Re: mutt - new mail feature?
On Sat, May 02, 1998 at 02:21:17PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : I use procmail to sort & 'deliver' mail to mailbox folders in directories : called ~/Mail & ~/Mail/Debian. : . : mailboxes +AmigaSamba +carol +INBOX Set your $MAIL variable to point at the location of your inbox. -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PINE Debian Package
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 11:00:06PM -0400, Colin Telmer wrote: : I have been using pine for years (no nfs spool) and have never ever : experienceed corruption and mail loss due to pine. message loss to me is : more of a mta problem, but that's beside the point. Yes, it is more of an MTA problem. Pine doesn't do Maildir without lots of patching. Even at that, it's not real stable. : Weak arguments. Ahh.. I see you haven't done much support for large groups of clueless users... -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PINE Debian Package
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 04:40:12PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: : On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Jason Costomiris wrote: : : > 1) Native support for Maildir format mailboxen : : and that is better? Yes. I'm one of those nuts who believes in reliable delivery with an NFS mounted mail spool. :-) Also much more resilient, and less prone to corruption and message loss. : > 2) *much* more configurable than pine : : But is missing some key items. : : Put another way. If you have to support a couple of hundred relative unix : clueless, I would rather they use pine than mutt. I will admit that it : has sveraql months since I last took a look at it, I am willing to have : another look. If they indeed are "unix clueless", it will take forever for them to fathom the idea of a VTY. I can hear it now... "pine? Do I get that through FTP or is it that telenet thingamajig?" If they are indeed "unix clueless", you'll run a POP or IMAP server and give them their pretty Windoze or Mac mailers. -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PINE Debian Package
On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 04:15:53PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: : Mutt is, at best, a very weak replacement for Pine. As for text email : clients, Pine has no equal and is "free enough" for most uses. If Debian : is going to start producing a crappy distribution just because it is free, : I will pay for one that is not. Weak? Uh, many of us feel that mutt is quite an order of magnitude better. I am among those who feel this way. Why is mutt better? 1) Native support for Maildir format mailboxen 2) *much* more configurable than pine 3) Doesn't have the nasty habit of wanting to post to a newsgroup when someone replies (not follows) to your article 4) Doesn't try to pass itself off as a second rate newsreader 5) Support for color 6) Support for threaded discussions (great for mailing lists!) 7) It's less filling: /home/jcostom$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/pine -rwxr-xr-x 1 root users 1193128 Jan 17 12:47 /usr/local/bin/pine /home/jcostom$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/mutt -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 320948 Mar 15 22:44 /usr/local/bin/mutt -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache tilde question - Solved
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 03:04:28PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: : On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 08:39:50PM -0400, Jason Costomiris wrote: : > On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 12:28:01AM -0700, Tim Metz wrote: : > : > ScriptAlias /~smith/cgi-bin/ /home/smith/public_html/cgi-bin/ : > : > You've got a bigger problem at work here. : > Your cgi-bin dir is potentially readable by HTTP clients. BAD. : > Locate it somewhere else on the filesystem. : : Could you explain why? I can't see it. ~smith/cgi-bin will be : the only way to access the directory, so either they'll be executed : or they'll be sent. Scripts have to be readable (as well as executable), : of course. Yes, but that directory is in the document tree. Your /cgi-bin dir isn't in the document tree. Ever wonder why? -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache tilde question - Solved
On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 12:28:01AM -0700, Tim Metz wrote: : Thanks to those who replied regarding the apache question on : tildes/ScriptAlias. I upgraded to Apache 1.3b5 and that seemed to fix the : problem. : > : > ScriptAlias /~smith/cgi-bin/ /home/smith/public_html/cgi-bin/ You've got a bigger problem at work here. Your cgi-bin dir is potentially readable by HTTP clients. BAD. Locate it somewhere else on the filesystem. -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mod_perl
On Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 10:17:46PM -0500, Erv Walter wrote: : Is mod_perl included with the hamm version of apache? If not is there : a .deb package I can get that will add this functionality? If not, : what do I have to do to add this functionality myself. If I understand : the changlog correctly, it looks like mod_perl was removed from apache : for some reason. It was probably removed since it adds a lot of size to Apache. If you'd like to use it, I'd suggest installing the apache-dev package, and build a new httpd executable, or the mod_perl.so if you're using run-time loading of modules. -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Threading list subjects?
On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 01:48:48PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: : Hi, : >>"Jason" == Jason Costomiris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : Jason> Indeed. However, you don't need to learn the finger-breaking : Jason> keystrokes emacs requires (sorry guys, what was that, : Jason> meta+alt+left shift_F9 for that function? )... : : You are just showing how dated your knowledge of Emacs is. Sure, beat up on the vi guy who makes a joke about emacs. Would you recognize a joke if it jumped off of your screen and kicked you? Besides, are there no more wacko keybindings in emacs? I think they are still there. -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Threading list subjects?
On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 08:49:47AM -0700, Rick Younie wrote: : I've put off learning Emacs for too long. Sounds like I'm just : re-inventing the wheel with the mail to news thing. Indeed. However, you don't need to learn the finger-breaking keystrokes emacs requires (sorry guys, what was that, meta+alt+left shift_F9 for that function? )... Mutt does threading based on the References: header, and is much less filling than Emacs.... -- Jason Costomiris <><| Linux... [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Find out what you've been missing http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | while you've been rebooting Windows NT." #include | --Infoworld -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DEBIAN] Problem on filtering messages from the list
On Sat, Nov 22, 1997 at 11:51:43AM +0800, Marcus Lam wrote: : May I suggest all subscribers of this Debian list use some convention in : sending messages to the list? I found it very difficult to : differentiate between the messages from this Debian list and those from : other lists. I used to sort it by the "To" field of the message, but : later I found out there are messages arrived at my INBOX that are not : sent TO the official list address "debian-user@lists.debian.org". : Sometimes these messages are TO some other Debian or Linux list : addresses but other times they are TO a person. This makes me feel : puzzled. But maybe I join the list for a short time only. So could : someone tell me what should I do to properly sort those messages from : THIS Debian list? Could we simply use a convention in the message : "Subject" field, like what I saw someone's doing (like the one in THIS : message)? :0: * ^Resent.*debian-user $HOME/mail/debian-user Oh, and could you stop sending M$ Rich text messages? The application/x-ms-tnef attachments are annoying. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: News server software
On Sat, Nov 15, 1997 at 12:56:27PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: : : Ah! Well, with a few thousand customers ... hmmm, separate your news into : feeder and reader machines. Run INN on the feeder(s) which handle your remote : newsfeeds and leafnode feeds to the reader machines. cnews + nntpd + msgidd is : still PLENTY fast enough for the reader machines. As a matter of fact, you will : likely experiance less trouble that way. The reader machines would have only : one feed ... to the main feeder machine. If you're going to split up feeding and reading over multiple boxes, INN isn't really the way to go for the feeder. INN will do just fine && dandy for the reader box. I've always found INN much more straightforward to setup than cnews with nntpd and msgidd grafted on top. For the feed machine, have a look at Cyclone's NewsRouter product (http://www.highwind.com/), or Diablo (no, not the game) which is available from http://www.backplane.com/diablo/. A guy (who happens to supply me a couple of T1's), runs his news feeder box on an UltraSparc 1/170E configured like: 512MB of RAM about 18G of disk Solaris 2.5.1 w/patches.. It sits on a 100 Base-T switched ethernet connected to the 'net via: T-3 to MAE East over private fiber T-3 peering w/ PANIX in NYC 34 MB SMDS with Sprint @ the Pennsauken, NJ NAP (45MB ?) ATM to MAE West 34 MB SMDS peering w/a UUNet connected ISP My newsfeed is Oh, let's say, "as current as it gets"... :) He's got no trouble with Cyclone, and it's blindingly fast. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: News server software
On Sat, Nov 15, 1997 at 09:04:34AM -0500, Shaleh wrote: : What news servers are available other than innd and dnews? I do not : need a packeage, source is fine. : What's wrong with inn? I've been running it for quite some time, and it's very straight-forward. inn 1.7 is very stable and nice and quick. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: MTA Suggestion
