Re: more real runlevels?
I agree, besides that, if you regretted changing it from S -> K, you can undo the sequence ;) Eugene ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - From: "Brad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:52 Subject: Re: more real runlevels?
Re: hacked?
> way cool. > > so if telnet is relatively secure, how about ftp? which server telnet is secure?!? hhee, i would rather stick to SSH and SCP ;) > do y'all'uns recommend for best security? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
.deb for the latest version of lilo? any ideas?
the subject says it all.
Re: startup/connection trubble [was Modules & name resolution]
> i'm getting into this debate. > what's the switches for ps that'll show all the daemons i'm running? > just ps just gives me the obvious processes. ps aux | more for linux or bsd, etc or ps -fu for SunOS > > no, NFS == Network File System (more accuratly known as No File > > Security ;-) it is for exporting parts/all of your filesystem to > > other *nix hosts, while its possible to export to win* boxes its a > > very bad idea (unless you squash all uids and export read-only) since > > exporting to win* user == giving out root access. (this is true of unless you know how to configure it properly, running NFS is a crazy choice ;) Even when it is configured properly, nah, it's a very very bad idea ;) -- Eugene Teo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://linux.com.sg
Re: sources.list line to support retrieval of apache source
IMHO, apache should be compiled by hand. from there, you can control the dynamic modules and all that. much more flexibility. > i don't think there is a better way if there's no .deb. > it may not make you feel better, but my self-compiled > apache has been running ok for 36 hours now... > > of course it's the uninstall that will be the asspain > > > -Original Message- > > From: Paul McHale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 28 April 2000 16:06 > > To: Dominic Blythe; Debian-User > > Subject: RE: sources.list line to support retrieval of apache source > > > > > > I originally had trouble getting apt-get to delete apache. > > For some reason > > it refused to. I then went back to dselect and it worked > > fine. I have > > since manually downloaded apache and am going to install it as you > > mentioned. If for no other reason, storm only comes with > > 1.3.3 and apache > > is up to 1.3.12. > > > > I assume my manually installing apache also means apt-get > > will no longer > > automatically update apache. This is a bummer. I happen to > > need 1.3.12 so > > I guess I'll take care of it manually. If there is a better > > way, I would > > love to hear it. > > > > > > -- > > Paul McHale > >Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions > >Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham > >Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 > > -- > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Dominic Blythe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 10:50 AM > > > To: Paul McHale; Debian-User > > > Subject: RE: sources.list line to support retrieval of apache source > > > > > > > > > why not just download it from apache? > > > i'm not being glib, i really want to know why not, > > > cos that's what i did and i'm always looking for > > > better (different) ways to do things. > > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > > > > > Does anyone know the line in sources.list for retrieving > > > > apache source? In > > > > the man page, it mentions adding deb-src to the line. I > > > > can't seem to get > > > > the syntax correct. Does anyone have an example line? > > > > > > > > many thanks, > > > > > > > > paul > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Paul McHale > > > >Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions > > > >Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham > > > >Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: sources.list line to support retrieval of apache source
what problems you encountered? which versions you try to compile mod_perl? - Original Message - From: "Dominic Blythe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eugene Teo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Paul McHale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Debian-User" Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 23:34 Subject: RE: sources.list line to support retrieval of apache source > yeah. right on. i'll agree even more when i get mod_perl compiled in > successfully ;-) > > > -Original Message- > > From: Eugene Teo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 28 April 2000 16:32 > > To: Dominic Blythe; Paul McHale; Debian-User > > Subject: Re: sources.list line to support retrieval of apache source > > > > > > IMHO, apache should be compiled by hand. from there, you can > > control the dynamic modules and all that. much more flexibility. > > > > > > > i don't think there is a better way if there's no .deb. > > > it may not make you feel better, but my self-compiled > > > apache has been running ok for 36 hours now... > > > > > > of course it's the uninstall that will be the asspain > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: Paul McHale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 28 April 2000 16:06 > > > > To: Dominic Blythe; Debian-User > > > > Subject: RE: sources.list line to support retrieval of > > apache source > > > > > > > > > > > > I originally had trouble getting apt-get to delete apache. > > > > For some reason > > > > it refused to. I then went back to dselect and it worked > > > > fine. I have > > > > since manually downloaded apache and am going to install it as you > > > > mentioned. If for no other reason, storm only comes with > > > > 1.3.3 and apache > > > > is up to 1.3.12. > > > > > > > > I assume my manually installing apache also means apt-get > > > > will no longer > > > > automatically update apache. This is a bummer. I happen to > > > > need 1.3.12 so > > > > I guess I'll take care of it manually. If there is a better > > > > way, I would > > > > love to hear it. