Re: procmail: Segfault with autoreply rules
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Paul Johnson wrote: > Anyrate, I've isolated it to using dotfile to set an autoreply based > on a filter. Anybody have this problem before? At times, yes. Although I don't know what dotfile is doing. Can you post the filter generated? I've segfaulted procmail before, but without an example, I don't know what to debug. A useful method of finding out what is going on is to add LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/.procmaillog VERBOSE=on to the top of your .procmailrc. Expect the file to grow quickly, especially if you're on debian-user... -j -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] There are no answers, only cross-references. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: My first question on Debian
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I know there is Solaris on intel. I just doubt that it allows you to > hot-swap IDE hard disks. I know of no Solaris X86 drivers for any of the hotswap IDE hardware. For that matter, does anyone make HS IDE gear anymore? I'm not sure there's much of a market for it - if you care about HS, you're generally going to want a more reliable storage subsystem. -j -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Backup solutions - watching
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Jamie Lawrence wrote: > > > If you use it, I recommend keeping a close eye on it. > > if you use any backup system ... > - restore that "backup data" to a new disk regularly > and see that all the files are there.. [...] Yes, certainly, if you rely on your backup, both test and verify. What I was getting at specifically was that after experimenting with rdiff-backup, I found it problematic. It very well could be that I did something stupid, or that the software sucks, or that my computer is punishing me for being a US aggressor. I dunno. I was merely interested in provoking due diligence for those who choose to employ that particular software. -j, who makes an effort to speak in more than ellipses. -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] "... in making the freedom-for-safety swap, we haven't just dishonored the dead of 9/11. We've helped something else die too." - Nick Gillespie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Backup solutions
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Bob, > >>>>> "Bob" == Bob Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bob> Opinions? > > I tried rdiff-backup. > I uses rsync-like transfer method to minimize net load and diff-like store method to > save > incrementals. Diff method is extended even for binary file (that is rdiff algorithm). > Just a random from-the-field report... I tried using rdiff-backup. It consistently choked after having several incremental backups. I don't know what the problem was - I'm not a python fan, and have a bad feeling about backup software that chokes, so I didn't persue it. If you use it, I recommend keeping a close eye on it. -j -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] "The greatest thing about hope is that it makes absolutely no difference." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bad Debian (L.A.H.)
On Sun, 09 Mar 2003, J. Lambrecht wrote: > // I am not on the list so please, reply to all This is shockingly close to a troll. > "From : Linux Administrator Handbook p.35 (Prentice Hall,2002) " I haven't read this, but my expereince with Prenhall technical books has not left me with a good impression of them. (I used to know a sales person who worked there - she said they were considered a joke in the industry. This was several years ago; I don't know if this is still true or not.) > Debian startup scripts > > If SuSE is the ultimate example of a well-designed, well-executed plan > for the management of startup scripts, Debian is the exact opposite. The > Debian scripts are fragile, undocumented, and unbelievably incosistent. > Sadly, it appears that the lack of a standard way of setting up scripts > has resulted in chaos in this case. Bad Debian! Ugh. Suse's startup spagetti is not exactly what I'd call a role model. I'll admit I'm fairly anti-Suse, and this the state of init.d is one of the reasons. tracing a startup failure through the morass of runtime environment and config files sucks, IMO. There certainly are some inconsistencies in Debian's setup, in that they don't all work the same way. I see no real reason why they should. (I can think of some nice directions they could go in for enhancement, but that's a different topic.) But fragile? hardly. I work with a company that is mostly Suse. They spend a lot of time at the console. I finally made them install a debian box for my company, have never even seen it, and manage it remotely. Go figure. > Does anyone now if the SuSE startup scripts would work on Debian, or are > there more well-planned startupscripts available for Debian. I'm not aware of any. Feel free to hack them in. I can't imagine it would be very fun. What is it exactly are you complaining about? -j -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] You don't become a failure until you're satisfied with being one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Patched sendmail? testing?