rwhelmed from delivering to : > a /var partition that's mounted accross several machines, as you : > suggested with home dirs? : : the point was that his NFS argument against /var/spool/mail was : irrelevant because home directories are often NFS mounted too (and : would therefore suffer from the same potential problems) - and in that : situation, the load would be much worse because the automounter would be : mounting and unmounting user home directories whenever mail arrived. Actually, the point of Dan Bernstein's arguement against NFS file locking has to do with the fact that mbox's need to be locked. maildirs do NOT. Also, as for the automounter business, just mount the fs once. Don't automount it. There, problem solved. I won't even charge for that one. :) -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: MTA Suggestion
On Mon, Nov 10, 1997 at 09:16:01AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: : qmail might be excellent at what it does but it's incompatible with : /var/spool/mail. Yeah, and? It allows you to streamline your quota setup. It also allows you to have a smaller /var. : the one time i installed it, i couldn't even get it : to use procmail as the local delivery agent instead of qmail-local Why do you need to do this? If your users need to sort their mail, it's quite easy to use procmail in conjunction with a stock qmail setup. You just need to read the FAQ. : there's also the 'minor' problem that only a few MUAs (i don't know of : one except for qmail-popper) will work with qmail's new maildir format. Uh, there's maildir2mbox, which you can use for that task. In addition, qmail comes with wrappers for pine and elm. : it's anti spam features don't seem as good as Claus Assman's check_* : rules for sendmail 8.8.x (which have been included with the latest : debian sendmail packages in unstable). they certainly don't seem : anywhere near as flexible. Uh, I've done a good deal of work constructing a set of check_* rules that I use to restrict relaying and drop spam. qmail was a snap by comparison. : but the biggest problem with qmail is the author's attitude. it would : be fine if he said "here's the way i like things to run, so that's the : default...but if you prefer the old standard ways then make this change : and that change and everything will run sweetly". but he doesn't do : that, he says "the old ways suck so you can't have them. you have to do : it my way even if my way sucks for your particular setup. tough luck". Yes, Dan Bernstein is called the "Psycho Programmer from Hell" by many. However, qmail rigidly implements the RFCs governing SMTP mail, which is a Good Thing, IMHO. : he goes on about nfs locking problems with NFS, ignoring the fact that : most NFS locking problems are related to sloppy programming. debian has : managed to produce an NFS safe locking library, so it's obviously not : impossible. and any site running an automounter daemon for user home : directories would be overloaded by qmail insisting on delivering mail to ~ : (and would still suffer from the NFS locking problem he is so worried : about) As opposed to the machine becoming overwhelmed from delivering to a /var partition that's mounted accross several machines, as you suggested with home dirs? : in summary, i think that his reasons for doing things the way he does : are, for the most part, ill-informed opinion and bigotry. there is some : substance to what he says but it's nowhere near as black and white as : the way he says it. : : finally, qmail is non-free. debian CAN'T use it as the default MTA. Hmmm.. It can be freely distributed, once the author approves of it. See ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/qmail/dist.html for more info. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: MTA Suggestion
On Sat, Nov 08, 1997 at 12:30:22AM -0800, George Bonser wrote: : I would like to request that exim replace smail as the default MTA for Debian. It doesn't make good sense to do this. exim runs out of inetd. For mailers, this is bad, unless you're a very low volume site. I nominate qmail + tcpserver/tcpcontrol. I'm in the process of converting all of my boxes to it. Very nice, easy to control relaying/spam, and FAST. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Netscape and deep displays
On Fri, Nov 07, 1997 at 12:09:16PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: : My display is running in 24 or 32-bit mode. My XF86Config : is attached. Netscape 4's Icons are 1-bit deep. Everything else : is fine. Is there something I can tell X to fix this? Not in my experience. My solution was to switch to 16bit mode. I've got lousy eyes. I can't tell the difference between 16 and 24/32.. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: POP and SMTP program for shell users
On Mon, Oct 27, 1997 at 01:37:08PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: : Is there a elm/pine type program that will do POP and SMTP? thanks. Mutt does this rather well. I think there's a pretty up-to-date version of it in hamm. Personally, I didn't use the hamm package. I compiled my own (w/pgpmime support), into /usr/local -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: new debian user questions
On Tue, Oct 21, 1997 at 07:32:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : This is news to me. What config tool comes with cnews? with suck? with : pppd? I've got this great one. It's flexible in its operation, and very extensible. vi. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: libc5 Sendmail 8.8.7?
On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 12:44:28AM -0400, Eloy A. Paris wrote: : 8.8.5 is broken if you use maps. I applied the following patch that I found : in www.sendmail.org and now my Sendmail 8.8.5 works fine. I'll start : fighting Spam right now!!! (Yah :-) Welcome to the battle! I see what the problem is now, and why I haven't seen the bug you are speaking of... 1) I don't use Scheck_relay (I use Scheck_rcpt and Scheck_compat to do refusals on a per domain basis, and do the anti-relay stuff) 2) I don't use maps in Scheck_*, although I was considering modifying my rules to do that, since with maps you don't need to reload sendmail. Of course, someone's now going to jump in and say "Use Q-Mail". I like using procmail to sort my mail, thanks very much. I've also shut down the areas of sendmail most commonly exploited. For example, using smrsh as the Mprog, instead of just sh (aka bash). Yeesh. Anyone who lets someone send mail to an arbitrary program is BEGGING for trouble, and smrsh lets me avoid that... -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
PS/2 IntelliMouse && X 3.3-3 problems...
Greetings... When I first got my M$ IntelliMouse, I set it up with the serial adapter on COM1. Now that I have a USR PalmPilot, I need that COM port so that I can HotSync under Lose95. I realized that my MB had a PS2 mouse connector on it, so I uncovered the hole on the back of my case and hooked up the mouse to it. Lose95 finds the mouse just fine and dandy. However, Linux is another matter altogether. I'm running kernel 2.0.30, customized to suit my hardware (yes, I used kernel-package), including the PS2 mouse support. I altered my XF86Config file so that I now have: Section "Pointer" Protocol "IntelliMouse" Device "/dev/psaux" [ Other commented stuff ] EndSection I'm running xdm, and when it starts up, I *do* get the "X" mouse cursor in the middle of the screen, but when I move the mouse, it immediately jumps to the upper left corner, never to return from there.. Anyone seen this and overcome it before? BTW, the X server is XF86_SVGA, running with a Matrox Millennium. During bootup, I see: PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed. Which leads me to believe that the kernel sees the mouse. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How to multitask in X-windows?
On Tue, Sep 30, 1997 at 10:57:00PM -0500, Dave Cinege wrote: : On Tue, 30 Sep 1997 20:04:53 -0400, Jason Costomiris wrote: : : >On Tue, Sep 30, 1997 at 07:36:02PM -0400, ImmortaL wrote: : >: I need to know if there a way in x-windows for example in the shell itself : >: i would press the alt key and the F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 to open a new window is : >: there a way to do this in X? : > : >Uh, open another xterm. : : Think you missed him. I dunno about that. He asked how to get another shell window under X. I told him how -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How to multitask in X-windows?
On Tue, Sep 30, 1997 at 07:36:02PM -0400, ImmortaL wrote: : I need to know if there a way in x-windows for example in the shell itself : i would press the alt key and the F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 to open a new window is : there a way to do this in X? Uh, open another xterm. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Loading multiple GNU/Linux machines
On Mon, Sep 29, 1997 at 04:14:10PM -0500, Nick Gilliam d-3712 7-5554 ng96753 gillidn wrote: : I am looking for methods to efficiently load many (up to : 200) Debian GNU/Linux machines. The machines are to : be configured identically. TCP/IP connectivity is available. Are the machines bootable from CD-ROM? If so, make some CD-R's of a "master" system that boots a custom kernel to support your hardware (use make-kpkg). Set that system up to use DHCP to find an IP address for use during setup. However, once it's running, make the first thing the user sees to be a shell script that prompts them for their IP address, sets up /etc/init.d/network appropriately, uninstalls the dhcp packages, sets the hostname and comes up normally. OR, you could, assuming these are SCSI machines, using identical drives, you might be able to make some external enclosures with those drives containing a "master" image, and use dd to transfer to the internal drive. The second case is FAR less likely to happen, however. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
netatalk question...
