ssh2 (open ssh) compiled for stable?
I have a firewall running Debian stable that I don't want to upgrade to testing. I see that Open SSH version 2.5.2 is in testing and unstable and that 1.2.3 is the version in stable. Am I correct in thinking that the version for stable available at security.debian.org has the bug fixes backportted to it? Or are there bug fixes only available in the testing and unstable versions? If that is the case, is there a version of ssh 2.5.2 built for stable somewhere? Thanks, Bryan -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
Re: turning off exim on port 25
Thanks to Tod and Eric for their ideas on how to make Exim quit running on port 25 and only listen on localhost. Here is what I did. I edited my exim.conf file and added the following: local_interfaces = 127.0.0.1 Thanks again! Bryan On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:43:39PM -0700, Eric N. Valor wrote: > > I believe it uses port 25 to talk even internally. What you can do, short > of using an IPChains/Tables rule to deny external port 25 traffic, is to > set the "local_interface" option in exim's config file. Set it to only lo > and it'll only talk to the loopback device internally. > > For more info consult the manpage. I don't run exim or I'd try to provide > further info on the config file. > > At 07:24 PM 5/23/2001 -0500, Bryan Walton wrote: > >This may be a better question for another list. I am building a firewall > >for my home LAN. I have exim configured for local delivery only (the only > >thing I want it to do is move email from root to another userid). Even > >though I have configured exim for only local delivery, the exim daemon is > >still listening on port 25. Is there a flag I can use when starting up Exim > >so that it won't listen on port 25? > > > >Thanks, > >Bryan > > > >-- > >Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst > >Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ > >GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Eric N. Valor > Webmeister/Inetservices > Lutris Technologies > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - This Space Intentionally Left Blank - -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
turning off exim on port 25
This may be a better question for another list. I am building a firewall for my home LAN. I have exim configured for local delivery only (the only thing I want it to do is move email from root to another userid). Even though I have configured exim for only local delivery, the exim daemon is still listening on port 25. Is there a flag I can use when starting up Exim so that it won't listen on port 25? Thanks, Bryan -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
user config files for xterm?
Can the xterm package utilize user config files that override universal setttings on the box? If so, does anyone know what the file should be called? Dug through the man page but didn't find anything on this. Thanks, Bran -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
kmod errors on boot (kernel 2.4.3)
I just compiled a 2.4.3 kernel on my Debian testing laptop. During the boot process, I get the following error: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt -464c, errno = 8 This message keeps going and doesn't stop until I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and reboot using a different kernel. Does anyone know what this means, and how I can fix it in my kernel config? Thanks, Bryan -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
Re: kernel-compiling, when should components be compiled as modules?
Hi Jimmy, Thanks for your email. Therefore, is it generally safe to compile everything as a module (given that the option exists)? Thanks, Bryan On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 02:43:52PM -0600, Jimmy Richards wrote: > Hi Bryan, > > The main advantage is the when you compile something as a module it > does not > take up any memory unless it gets loaded by the kernel. If you compile > something into the kernel then it gets loaded into memory as part of the > kernel since it is part of the kernel. For instance, you could have 15 things > as modules and when you boot into linux only five of them are loaded because > they are needed. The other 10 wait until you need them. If you load up a vfat > module, it then takes up some memory. If you never call upon the vfat module, > that much less memory is taken up by kernel code. A smaller kernel memory > footprint if you will, is the advantage. Some kernel modules/drivers may take > up some resources other than just memory too. > > Hope that helps explain it a little, > > Jimmy Richards > > > On Monday 02 April 2001 14:12, Bryan Walton wrote: > > I am sure that there are many different ideas on this topic, and would like > > to here people's thoughts. When compiling kernels, I can compile many > > things into the kernel. But I often have the option to compile many things > > as a module. > > What are the pros and cons of compiling things as modules? Should I > > stay away from that? Should I always compile as a module if the option is > > available? Ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > Bryan Walton -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
kernel-compiling, when should components be compiled as modules?
I am sure that there are many different ideas on this topic, and would like to here people's thoughts. When compiling kernels, I can compile many things into the kernel. But I often have the option to compile many things as a module. What are the pros and cons of compiling things as modules? Should I stay away from that? Should I always compile as a module if the option is available? Ideas? Thanks, Bryan Walton -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
off topic? ftp server supporting ldap and ssl?
Hi, This may be slightly off topic, but does anyone know of an ftp daemon that can do ssl AND can be configured to authenticate against an LDAP database? Thanks, Bryan Walton -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
Setting time to 24 hour format
Does anybody know how I can set my clock so that when I type "uptime" the time will be shown in 24 hour time rather than as below: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uptime 10:25am up 4 days, 1:32, 6 users, load average: 0.06, 0.07, 0.08 Thanks, Bryan -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
Re: testing dist-upgrade (upgrade apt ... remove vital packages!?)