On Tue, 04 Mar 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 11:32:34AM -0500, stan wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 06:15:02AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:37:02AM -0500, stan wrote: > > > > I did apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade on some of my > > > > machines running testing, and I was surprised to not [pull patched > > > > sendmail binaries, based upon the announcement of a vulnerability > > > > in it yesterday. > > > > > > Testing doesn't have security updates, and has never been advertised as > > > having security updates. Are you volunteering? > > > > > > Someone else running testing in a production environment. > > > > And my choices are? > > > > As I see them. > > > > 1. Run unstable, and have a broken system more often than not. > > 2. Run stable and have 1970's versions of software/ > > That's a hopeless exaggeration; I run stable happily on my home server. > Anyway, if you run testing you need to manage the security yourself by > backporting patches. I don't believe anyone will ever have told you > otherwise. Just to join in... I'm typing this on a hopelessly crufty old IBM ThinkPad 570, running unstable. I happen to admin several machines running Stable, doing such things as application servers, database servers, development sandoxes, firewalls, and difficult-to-identify needed machines. Unstable is sometimes screwed up. Not for long, but it happens. My fonts under X are still fucked; when I have time, I'll make Gnome apps and mozilla happy. Stable environments are that. Security patches are there when needed. The latest version of YAWebSearchEnginePHP aren't. And I don't care that they aren't. For my desktop, Unstable is great. Sure, it is buggy sometimes. I've run Windows when it was buggy sometimes. For servers, Stable is great. I sometimes build daemons more current, and it still is a lot more pleasant than doing so under Solaris, AIX or, honestly, under FBSD (this from a serious FreeBSD fan.) If you broke your box running unstable, ask around and you can get answers to fix it. There's a reason why it is called unstable. Sorry, I'm in a bad mood. -j -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] "You're young, you're drunk, you're in bed, you have knives - shit happens." - Angelina Jolie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (OT) Virtual map in apache to another computer
On Sun, 02 Mar 2003, Willem-Jan Meijer wrote: > Not really...it's not for internal use only. > I've got a couple a hundred mp3 files and I want to share them with a friend > of my who lives a few miles away. I can't put them in /var/www because my > hard-disk is to small for all the files. So I want to setup a virtual map. I assume you are acting in accordance with your local laws. > This is what I want: > > If my friend calls 62.163.158.122/music/ he has to open > \\WILLEM-JAN\Documenten\Mijn muziek. > > It has to be possible, because I did it in Windows XP with IIS before. If you are running IIS on the win box, you can proxy it with mod_proxy through your apache server. > I did an apt-cache search mod_proxy but I didn't saw it > Dselect gave me the same result. > I looked at www.apache.org but mod_proxy isn't here. It is usually distributed with the rest of Apache. For docs, see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_proxy.html . Alternately, as I mentioned, you can export your Windows directory (I'm not very familiar with XP; you'll have to figure that out for yourself), mount it on your Apache box using Samba/smbmount. After the XP permissions are correct, it will be something like mount -o username=user,password=pass -t smb "//WILLEM-JAN/Documenten/Mijn Musziek" /path/to/mount/point then create an alias in your Apache config, something like Alias /music /path/to/mount/point Good luck. -j -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cross platform apps are like unisex underwear. - Unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (OT) Virtual map in apache to another computer
On Sun, 02 Mar 2003, Willem-Jan Meijer wrote: > Hello, > > A question about apache. > I want to setup a virtual map on my server (192.168.0.1) wich is running > apache. The map have to link to my winXP box wich contains my map with mp3's > winXP computer's IP is 192.168.0.3. Is it possible to setup a directory wich > contains the files from a map from another computer? If I'm following you correctly, you seem to want to serve material from one machine via apache on another. You'll need to export the content from the windows box - check out Samba for doing that. Alternately, you may be wanting to proxy connections to a web server on the windows machine. Check out mod_proxy. Hope this helps. -j -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] Non-linear physics is like non-elephant biology. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: server side ftp
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Noll, Ralph wrote: > i need ftp installed so i can ftp to the box > > any ideas Um, you could install an FTP server. What exactly are you asking? -j -- Jamie Lawrence[EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction." - John Cage -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