I'm in the process of converting my boss to believing that Linux can act as a fast and stable file && print server. Help! I've got a Compaq ProSignia something-or-other up and running just fine under 1.3.1. I've got an old LJ IIP hooked up to it, and am using lpr-ng and magicfilter to print to it... Samba (Lose95 and LoseNT) clients can file and print just fine. Macs (using netatalk, of course) can file just fine, but can't print. What am I missing? -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Netscape Navigator 4.03 (not Communicator)...
On Fri, Sep 26, 1997 at 10:42:51AM -0400, Jason Costomiris wrote: : I can't seem to locate the NS v4 installer package.. I've got the : tar file from Netscape waiting in /tmp for the package... : : I looked in contrib, and all that seems to be there is the 3.01 : installer For those interested, the installer from hamm worked fine with one minor exception... I had to write a shell script that set the MOZILLA_HOME variable to /usr/lib/netscape, then did a /usr/lib/netscape/netscape $*. Java even works. This is a libc5 ONLY box, 1.3.1, just installed yesterday. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Netscape Navigator 4.03 (not Communicator)...
Gang, I can't seem to locate the NS v4 installer package.. I've got the tar file from Netscape waiting in /tmp for the package... I looked in contrib, and all that seems to be there is the 3.01 installer -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How many modems ?
On Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 07:41:52AM -0500, Dave Cinege wrote: : >[1] A studly enough box to support 48 modems. : : Depends on dump or smart serial board. Smart, 486 66 should be comfortable, : dumb, pentium class...maybe 100. 16MB should be OK. With the price of : memory it won't kill you to throw in 32 either. Ahh.. answering the phone is one thing. You need the "studliness" to handle the pppd's and the routing. Articles I've read suggest having 2 MB RAM per modem, after OS overhead.. What has your experience been? : Anything you could build and sell for $2K I wouldn't classify as a server. : : P Oh, but you didn't see the newsbeast I built last weekend... P-200 128 MB RAM Pair of 2940UW's bus0 - HP C3325A (2GB) OS & swap HP C3325A History HP C3325A Logs & more swap bus1 - 4 x HP C3331A (4.3G ea) md0 for /var/spool/news If I didn't buy that bucket o' disk, and built a 'normal' server, it would have run about 1900... -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How many modems ?
On Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 03:05:35AM -0500, Dave Cinege wrote: : >Do yourself a favor, if you want a terminal server, buy a terminal server. : > : >If you need a good number of modems, pick up a used Livingston PM2 or : >PM2e. If you need to support a large userbase, consider a PM3 : >or an Ascend Max. : : Why? My linux RADIUS termserver works great. Runs solid state out of ram, : boots off a floppy. (Or a flashram card if thats what you wanna use) Linux isn't exactly optimized for use as a terminal server... I'd rather concentrate on QoS, instead of concentrating on the cheapest solution around. It's not even really that much cheaper. Consider what it costs to build... Linux Server [1]- $3000 Cyclades 48 Port [2]- $3402 48 Modems ($125 * 48) - $6000 Another Linux Server[3] - $2000 - Total $14402 Livingston PM3 w/50 Modems $11800 Linux Server [4]-$2000 -- Total $13800 Oops, the digital solution (i.e. the PM3) is cheaper. Here in Bell Atlantic-land, PRI's cost $435 a month. Livingston has support for NFAS coming shortly, so you can use 47 B channels over a pair of PRI's. You also have 3 hot spares in the PortMaster. Take a look at what the POTS lines cost you with the Linux+Cyclades solution, and you'll see that it's not worth it, since with PRI, you can also provide ISDN services. As an added bonus, the PM3 is a nice, small rack mountable unit. That Linux solution would be a monstrosity of cables, power strips, and home-grown racks to keep the modems from falling all over themselves. Probably a fire hazard too. Linux is a wonderful OS. It's great at being a server for numerous applications, including classic Internet related services, as well as file & print (Samba and Netatalk), databases (mSQL, MySQL, Flagship, others), workstation applications (CAD, software dev), and network management (scotty + tkined, SNMP, sniffit, tcpdump). It *can* also be used as a router or a terminal server. However, it certainly does not excel at either task. [1] A studly enough box to support 48 modems. [2] According to the Cyclades web site [3] You'll need another one to handle mail, web, dns, etc... [4] As advertised recently in the isp-services mailing list. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
sfio anyone?
I was thinking about jumping into the role of package maintainer... I just compiled a new version of perl (5.004_03) on my Sparc 10 last week, and noticed that there's support in Perl for what's known as the PerlIO abstraction layer. It lets you plug in IO mechanisms other than stdio, and the default is AT&T's sfio (Safe, Fast I/O). Would there be any interest in packaging up sfio's assorted libs (libstdio and libsfio) in shared and static form, and the headers? If so, where does one find a HOWTO for building a debian package? -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How many modems ?
On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 02:09:29AM +0200, dada wrote: : How many modems can attach to my computer controlled by linux? I don't know about a theoretical maximum, however, I've seen people comfortably use 16 or 32, using multiport serial cards. However, this smells like you're going to use the box as a terminal server. Do yourself a favor, if you want a terminal server, buy a terminal server. If you need a good number of modems, pick up a used Livingston PM2 or PM2e. If you need to support a large userbase, consider a PM3 or an Ascend Max. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: setuid root CGI's - how bad it is?
On Thu, Sep 18, 1997 at 03:45:17PM -0400, Eloy A. Paris wrote: : >If that's all you want, it's easy. Do this: : > : >1) Authenticate the user against the system's /etc/passwd. : : OK, my script is doing this. The user can enter his login ID and his : password through a HTML form and the CGI script validates the user against : /etc/passwd making sure the UID of the users is >= 1000. : : >2) Use Apache's suEXEC module to run the CGI under the user's UID, : > after authenticating the user. : : This sounds like the solution but where can I find this module? It is not : part of the apache-modules package. It's part of Apache 1.2 feature set.. See: http://www.apache.org/docs/suexec.html for more info... -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: setuid root CGI's - how bad it is?
On Thu, Sep 18, 1997 at 04:57:02AM +, Eloy A. Paris wrote: : Excuse my ignorance but how bad is it to have a setuid CGI script? : I know there should be big security issues with this but I don't : know what it is. Are you 100% sure that your CGI has no bugs, no potential buffer overruns, doesn't trust input gathered from the User Agent, blah blah blah? If not, and you shouldn't be 100% sure, don't run CGI's suid to root. : I have a CGI script that needs to write files in a user's home directory. : How can I do that? If that's all you want, it's easy. Do this: 1) Authenticate the user against the system's /etc/passwd. 2) Use Apache's suEXEC module to run the CGI under the user's UID, after authenticating the user. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: tar archive overwritten
On Thu, Sep 18, 1997 at 09:44:20AM +, Marc Fleureck wrote: : URGENT. I know this is not the wright place to ask this kind of question, : but it is a very urgent one ! My news server is down, so I try here. : It could have happened on a linux system too ! Here's the problem : description: : : System: Unisys SMP5400, Pentium P5/EISA, Sys 5R4 (4.0.2). : : Tar archive overwritten. Help ! Does this sound familiar ? We need to : extract a dump file of about 4M that is on a DAT tape, ... somewhere. : Little problem: the (backup-) tape was overwritten by the command: : : tar -cvf /dev/rmt/cd0d0 Sorry, I believe you are toast. You should have used cpio. Then you might have a chance. -- Jason Costomiris <><| "VMS is about as secure as a poodle [EMAIL PROTECTED] | encased in a block of lucite http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom/ | about as useful, too." #include | --some guy I read on Usenet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: IP aliasing
On Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 03:30:18PM +1000, Terry Dawson wrote: : Maarten Boekhold wrote: : : > I tried to steup an IP alias on a machine here. According to the : > Virtual-Web mini-HOWTO, I can do: : > : > ifconfig eth0 alias new-address : > : > However, ifconfig says 'alias' is not a hostname. 'man ifconfig' doesn't : > say anything about aliasing. This is with netbase 2.13-1. : > : > Anybody who can get me goin' on this? : : NET-3-HOWTO, but more specifically: : : ifconfig eth0 myrealaddr options : ifconfig eth0:1 myfirstipalias options... : ifconfig eth0:2 mysecondipalias options... I propose this get included in a subsequent Debian release... I run this as /etc/init.d/virtualhosts. I wrote it, you can have it... ----cut here- #!/bin/bash # Copyleft Jason Costomiris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # Reserved rights? Nah, just leave these comment lines. # Stick your IPs or hostnames in the names line, put a space between them. names="" count=0 if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then for addr in $names do /sbin/route del $addr /sbin/ifconfig eth0:$count- $addr let count=$count+1 done elif [ "$1" = "start" -o "$1" = "" ]; then for addr in $names do /sbin/ifconfig eth0:$count $addr /sbin/route add -host $addr dev eth0:$count let count=$count+1 done else echo 'Usage: '$0' [start|stop]' fi cut here- -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Support for the 3Com 3C900 (Etherlink PCI) network card?