Hi Colin, Thanks for the info. That seems to have been the problem indeed. I wasn't able to downgrade to a prior version of debconf (it was complaining about some perl problems). So, I upgraded to the newest unstable version of debconf, and all is working well now. Perhaps I have just pushed off some problems until later, but I will cross that road when I get there. Thanks! Bryan On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 02:48:45PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Bryan Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >1) I upgraded to the unstable apt (0.5.0) about a week or two ago. > >2) Now, testing wants to upgrade to the new testing version, (0.5.3). No > >problem, yet . . . > >3) To do so, my current version of apt wants to remove the following > >packages to do that upgrade: > > > [...] > >Remv debconf (0.5.65 ) > >Inst apt (0.5.3 Debian:testing) > > That version of debconf is newer than the one in testing, which might be > a problem - I imagine it depends on some other version of apt. > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
testing dist-upgrade (upgrade apt ... remove vital packages!?)
This morning I went in to work and started to perform the usual apt-get -f dist-upgrade on my testing box. Luckily I always throw in a -s into the equation first so that I can see what is about to happen: 1) I upgraded to the unstable apt (0.5.0) about a week or two ago. 2) Now, testing wants to upgrade to the new testing version, (0.5.3). No problem, yet . . . 3) To do so, my current version of apt wants to remove the following packages to do that upgrade: Remv adduser (3.32 Debian:testing) Remv base-config (0.56 Debian:testing) Remv bsdmainutils (5.20010126-3 Debian:testing) Remv lynx-ssl (2.8.3.1-1 Debian:testing) Remv xserver-xfree86 (4.0.2-7 Debian:testing) Remv lprng (3.7.4-3 Debian:testing) Remv ghostview (1.5-23 Debian:testing) Remv gs (5.10-10.1 Debian:testing) Remv enscript (1.6.2-4 Debian:testing) Remv libpaperg (1.0.5 Debian:testing) Remv esound-common (0.2.22-3 Debian:testing) Remv realplayer (8.0.2 Debian:testing) Remv skipstone (0.7-1 Debian:testing) Remv tpctl-source (0.8.1-5 Debian:testing) Remv debhelper (3.0.8 Debian:testing) Remv lynx (2.8.3-1 Debian:testing) Remv debconf (0.5.65 ) Inst apt (0.5.3 Debian:testing) Conf apt (0.5.3 Debian:testing) Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks, Bryan -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
problems with pgpewrap in mutt testing
I recently upgraded to the newest version of Mutt in testing. I now have a problem when I need to encrpt an email. Mutt complains that it can't find pgpewrap. I found that it does exist (in /usr/lib/mutt/). Should Mutt have copied that file to /usr/bin/ during the upgrade? Obviously, this isn't major, I can copy it manually. Just wondering if anyone know what is suddenly causing this? Thanks, Bryan Walton -- Bryan K. WaltonNetwork Operations Center Analyst Berbee...putting the E in businesshttp://www.berbee.com/ GPG fingerprint: BF68 340D A650 E2D7 86B9 FED5 DDFF 3EEE 3229 7B5D
debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 08:42:07AM +1000, John Griffiths wrote: > if its a light gecko based browser your after i'd recommend checking out > skipstone.. tabbed mulitple browse panes are v. cool IMHO > > http://www.muhri.net/skipstone/ I would have to second the idea of Skipstone. I discovered it about a week ago and am delighted! It has everything I was hoping for in Mozilla: light, fast, plus it doesn't need any Gnome or KDE components. Check it out! -Bryan
Trying to get .menu directory to work
Greetings, I have been playing around with the menu program and have a question for everybody. I can make my own menu items and all works well when I place those items in /etc/menu. Create the entry, put in /etc/menu and then update-menus (as both user and as root). Things show up fine. However, if I take that menu entry and put it in my .menu directory in /home/walton/ and then run update-menus as user, the menu item doesn't show up. I was under the impression that entries in the .menu directory were supposed to override system wide menu items (at least for that user). I can't get it to work though. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Re: upgraded libc6 and libc6 and broke my system (Woody)
The gods must be looking out for me, at least temporarily. Here is what "dpkg --status libc6 libc6-dev" shows: Both packages: 2.1.94-1 HALLELUJAH (Knock on wood(y)) -Bryan WaltoN On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 08:51:06PM +, Pollywog wrote: > I don't know why your system was unaffected. Did you also upgrade libc6-dev? > > -- > Andrew > > On 27-Sep-2000 Bryan Walton wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > Rather mysterious. Nothing has broken. Restarted exim (in a > deliberate > > attempt to break it - if the problem was really there), and is continued to > > work. Even rebooted (I would much rather have it break when I am expecting > > it). Everything still works. And /sbin/ldconfig is still there. I don't > > understand, but, nevertheless, I have downloaded the potato versions of the > > the .debs needed to fix things should the need arise. > > Is it possible that the problem is not universal? > > > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > > > On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 06:25:55PM +, Pollywog wrote: > >> > >> On 27-Sep-2000 Bryan Walton wrote: > >> > Hi, I have been following this thread today, very closely. Here is my > >> > question,I did an apt-get -f install dist-upgrade (in unstable) this > >> > morning > >> > (as well as yesterday). So, I am sure that I am running this libc6 > >> > package > >> > that is breaking everything for everybody. However, I haven't had any > >> > problems (so far). Exim is still working fine. What does this mean? > >> > Should I count my blessings? Or will this libc6 package start breaking > >> > things only if I reboot? > >> > Just trying to be pre-emptive here. > >> > >> Have you tried restarting an MTA? Exim and Postfix will both break down. > >> Also, make sure your /sbin/ldconfig is still there. > >> > >> -- > >> Andrew > > > > -- > > Bryan K. Walton > > Network Operations Center Analyst > > Berbee > > 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 608.288.3000 > > > > Berbee...putting the E in business -- Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business