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Paul McHale > > > >Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions > > > >Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham > > > >Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > > > From: Dominic Blythe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 10:50 AM > > > > > To: Paul McHale; Debian-User > > > > > Subject: RE: sources.list line to support retrieval of > > apache source > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > why not just download it from apache? > > > > > i'm not being glib, i really want to know why not, > > > > > cos that's what i did and i'm always looking for > > > > > better (different) ways to do things. > > > > > > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know the line in sources.list for retrieving > > > > > > apache source? In > > > > > > the man page, it mentions adding deb-src to the line. I > > > > > > can't seem to get > > > > > > the syntax correct. Does anyone have an example line? > > > > > > > > > > > > many thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Paul McHale > > > > > >Work: 937-253-7610 Double E Solutions > > > > > >Mobile: 937-371-2828 4912 Effingham > > > > > >Fax:413-215-3232 Dayton, Ohio 45431 > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > /dev/null > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: network monitoring
over here we also used tools like Big Brother. - Original Message - From: "brian moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian user mailinglist" Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 02:52 Subject: Re: network monitoring > On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 11:41:20AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > anyone know of a good tool to do big network monitoring? for about 300-400 > > systems > > 'mon'. It's used to monitor everything at Transmeta. It's basically a > scheduler for running simple processes that return 0 for 'ok' or > non-zero for 'borked' (and text, if you want). The scheduler calls > other simple programs for alerting and is configurable for things like > settings for days/times and dependencies (ie, if your switch pukes, you > don't want to be alerted for everything hanging off it). It is packaged > in woody, and probably potato as 'mon'. > > If you can hack perl (which is the easy way to write monitor scripts), > it's gangs of fun. My favorite is one that I run that ensures OpenView > hasn't coredumped. I love the irony. :) > > > needs to run on linux/freebsd. we are using nocol now i think but its not > > robust enough anymore. > > I love mon. It also has a very helpful mailing list. > > -- > Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor. > Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting > Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day. > Netscum, Bane of Elves. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: how to close ports
For the extra paranoids, put # to all processes in inetd.conf and restart the daemon stop portmap from running at startup install ssh there are a lot more, do that first ;) - Original Message - From: "Umum Wijoyo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 16:30 Subject: how to close ports > Hello... > > I used nmap to check what ports were open on my box; > I found some questionable open ports... > such as 2 "unknown" ports, 1 "listen" port, > ...and what actually is the "sunrpc" port for? > > Should I, and how can I, close these ports? (Or am I being a bit too > paranoid?) > > Thanks! > > Urip Hudiono > -- > Bandung, Indonesia > > PS: Thanks for the replies for my "write source code" question. I now have > a Bahasa Indonesia version of "write"... :-p > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: How to "rsh" but keep original user's environment?
That is awfully insecureouch. - Original Message - From: "Ralf G. R. Bergs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian GNU/Linux User Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 6:54 PM Subject: How to "rsh" but keep original user's environment? > Hi there, > > by no means am I a shell guru, so I'm stuck with a (presumably) quite simple > problem. > > I need to rsh into a different account on another local host, but keep my > original environment. The user should NOT be prompted for a password (this is > easy, using .rhost). > > The problem I'm facing is that on the remote machine I don't have my original > environment but that of the remote user. > > Any idea how I can get around this? > > Thanks, > > Ralf > > > > > > -- > Sign the EU petition against SPAM: L I N U X .~. > http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/The Choice /V\ > of a GNU /( )\ >Generation ^^-^^ > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