On Wed, Aug 27, 1997 at 04:28:50PM +0200, Lazaro Salem wrote: : It seems there is no module support for the 3Com 3C900 Etherlink PCI : card in the standard kernel (version 2.0.x). However I found there are : some updated source code and a compiled module in: : : http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html : : Has anybody tried the compiled module? Yep.. Running version 0.42 of the driver from the above page on the following cards: 3c595 3c900 3c905 All work splendidly. -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
On Sun, Aug 10, 1997 at 01:20:44AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: : What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files : under even lightly loaded systems. I've been seeing very good things from cucipop. It's in non-free. -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: sendmail v/s smail
On Thu, Aug 07, 1997 at 11:48:37PM -0400, Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote: : >From the discussions on this list (I still haven't got my Debian CD), : I gather smail is by default installed as the mail system for Debian; : even if this is not the case, I have the following question: I'm now : using (Slakware and) sendmail, and it works OK, though I'll be damned : if I ever understand the sendmail.cf file. Is smail any better? What : are the strengths and weaknesses of each package? Why would I switch : from sendmail to smail? Sendmail: 1) Easy to configure. No need to try to understand what the S3 ruleset does. You just make your set of m4 macros, which is very straightforward. Once you do that, you're one command (m4 ../m4/cf.m4 myfile.mc > sendmail.cf) from a working sendmail.cf. 2) Difficult to configure. Uh, didn't I just say it was easy? Yeah, I did. However, toss in anti-relay protection, and spam refusal rules (via check_*) and it gets a lot more complex. You still only have to add the stuff to your set of m4 macros and build once. 3) Security problem. Sendmail runs as root. Many exploits have been uncovered over time. However, 90% of those problems are fixed by not using /bin/sh as the "program mailer". Use /usr/sbin/smrsh. smrsh won't run a program unless it's been declared as a delivery agent, or you have made a link to it in the "magic" smrsh directory (/usr/lib/sm.bin). Smail: 1) Very easy to configure. You can practically teach monkeys to do it. 2) Very inflexible with respect to SMTP relaying. You can run "Blackmail" in front of smail, but it seems kinda kludgy to me. Allegedly a yet to come version of smail fixes this. I'm not holding my breath. Qmail: 1) Very easy to configure. I've seen monkeys who can configure it. 2) Very flexible. With most anything, really. I'd say that Qmail is the best choice for first-timers. Unless you want to be raped as a spam relay, or want to tackle the sendmail config, which isn't really all that bad, go for Qmail. -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Unsubscribing
On Sun, Aug 03, 1997 at 02:59:40PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: : You are right, this is really high traffic here! Please read the last three High traffic? This little list? inet-access anyone? -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
This list is gatewayed into news, right?
I seem to recall mention somewhere that this list, as well as the other debian-* lists are gatewayed into linux.debian.*, no? Somebody willing to feed me linux.debian.*? If I was to start reading via the news spool, can I unsub my mailbox, yet maintain the ability to post? -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xdm
On Fri, Aug 01, 1997 at 01:59:50PM -0500, Dennis J Perkins wrote: : Can anyone tell me why I can't log in via xdm? I am using shadow : passwords. If we're talking about 1.3.0, it's a documented bug. Do a "shadowconfig off", then a "shadowconfig on". -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what's the better mta?
On Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 11:48:25AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Manoj Srivastava writes: : > Hacking sendmail.cf is a mindset. Once you get into it (lord help me, : > I've been there), there is an elegant simplicity about the rules. : : Perhaps someone who has gotten into sendmail could write a sendmail.cf : generator? I know about m4. It helps, but not enough. A wise man (Peter Gutman) once said... "HELO, my $name is sendmail.cf. Prepate to vi..." -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what's the better mta?
On Tue, Jul 29, 1997 at 08:52:47AM -0700, George Bonser wrote: : : I use smail. It is a lot easier to get configured than sendmail and there : have been fewer security problems with it. If you have a small site, run : it out of inetd and use your hosts.allow and hosts.deny to manage access : if you are connected to the net full time. The problem with smail is that you are vulnerable to being used as a spam relay. With sendmail, qmail or exim, I can turn that off. Here's a sample sendmail .mc file, which gets used with the m4 macros to generate your sendmail.cf... This includes spam rejection/relay protection. This spits out a *working* (no tweaking required) sendmail.cf, complete with the ability to do virtual hosts and rewrite outgoing addresses. It also replaces the Mprog mailer with smrsh, instead of bash, which takes care of a large portion of sendmail holes. divert(-1) # # /etc/spamlist: domains, one per line to deny mail from # /etc/LocalIP: local IP addresses # # Happy spam thwarting. # divert(0)dnl VERSIONID(`@(#)lart.mc 8.8.5 (dogbert.sjis.com) 4/24/97') OSTYPE(linux)dnl FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl FEATURE(`virtusertable',`hash -o /etc/virtusertable')dnl FEATURE(`genericstable',`hash -o /etc/genericstable')dnl FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl FEATURE(nouucp)dnl FEATURE(local_procmail, /usr/bin/procmail)dnl define(`confME_TOO', True)dnl FEATURE(`smrsh', `/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl MAILER(local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MASQUERADE_AS(yoursite.goeshere.com)dnl LOCAL_CONFIG F{SpamList} /etc/spamlist F{LocalIP} /etc/LocalIP LOCAL_RULESETS Scheck_rcpt # first: get client addr R$+ $: $(dequote "" $&{client_addr} $) $| $1 R0 $| $*$@ ok no client addr: directly invoked R$={LocalIP}$* $| $*$@ ok from here # not local, check rcpt R$* $| $* $: $>3 $2 # remove local part, maybe repeatedly R$*<@$=w.>$*$>3 $1 $3 # still something left? R$*<@$+>$* $#error $@ 5.7.1 $: 571 we do not relay Scheck_compat R<$+> $| $+ $1 $| $2 R$+ $| <$+> $1 $| $2 R$+ ! $+ ! $+ $| $+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] $| $4 R$* @ $* $={SpamList} $| $* $# error $: 552 SpamFilter: email from junkmailer's domains not accepted. -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what's the better mta?
On Tue, Jul 29, 1997 at 12:03:15PM -0300, Bruno O. M. Simoes wrote: : So my question is wich is the most used, principally because I want to have : a good support, anyway. I would take some like "exim" that must to be good, : but a small people know it. Sendmail is definitely the most popular/best supported. 99% of all the problems associated with sendmail can be corrected by just reading a bit, and deciding on a reasonable configuration, rather than blindly accepting the defaults. -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Quotas & Mail Spool file
On Tue, Jul 29, 1997 at 09:17:06AM -0400, Shawn Caron wrote: : This is simple question but : I have setup quotas for user home directories before, but exactly how does : one put a quota on a user's mail spool file? So quota /var as well, or /var/spool/mail, if you have a partition just for mail. On my production (ie, users on them) boxes, I quota the following: /home 10 MB /var 5 MB /tmp 2 MB -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: kernel support to NE2000?
On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > kernel-source and recompile to get the card working. The patch can be > found here: > http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/ne2000.html > under section: "PCI NE2000 Cards and the v2.0 Kernel" > This one is from linuxhq, against pre-2.0.31: > http://www.linuxhq.com/patch/20-p0549.html However, if you do it with the canonical method, ie, specifying card parameters, OR, do as I did, and modify ne.c to look at your card's address as one of the defaults, you're set. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: FAX?
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > I didn't see any how-to's on configuring Linux to send/receive fax.. > where can I start? -- programs, info, etc? Start by installing the efax package. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: kernel support to NE2000?