Re: upgraded libc6 and libc6 and broke my system (Woody)
Hi Andrew, Rather mysterious. Nothing has broken. Restarted exim (in a deliberate attempt to break it - if the problem was really there), and is continued to work. Even rebooted (I would much rather have it break when I am expecting it). Everything still works. And /sbin/ldconfig is still there. I don't understand, but, nevertheless, I have downloaded the potato versions of the the .debs needed to fix things should the need arise. Is it possible that the problem is not universal? Thanks, Bryan On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 06:25:55PM +, Pollywog wrote: > > On 27-Sep-2000 Bryan Walton wrote: > > Hi, I have been following this thread today, very closely. Here is my > > question,I did an apt-get -f install dist-upgrade (in unstable) this morning > > (as well as yesterday). So, I am sure that I am running this libc6 package > > that is breaking everything for everybody. However, I haven't had any > > problems (so far). Exim is still working fine. What does this mean? > > Should I count my blessings? Or will this libc6 package start breaking > > things only if I reboot? > > Just trying to be pre-emptive here. > > Have you tried restarting an MTA? Exim and Postfix will both break down. > Also, make sure your /sbin/ldconfig is still there. > > -- > Andrew -- Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business
Re: upgraded libc6 and libc6 and broke my system (Woody)
Hi, I have been following this thread today, very closely. Here is my question,I did an apt-get -f install dist-upgrade (in unstable) this morning (as well as yesterday). So, I am sure that I am running this libc6 package that is breaking everything for everybody. However, I haven't had any problems (so far). Exim is still working fine. What does this mean? Should I count my blessings? Or will this libc6 package start breaking things only if I reboot? Just trying to be pre-emptive here. Thanks, Bryan Walton
Trying to run one process as root, how?
Greetings to the list, I have a situation where I need to run one program as root, through an x terminal, while my x windows session is being run as non-root. When I open up an x terminal in this environment, become superuser, and then execute the program, the program fails with the following message: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Error: Can't open display: :0.0 Any ideas? Thanks, Bryan
locate warning . . . ?
Greetings, Today, I have noticed that when I do a locate on something, I get a warning message that locatedb is more than 8 days old. See the example: --cut-- work:/home/walton# locate xf86config locate: warning: database `/var/lib/locate/locatedb' is more than 8 days old /usr/share/alien/patches/xf86config-glibc_1.0.0.i386-3.diff.gz /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xf86config.1x.gz --cut-- Any ideas about what this means? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Realplayer on Thinkpad 390E
Greetings all, I have a Thinkpad 390E running frozen and am having a problem with my RealPlayer. Sound works fine on my laptop. I can play CDs, .wav files, mp3s, etc. However, I can't get sound to work correctly on my RealPlayer. Basically, the sound plays about three times faster than it should be. This problem happened on RealPlayer 5, G2 and now on version 7. Is this a problem with my Thinkpad (esssolo sound card), or with Realplayer? Or maybe something else? Any advice? Thanks! Bryan *** Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business
Debian Install Question
Hello, Please forgive me for this newbie question. I am new to linux and Debian. I have a question regarding installation. I have a 13 gig hard drive which I partitioned this past weekend so that I could dual boot Debian Linux alongside Windows 98. Using the fips program, I split my hard drive into two 6.5 Gig drives. Everything seemed to go fine. Last night I began my installation of Debian (slink). Very soon into the process, it told me that there was no linux swap partitions preset on my system and it told me to partition my hard disk to add "linux native" and "linux swap" partitions to my disk. So, knowing that I needed to create a linux swap, I did as it told me and sought to partition the /dev/hda drive. But then it gave me an error message saying "Fatal Error: Bad primary partition." Then it told me "cfdisk has failed while trying to repartition your disk. That may mean your disk's partition table is corrupt, or your disk is 'factory clean.' I may wipe out your disk's current partition table and run cfdisk again. Warning: You will lost any data currently on that disk. Are you sure you want me to do this?" I would like to make sure I understand what has happened here. I think this all means that when I used Fips to partition my hard drive, that something went wrong. Furthermore, the only solution is for the Debian Installation program to clear the entire hard drive and start again, essentially wiping out Windows and everything running off of Windows. Is this correct? Is there anyway to fix this problem without erasing everything? Or am I wrong in what I think is happening here? Thanks very much! Bryan Walton
