't start.

> What do you mean that it is impossible to be the same? (Are you saying
> that proc was also mounted at / ?)

Hmm. I didn't say that right. Mount showed /proc mounted. 'df' *also*
showed /proc mounted, with the same size/used/free as /.

> 
> > /proc by hand, started up the utils that didn't start, checked things out
> > the best I could, and rebooted again. Same thing. I've gone through 
> 
> What do the kernel messages say?
Nothing.
 
> What do the logs say?
Nothing
 
> What are these utils that didn't start? (Some network services that need
> to be correctly setup in /etc/rc*.d/ ?)

networking, syslog, just about anything that needs /proc to me mounted
and readable.


> Sometimes when I upgrade from stable to unstable, I have had some packages
> not reinstalled and some software didn't start that should have.

This machine was running unstable for quite some time, stabley. :)

Tim


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Re: Neighbour Table Overflow

2002-01-24 Thread Tim Sailer

This is what happens (I believe) when you don't have the loopback up
(ifup lo)

Tim

On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 00:49, James Mclean wrote:
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> I have just returned from setting up a small internet cafe, where the server is 
> based on Debian Woody.
> 
> Whilst i was setting up the machine, with it not plugged into the ethernet 
> switch every 2 seconds it would display Neighbour Table Overflow on the 
> console. It was *very* annoying to say the least.
> 
> Now for the strange part... I plug in the Ethernet into the switch, and the 
> messages dissapear. The machine is the server, gateway, using SDSL to the 
> upstream. Ethernet Cards are both Intel 10/100 (Brand new ones... not sure of 
> exact model).
> 
> The messages went away when plugged into ethernet, I am curious as to what this 
> is, or what it may be?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> James Mclean
> Adam Internet
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Re: PPOP3 Webmail

2002-01-21 Thread Tim Sailer

On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 05:14, Robert Waldner wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:08:46 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >I agree! I have squirrelmail (which is still broken in Debian),
> <...>
> 
> What exactly is broken in squirrelmail? Works just fine here:

I'm running unstable for a number of reasons, and for the last two
uploaded versions, you can't even log in.

Tim

> ii  cyrus-admin1.5.19-2   Cyrus mail system (administration tool)
> ii  cyrus-common   1.5.19-2   Cyrus mail system (common files)
> ii  cyrus-imapd1.5.19-2   Cyrus mail system (IMAP support)
> ii  cyrus-pop3d1.5.19-2   Cyrus mail system (POP3 support)
> ii  squirrelmail   1.2.2-1Webmail for nuts
> ii  php4   4.0.3pl1-0pota A server-side, HTML-embedded scripting langu
> 
> cheers,
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Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Tim Sailer

On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:26:26 Joachim Schiele wrote:
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> hello dear list members:
> i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the 
> users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds
> 
> is there a possibility to stop that, maybe on the firewall (debian linux)
> to 
> block requests like www.sex.de and things (words maybe) like sex, drugs
> and 
> so on?
> 
> are there any good, non-cost-intensive tools for ding that?
> if so, please let me know ;-)

Use squid, with the associated filters, and authentication methods.

Tim

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Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Tim Sailer


On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:26:26 Joachim Schiele wrote:
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> 
> hello dear list members:
> i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the 
> users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds
> 
> is there a possibility to stop that, maybe on the firewall (debian linux)
> to 
> block requests like www.sex.de and things (words maybe) like sex, drugs
> and 
> so on?
> 
> are there any good, non-cost-intensive tools for ding that?
> if so, please let me know ;-)

Use squid, with the associated filters, and authentication methods.

Tim

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