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today, I was recompiled my kernel 2.0.29 (debian 1.3.1) and I don't see > suport for my PCI NE2000 network card. > > I see support to ISA NE2000, but I have an PCIwhere is it? Use the ne.o module, just like you would for the ISA board. You still have to specify the IRQ, base address, and so forth just like for an ISA board, but it does work. cat /proc/pci should help you find your info. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Swap Space
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Shaleh wrote: > even. I had posted about the Enlightemment WM -- is no one using it? I > have seen very few responses. Any other nice WM's out there? My only > (minimal) experience is with fvwm a year and a half ago on Slackware > 2.0. Re: the swap question, I've got 64 MB of physical RAM and 128 MB of swap space. This is my workstation, not doing any kind of serving. I've got a compile running in the background, Netscape running, ppp/diald, afterstep for my WM, a couple of xterms, and xdm. I never notice any nasty swapping, but since it's a 2.1G drive[1], I don't care about 128 MB for swap.. --j [1] I've recently started using HP 2 gig Fast SCSI-2 disks. This box has the C3325A in it. Runs nice and cool at 5400 RPM. Much better than the Barracuda I used to have (before it melted in my case with two huge fans).. You can fry eggs on those Seagates, the HPs don't seem to have any trouble. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: sound under Debian
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I have trouble getting sound out of my PC under Debian. > I tried consulting some of the doc's and Linux HOWTO's in vain. > (a bit too complex for a Linux newbie I'm afraid) > > I (seem to) have a "Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Plug & Play" > soundcard which works when I run under W95. > I was able to get some parameters out of my Window$ setup : For the plug-n-pray boards, I've found the OSS to be quite useful, at least for those not willing to try isapnptools. http://www.4front-tech.com/oss.html It costs a whopping $20 too. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: PCMCIA problems with Debian 1.3
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > There have been a few people asking about problems with PCMCIA for > Debian 1.3. The pcmcia-modules packages provided by Debian 1.3 are > broken. > > I got it working a few weeks ago with some difficulties. The way to solve > it is to install a kernel-source package (either 2.0.29 or 2.0.30), > install the pcmcia-source package, and then follow the documentation > contained in /usr/doc/pcmcia-source/ in order to create your own > pcmcia-modules package, then install that. My solution was to grab the pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules-2.0.29 from rex-fixed. The 1997-05-30 boot disks that I used (1.3.0 CD set from i-connect) use kernel 2.0.29. I made an ext2fs floppy on another box, stuck those two files on it, and hauled it over. After loading those two packages, I was able to bring up the network (via my 3c589), and NFS mount my source (the CD ROM accross the room)... After than, I installed kernel-source -headers and -image for 2.0.30, kernel-package, make, gcc, pcmcia-source and the other assorted suspects. I then rebooted under 2.0.30, built my own cs and modules, and then finished doing my installation (which I did by hand, rather than dselect, just for a change of pace)... Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Kudo's and Question
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Currently I'm running kernel 2.0.6, and haven't noticed any major > problems with it. I normally stick to the "If it 'ain't broke, don't fix > it" rule, but I'm wondering if there are any reasons to go to say a 2.0.30 > kernel. Occasionally some TCP connections hang (mostly cfingerd) but reset > in a day or two, other than that I have no complaint. So, anybody else > out there has some advice/warnings? If you have 2.0.6, you are vulnerable to the ping of death, unless you've applied patches to fix it. 2.0.30 also has SYN cookie features that are worth looking at. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: bo and pcmcia installation...
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Jason Costomiris wrote: > I'm trying to load 1.3.0 on a notebook. I made the boot, driver, and 5 > base diskettes. I also made a couple of ext2fs diskettes that had > pcmcia-cs_2.9.5-3, pcmcia-modules-2.0.30, and the 2.0.30 kernel-image. I fixed the problem by using pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules-2.0.29 from the rex-fixed tree, and rolling back to the 2.0.29 kernel image. I later re-installed 2.0.30, built a customer kernel, and rebuilt the pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules from sources. Pretty sucky way to have to do it compared to how it worked under rex. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
bo and pcmcia installation...
I'm trying to load 1.3.0 on a notebook. I made the boot, driver, and 5 base diskettes. I also made a couple of ext2fs diskettes that had pcmcia-cs_2.9.5-3, pcmcia-modules-2.0.30, and the 2.0.30 kernel-image. I didn't dslect, or course, since my source was unavailable (was going to NFS mount the CD like I did when I had rex on this notebook). I boot from the 2.0.30 kernel just fine, and don't get any module problems when I depmod -a either. However, when the /etc/init.d/pcmcia script starts, the card & socket services start up fine, until it inserts the module for my ethernet card, a 3c589. I get complaints about 8 symbols that are unresolved. They are: netif_rx_R9117ffb8 dev_alloc_skb_R24e337ab ether_setup... eth_type_trans... dev_kfree_skb... dev_tint.. unregister_netdev... register_netdev... Yet, all of these symbols appear in /System.map, which does point to /boot/System.map-2.0.30, to match /vmlinuz -> /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.30. anyone seen this, overcome it, or what? Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Suggestion to future debian releases
On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, David M wrote: > I have installed, using the rescue, drivers and base diskettes the Debian > Linux on my PC. Nevertheless because the driver for my NIC (3C905-TX) is > not current as of 1.3 release, my networking is disabled (I have to get a > patch; that's a all new story... it's been giving me a headache to but > I'll get there eventually). Get on a net-connected machine and get the updated 3c59x.c (pointer in the ethernet howto). Toss it on a floppy, and haul it to your box. Recompile using the kernel-package package. Toss that on the floppy as well, if you don't have it. make-kpkg was nice and simple to use. It was as simple as: cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig (and configure the kernel the way I wanted) make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --zimage -revision custom.1.0 cd .. dpkg -i sync;reboot > I have noticed that there are lotza man pages in my basic setup but no > 'man' command to read them. :-) You installed the manpages package, and presumably groff, but not the man package? You didn't choose to do that, so, go ahead and install it. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: apache and forms
On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Mikko Väkiparta wrote: > Im trying to make www-registration system. I'd like to get it work this > way: > 1. I fill out the form > 2. I press the submit-button and apache sends it via email to my mailbox > 3. Apache says something and throw me on the downloadpage > > I think I must use perl or CGI and I have tried everything, but I can't > get it work. If someone can send me example files about sending forms > via e-mail (both files, html and cgi or perl) and installation > instructions, that makes me really happy. CGI is not a language. It is, as the name implies, and interface. Now that we're wildly off-topic, let's digress some more. :-) perl is a language. Here's a script. #!/usr/bin/perl -Tw $mail = '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t'; $recip = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; $dlpage = '/path/to/your/page.html'; use CGI; $load = new CGI; open(MAIL, "| $mail") or die "No $mail here\n"; print MAIL "To: $recip\n"; print MAIL "Subject: Download from $ENV{REMOTE_HOST}\n\n"; print MAIL "$load->param('name')\n"; print MAIL "$load->param('email')\n"; print MAIL "$load->param('comments')\n"; close(MAIL); print $load->header; open(H, $dlpage) or die "no $dlpage here.\n"; while (){ print; } close(H); Make sure you've installed a web server, perl, and the CGI modules. I don't guarantee the above will work, since it's off the top of my head, but I don't see any reason for it not to work. Oh, name, email and comments should be fields in your HTML form. Enjoy. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Reading news offline (Was: Using "suck" to transfer news....)
On 20 Jul 1997, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > Ok, I just follow the suck man page, but I must admit I haven't gotten > it to work yet. Suck transfers some articles from the server, and > makes a batchfile for innxmit, but innxmit wants to read from > /var/spool/news/out.going, which seems to be for articles headed the > other way. (I have to work on that too, but first read, then post :) the out.going directory *IS* for articles *leaving* your server. That is what you want, right? :) If you want innxmit to look at another dir, I suggest you consult the innxmit man page. In the second paragraph of the description, it's in there Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Is there not a debian package of gimp?
On 20 Jul 1997, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > I've made packages of 0.99.10, but there are problems with the patent > of the LZW compression, so I have to figure out how to separate things > properly. > > If you'd like an interim version (with gif and tiff support, so you'll > be breaking the law, you naughty boy) you can check out > http://zarf-mouse.aca.imsa.edu/~che/debian/gimp/ for lots of fun toys. Uh, no need to split things up at all. According to the Unisys LZW FAQ, you just need to contact them. If your software is free, so is LZW. http://www.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzwfaq.html You do, however, need their permission to redistribute, even though it is not being charged for. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Using "suck" to transfer news....
On 19 Jul 1997, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > I am currently setting up suck, and thought that batchmode would suit > perfectly, but that requires something called "innxmit". Does anyone > know if there's a debian package containing this somewhere? innxmit is a part of the inn package. However, it is almost *never* directly invoked. It usually gets called by nntpsend, after it parses the nntpsend.ctl file. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: IFCONFIG - help!
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Bruno O. M. Simoes wrote: > How can I configure several IP addresses in just one network interface? Is > there some parameter on ifconfig? Here's the script I use for virtual hosts. Make sure your kernel either supports ip_alias, or you have built ip_alias.o. I wrote it, and hereby give whoever feels like using it, permission to do so. #!/bin/bash names="host1 host2 host3 host4" count=0 if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then for addr in $names do /sbin/route del $addr /sbin/ifconfig eth0:$count- $addr let count=$count+1 done elif [ "$1" = "start" -o "$1" = "" ]; then for addr in $names do /sbin/ifconfig eth0:$count $addr /sbin/route add -host $addr dev eth0:$count let count=$count+1 done else echo 'Usage: '$0' [start|stop]' fi Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Debian box and leased line with Frame Relay protocol
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Jerzy Kakol wrote: > I want to set up a Debian box as a server in certain firm which will be > connected to WAN through leased line working on Frame Relay protocol. On > the operator side there will be a V.35 modem. My question is: what > (device) do I need on my side, where the modem is to be connected to? I'm > looking for the cheapest solution, the best possibility would be a such > one that allows to avoid purchasing of an expensive router still being > able to manage the whole stuff from Debian Linux machine. I think someone makes a V.35 card for Linux that has a module. I have no idea who it was, however. I wonder why you balk at the idea of a router, however. What's the CIR of your frame connection? If it's 56k, you could get a Microrouter 900i from Compatible Systems for pretty cheap (like $500 or $600 US), or if you are going for 256k or 768k on your CIR, you should look at a Cisco 2501. They can be found used for around $1200 US. You can't just hook up your CSU to any old serial port, since it's XXXk *synchronous*, not the async serial ports that are on your PC. If you really feel dangerous, get a FRAD. I hate 'em, but others love them. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Q: QPopper leaves lockfiles, breaks spool files
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Adam Shand wrote: > >We've been experiencing this also, at Internet Arena. Often, mailbox > >files have the first 'F' of the spool file's first 'From' gone also. > >I would like to know how to fix it too. > > I've seen this before. It past times it has been one of two things. > Either a buggy old version of qpopper or an incompatiblity of locking > methods between qpopper and sendmail. I've seen this problem with qpopper as well. The best solution I've seen was to switch to cucipop. It's in the non-free section. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Class of machine needed for DNS & router.
On 19 May 1997, Chris Brown wrote: > > I have to set up a primary DNS that will also route between two > 10base2 ethernets with packet filtering. The line to the Internet > will be a 128 K ISDN line so that bandwidth will be limited there. > What class of machine is necessary for such a task? I have 3 > machines laying around, a 386-DX 40, 486-DX 33 and a 486-DX2 66. At Either of the 486's should be up to the task. I do, however, recommend 32 MB of RAM, maybe more. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Exabyte EXB-8505, How do I access it?
On Sun, 18 May 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: > I connected a Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm tape drive to my SCSI card to > do some backups, but I am having trouble figuring out how to > access the drive. I assumed it was as simple as referring to > /dev/rst0, but that doesn't work. I tried insmod st.o, but I > get the message that a module by that name already exists. You most likely don't have any such device. Here: /dev# ./MAKEDEV -n st crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 0 for st0 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 1 for st1 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 2 for st2 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 3 for st3 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 4 for st4 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 5 for st5 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 6 for st6 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 7 for st7 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 128 for nst0 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 129 for nst1 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 130 for nst2 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 131 for nst3 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 132 for nst4 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 133 for nst5 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 134 for nst6 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 135 for nst7 If you (as root), run a: #/dev/MAKEDEV -v st you'll make your devices, then access the first rewinding SCSI tape as /dev/st0. If you'd rather have it not rewind, and instead use mt for that, use /dev/nst0. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: DEC vt420
On Thu, 15 May 1997, Syd Alsobrook wrote: > I am wanting to use a DEC vt420 terminal with my linux box, what is the > best way to connect the terminal to linux? With a null-modem cable, and tie a getty to the serial port. Something like: S1:456:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS1 DT9600 vt420 in your /etc/inittab, and perhaps some gettydefs entries.. Then an "init q" to restart init. You hopefully will get a login banner and prompt on the vt420... See the Serial howto. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: pine and subject on commandline
On Wed, 14 May 1997, Remco van de Meent wrote: > pine root -s 'this subject' < this_file_contains_the_message > > elm -s 'this subject' root < this_file_contains_the_message Don't think so, but you could, of course, read the fine manual. What I don't get, however, is why you would *want* to use pine in that way... mail -s "subject" luser < /path/to/file Or, you could put the message together with the To: and Subject headers, and feed it into sendmail -t. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: BIND 8.1??
On Wed, 14 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote: > I undestand that there is a BIND 8.1 now. Why are we at 4.9.5 and there's > an 8.1 out? > > Does naybody know? According to Vixie, et al., the releases between 4.9.5-P1 and 8.1-REL weren't public releases. 8.1 intergrates lots of nifty features, like DHCP support (i.e. dynamic updating), and gets rid of that mess, /etc/named.boot, and replaces it with a much more structured /etc/named.conf. 8.1's only a few days old. Relax. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Anonymous ftp via apache?
On Fri, 2 May 1997, Colin Telmer wrote: > I am running frozen (ie new web standard) and would like to link my > anonymous ftp site to my web page. I was just going to create a link from > something in /var/www to something in /home/ftp but I thought I would ask > if there is a standard way to do this. Is there? Any help is gratefully > appreciated. Cheers, Colin. In your srm.conf: Alias /ftp/ /home/ftp/pub/ Or whatever else strikes your fancy. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: elm.rc Where is it?
On Thu, 1 May 1997, Bjoern Starke wrote: > i want to set up elm, but nowhere i can find the configuraton file > elm.rc. I am using a Debian 1.2.6 and elm is at Version 2.4. I have > searched after it, but i can't find it...Has the name been changed? According to the output of dpkg --listfiles elm, you shouldn't have one. I'm sure you can make one, but it's an optional file. Check /usr/doc/elm for further info... Of course, you could make one Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: New Hard Disk
On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Syd Alsobrook wrote: > I'm trying to add space to my system and all i have is a 170meg HD what I > want to do is move everything from /usr/lib to the new HD and have the new > drive mount at that point. I would like to have the move done in one > command. is that posible or will i have to move the whole tree by hand? Sure.. Mount the new partition under /mnt, then: (get into single user mode) cd /usr/lib tar -cvO . | (cd /mnt ; tar -xpf - ) (Now check the files and perms under /mnt, and make sure it's ok) cd /usr/lib (in case you left there...) rm -rf * cd .. mount -t ext2 /dev/newpartition /usr/lib (Now change your /etc/fstab accordingly) Be careful! Backup your data first! Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Partition sizes - again...
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Carl Privitt wrote: > /var 64MB > /tmp 64MB I've found on a box with a few hundred users, you had better allocate a LOT more for /var. I mounted a 1 Gig drive as /var, and gave the users a 5 MB quota on the filesystem. I also put 300 MB on /tmp... Of course, if this is a box for a few people, then you don't need nearly as much... Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Filter
On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where can I get A FILTER to stop SPAM http://spam.abuse.net Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: WEB SECURITY: fyi!!
With respect to the dreadfully OLD phf problem, I've implemented a "unique" solution. Here's what I use in place of the old phf... It gives fun replies to "id", "uname" and "passwd" (as in /bin/cat%20/etc/passwd). For example, it generates a unique passwd file each time at random. Interesting lusernames^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Husernames too. Here, try: http://www.sjis.com/cgi-bin/phf?Qalias=x%0a/bin/cat%20/etc/passwd http://www.sjis.com/cgi-bin/phf?Qalias=x%0a/usr/bin/id http://www.sjis.com/cgi-bin/phf?Qalias=x%0a/bin/uname%20-a http://www.sjis.com/cgi-bin/phf Here it is, I move that it be incorporated into the cgi-scripts package... It requires perl 5.0x and CGI.pm. ---chop here #!/usr/bin/perl # phf buster # They want a passwd file to crack? Let's give them one. srand(time^$$); # Don't ask about the goofy order. For some reason, perl outputs the # members of the hash in a seemingly random order. Larry? %lusers = ( bin => 'been', daemon => 'try', operator => 'time', adm => 'dork', lp => 'for', uucp => 'year', news => 'a', lart => 'would', duh => 'Why', bill => 'you', hillary => 'holes', dork => 'a', beavis => 'known', hank => 'are', bubba => 'over', dale => 'that', harvey => 'Only', dreck => 'your', slappy => 'have', dweeb => 'wasting', smack => 'time'); @shells = ('/bin/sh','/bin/csh','/usr/bin/ksh','/usr/local/bin/tcsh','/usr/local/bin/bash'); use CGI; $query = new CGI; $qs = $query->query_string; if ( $qs =~ /id/i ) { print $query->header('text/plain'); print "uid=65534(nobody) gid=65535 groups=65535\n"; print "Did you really think httpd would be running as root? Come on.\n"; } elsif ( $qs =~ /passwd/i ) { print $query->header('text/plain'); $rootpw = &crypt_it('dork'); print "root:$rootpw:0:0:root:/:/bin/sh\n"; $uid = 5; $gid = 100; foreach $luser (keys %lusers) { $home = '/home/' . $luser; $shell = $shells[rand($#shells)]; $pw = &crypt_it($lusers{$luser}); $line = join(':', $luser, $pw, $uid, $gid, $luser, $home, $shell); print "$line\n"; $uid++; } } elsif ( $qs =~ /uname/i ) { print $query->header('text/plain'); print "Hamilton97 beaver 4.0 #1 Thu Feb 18 11:19:54 EST 1997 cray\n"; } else { print $query->header('text/plain'); print "We don\'t run phf here. Go away.\n"; } sub crypt_it { local($user,$pass)[EMAIL PROTECTED]; local($nslat,$week,$now,$pert1,$pert2); local(@salt_set)=('a'..'z','A'..'Z','0'..'9','.','/'); $now=time; ($pert1,$per2) = unpack("C2",$user); $week = $now / (60*60*24*7) + $pert1 + $pert2; $nsalt = $salt_set[$week % 64] . $salt_set[$now %64]; return crypt($pass,$nsalt); } -chop here-- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Detached PGP signatures in mail?
On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Ron Murray wrote: >I don't know how the average Linux mailer handles these, but I use > Windows 95 (no, don't bother flaming) in my main machine, with Eudora as my > mailer. I'm getting a little tired of my attachment directory filling up > with little PGP signatures which contain no indication of which message > they belong to, even if I wanted to crank up PGP to check them, which I > don't. (Note: this is NOT an attack on PGP: I use it myself. The issue is > that I don't need any help to clutter up my hard drive -- I can manage that > quite well on my own, thank you very much). The important question here is "Why on earth are you using Eudora's auto-receive feature?" Aren't you just begging for a virus to be let loose on your machine? Don't automatically detach attachments, you'll do just fine then. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ping o' Death is killing pppd on my router.....
On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: > why not just use the arguments passed to /etc/ppp/ip-{up,down} by pppd? Sure, I could do that, but suppose pppd changes the order in which it passes parameters with the next pppd upgrade... I'll still be running, if I used $4, and didn't know about the change, I'd be dead. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ping o' Death is killing pppd on my router.....
On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Dave Cinege wrote: > That just about somes it up > > If the router sends, receives or carries a ping flood (ping -f or ping -l > 65510) pppd dies. I'm unable to hang-up the modem from anything I do in > telnet. (serial ports have no DTR line) After I flash the power on the modem > I can telnet in and "/etc/init.d/ppp start" and everything comes back up. > > 2.0.29 kernel, with Newest IP Masquerade patch. Since you're running IP Masq, you've got IP firewalling enabled. Here's a little something I use in my /etc/ppp/ip-up to: 1) Turn off ip forward (you might not want to do this in your situation..) 2) Flush the input rules 3) reject *any* ICMP headed for the ppp0 interface 4) reject tcp/udp packets headed for priveleged ports on my ppp0 addr. I use that fun awk stuff since my dialup is a dynamically assigned IP address. PPP_ADDR=`ifconfig ppp0|grep inet|awk -F: '{print $2}'|awk -F " " '{print $1}'` ipfwadm -F -p deny ipfwadm -I -f ipfwadm -I -a reject -b -P icmp -S 0.0.0.0/0 -D ${PPP_ADDR}/32 ipfwadm -I -a reject -b -P tcp -S 0.0.0.0/0 -D ${PPP_ADDR}/32 1:1023 ipfwadm -I -a reject -b -P udp -S 0.0.0.0/0 -D ${PPP_ADDR}/32 1:1023 Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: vi
On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > I beg to differ the emacs case: > > M-< ; go to beginning of file > M-% ; query-replace > 129.168.1 RET ; search for 192.168.1 > 129.168.200 RET ; replace with 129.168.200 > ! ; repeat for all occurrences > > This is fewer keystrokes than vi. Err... I know I shouldn't get into this, but. :1 ; go to top of file :g/129.168.1/s//129.168.200/g ; global replace :wq No finger breaking key combo's either. :-) Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: routing setup question
On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Benedikt Eric Heinen wrote: > The new setup should look like: > > ISP My systems > > lisa.thenet.ch icemark.thenet.ch firefranc.thenet.ch > <--- ppp0 ---> <--- eth0 ---> > 193.135.252.75 193.135.252.47 193.135.252.179 Assuming you in reality have more than 1 IP address being routed to you, it's easy. You can't have the ppp0 and eth0 interfaces on icemark use the same IP. However, if you isp is willing to route you a /30, you'll be cool. Here's how you should be set up (assuming your ISP is sending you 193.135.252.177/30 aka 193.135.252.177 - .180, and the IP addr of your ppp0 is 193.135.252.47): icemark: ifconfig eth0 193.135.252.178 broadcast 193.135.252.180 netmask 255.255.255.252 route add -net 193.135.252.0 netmask 255.255.255.252 now bring up your ppp0 and set it to be the default route. Make sure your kernel on icemark has IP forward turned ON. firefranc: ifconfig eth0 193.135.252.179 broadcast 193.135.252.180 netmask 255.255.255.252 route add -net 193.135.252.0 netmask 255.255.255.252 route add default gw 193.135.252.178 If this is not the case, use a /24 from 192.168.0.0/16 for the ethernet interfaces on the boxes and use IP_Masquerade... Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
sendmail compiled with -DTCPWRAPPERS?
Is the sendmail 8.8.5 package from rex-fixed compiled with -DTCPWRAPPERS? I've been toying with augmenting my rules with some tcp_wrappers action I was hoping to be able to leave the packages intact, that is, not recompiling and replacing stuff not in /usr/local..... Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
RE: bi
On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Rick wrote: > I do search and replace in Xemacs all the time. I'm fairly sure that regular > emacs will do it too. I never said the various emacsen couldn't do it. I find emacs very confusing. 47 bazillion different "modes" to do everything, a googleplex of command key sequences, and sucks RAM like it's going out of style. Sounds like something straight out of Redmond. Even the modes lack a redeeming quality, being written in LISP a language that uses more parentheses than actual code. > Why go back to a command shell editor when I can use a GUI editor? You want a GUI so bad? gvim. > vi had it's time. Time to move on. There are better editors now. Better for who? I like vi. Who are you to tell me that I can't use my favorite editor? I even have a copy of vim on my PowerBook. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: bi
On 11 Apr 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > THE MIGHTY ED HAS SPOKEN!!! > > Teco. Bwah. Real men edit with cat, sed, awk, head and tail. Better yet, they write directly to the disk with a hex sector editor. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
RE: bi
On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Rick wrote: > What is it that is so special about vi? Does it decompile programs or write > them all by itself or leap tall buildings with a single bound? I get calls from users all the time asking "How do I search and replace in my file?" 9 times out of 10, they are using pico, which has to be the most brain dead editor ever created. I always tell them, use vi, and then: :g/search-regexp/s//replace-string/g Voila. Takes about 3 seconds to type it and change every instance of some expression in an entire file. Could be handy if you suddenly realize that you've been misspelling some guy's name throughout your 50 page thesis. I tell them to use vi, they wretch, much like you seem to be. They ask if there's something else. I then tell them: perl -pi.bak -e 's/search-regexp/replace-string/g' filename ... and then they go into convulsions. Then they waste a bazillion years ftp'ing their file to their Windoze box, make the changes using Notepad, and then ftp it back in binary mode, thus munging the end of lines, and then call me again for help, asking why there are all of these funny ^M's on the end of their lines. Argh. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: How to modify subject of incoming emails using procmail
On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Christian Hudon wrote: > So the question is, is there an easy way to make a substitution on *only* > the 'Subject:' line of the *header* of the mail, either using procmail or > something else? Sure. man formail. I wonder, however, why on earth you would want to do this. Why not, instead just send the mail from that list to its own folder like: :0: * ^TOdebian-user $HOME/mail/debian Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: The ultimate fate of Debian
On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Paul Rightley wrote: > Now, the leader of this group was/is (depending upon your beliefs) a man who > at > one time called himself 'Bo'. Uh He called himself "Do". Not "Bo". Run, do not walk to the closet, put on your Nike's, get your shroud, and visit http://www.highersource.org, and laugh. Yes, .org, and not the .com site that belonged to those deranged losers. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
ipfwadm rules question...
Hey... So far, here's what I've got: ipfwadm -I -f ipfwadm -I -a deny -P icmp This is a non-masqueraded setup. It's my dialup machine at home. I'd also like to deny access to port 25 from remote sites. I've tried: ipfwadm -I -a deny -P tcp -S 0/0 25 However, this still allows remote connections to port 25 on my dialup box. Thoughts? I presume this would be much easier if I used a static IP, but the boxes I use don't authenticate with TACACS+ or radius, so I can't just make an entry.. I'd be able to do some cut/awk type stuff to extract the IP and add the stuff to the bottom of /usr/bin/pon, but I just need what rule(s) to add... In fact, here's the awking I'd be using: ifconfig ppp0 | head -2 | tail -1 | awk -F " " '{print $2}' \ | awk -F: '{print $2}' That would output my current IP address on ppp0 Thoughts? Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: Suggestion for list...
On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote: > Yes, I also use Pine, and I usually "reply to all recipients" (with such a > high volume its very easy to miss a message), sometimes only to the > original poster, and very few times only to the list. I guess we'll just agree to disagree about Reply-to:. However, I wouldn't really call debian-user a "high volume" list. Ever seen what you get on inet-access in a day?? Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: Suggestion for list...
On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Jason Costomiris wrote: > > Can we get this list to set a Reply-to: header, like every other piece of > > list software I've ever used? It's kind of a PITA to do a reply that goes > > only to the list with the current configuration. > > Please read: > > http://garcon.unicom.com/FAQ/reply-to-harmful.html Ok, I've read it. It's a bunch of bunk. I use pine for mail. If there's a reply-to: header set, I get asked if I should use the reply-to: header instead of that of the author. I also get asked if I would like to reply to all. That pages drones on endlessly about "reasonable mailers". Pine is quite reasonable, and apparently handles Reply-to: better than most mailers. I also noticed your message id: Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What do you know? You're using pine too. You should also be able to use this feature. If the list won't start doing it, I think I'll just start using some formail action to do it myself. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: Adaptec 2940 UW (general)
On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > I've got 9 or 10 of these cards deployed. All of the machines are running > > 2.0.29 without a single problem. I've never done anything more than plug > > the card in, turn the machine on and install. No special tweaking > > required. > > > > What device(s) did you use on the card? HP 2 Gig SCSI-2 disks and Sony DATs. A few Quantum Fireballs too.. I tend to stay away from nuclear reactors^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hseagate drives. They just run too hot. I've also got a Conner 250 MB scsi-2 disk that I yanked from a PowerMac 7100 when I slapped a couple of gigs in it... Never had a problem. Of course, I'm not running ancient scsi disks, so that may or may not explain something. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Suggestion for list...
Can we get this list to set a Reply-to: header, like every other piece of list software I've ever used? It's kind of a PITA to do a reply that goes only to the list with the current configuration. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: Chmodding a whole directory tree
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Thought wrote: > How do I make a whole directory tree and it's files readable by everyone? > I can't just chmod -R a+r dir because then they won't be able to cd to the > directories, but I can't chmod -R a+rx dir because then all the files will > be executable... Is there a way to make the directories +x without making > all the files +x? Or better yet is there a way to copy the owner's > permissions to the group and other's permissions? Thanks find /path/to/dir -type d -exec chmod a+rx {} \; Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: SCSI Ultra/Wide support
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > did anyone done a performance comparison of buslogic 958 and adaptec > > 2940? > > I don't, but I do want to say that I have a Buslogic BT958UW and I love it. I've got 9 or 10 2940UW's deployed, and I must say I'm quite satisfied with their reliability and performance... Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: Adaptec 2940 UW (general)
On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Bernd Kreimeier wrote: > I found a statement in the december RedHat (4.1?) > claiming that some, but not all Adaptec have problems > since 2.0.12. Hogwash. I've got 9 or 10 of these cards deployed. All of the machines are running 2.0.29 without a single problem. I've never done anything more than plug the card in, turn the machine on and install. No special tweaking required. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: testing tonight
On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Pure Energy wrote: > [annoying ASCII art .sig Bobbitted] Say adren, Are you a regular on alt.fan.warlord or something? Lose the nasty art. A full page .sig is a bit excessive, don't you think? Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: 56k baud modem (x2)
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Daniel Stringfield wrote: > Also, I remember bringing up the fact that its illegal (in the US) to run > at speeds > over 46k (or similar) over the analog lines... so legally, you can't go > that fast. > I'm assuming that this is going to be overturned shortly, since several > companies > are coming up with 56k technology. Actually, the FCC regs say nothing about *how fast* traffic can go. They only say how much voltage you can send up the line. Anyhow, USR's inferior implementation of "56k" was sending so much voltage up the line, they had to cut it to 53k. Lucent/Rockwell hasn't shown this problem. In fact, whereas USR shows 53k downlink/33.6k uplink, Lucent is doing 61k downlink/47k uplink, and is within the voltage spec. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: Why is PPP so screwed up!?!?!
[Now over the next day, I'll get about 10 bounces. Can someone fix the flippin' list? How about an Errors-to: header? ] On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Shawn Asmussen wrote: > Cool off, man. What they seem to be talking about IS a Debian issue. > Although ppp support IS compiled into the kernel, the pppd is separate, > and the method by which you establish a connection, be it through pon, or > a custom script like I use, because as far as I know pon will not redial Hmm.. Better not tell that to my system. pppd keeps redialing until it gets connected.. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: Why is PPP so screwed up!?!?!
On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Richard Morin wrote: > how-to. When I switched to Debian, I quickly looked at pon, but soon > went back to ppp-on which worked. I've started over, and just > can't get pon to work. Not as easily as ppp-on anyway. What?!? That mess (ppp-on) is easier than pon? Here's what it took for me to set up ppp 1) cat /usr/bin/pon Looked at it, saw it uses /etc/ppp.chatscript. 2) vi /etc/ppp.chatscript plopped in the phone number, username, password 3) pon Shouldn't take more than a minute and a half... Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom
Re: Extremely rare Apache configuration
On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Eloy A. Paris wrote: > What about this: set up Apache locally as a proxy server for my local users > and, at the same time, to have Apache contacting the corporate proxy server > to access Internet hosts. I know it sounds confusing and do not know if I > am understood... I don't believe that you can make the Apache proxy module do that. I do, however, know that CERN running as a proxy can do this, in fact, I've done it. I had a client that was running a CERN proxy in their main office, and wanted web access for their field office. The field office was connected by a demand-dial ISDN link (it was a Pipeline 75). A local CERN proxy at the field office forwards requests to the big corporate proxy, and then keeps a local copy. After a couple of days of the link being up a lot, usage went way down. If I were you, I'd look into Squid, and see if it can do the job, it's *much* faster than a CERN... Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Procmail recipe.
On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Brian Skreeg wrote: > Hi folks, Could someone do me a wee favour and write out a simple > procmail recipe for filtering this mailing list to another folder? > (~Mail/deb) :0: * ^Resent-From.*debian-user $HOME/Mail/deb Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]