Re: a modest proposal - Debian needs more $

2002-01-22 Thread Linda Laubenheimer
Colin Watson wrote:
 
 On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 11:46:45AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
  I'd be more than happy to make a contribution to Debian, but how do I do
  that from Britain?
 
 http://www.spi-inc.org/donations explains how to make donations from
 Europe (there's a bank account in Germany to which money transfers can
 be made).

Perhaps SPI needs to set up a PayPal account to receive donations
with...

Linda
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Re: It's a bird....it's a plane....

2002-01-08 Thread Linda Laubenheimer
... It's a spam selling MLM spammer support!

Carrie Cook wrote:
[nothing of importance]

Linda slow email day Laubenheimer
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Re: Where do you RTFM ?

2001-12-24 Thread Linda Laubenheimer


Alec wrote:
 
 Try typing info:/ into konqueror. This will give you something to read
 until 2003.  Otherwise, RTFM is sometimes accompanied by DAFS (Do a f*
 search), which should be directing you to, say,
 http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.os.linux.misc
 with all google's search capabilities.

What I tend to say is STFW - Search The Friggin' Web - via google, 
with the package/problem and OS (version) as keywords.  Search web 
pages and groups (usenet).  I also RTFM in various books (you know, 
those paper and ink things) that are published on the subject by 
reputable companies.  My computer book expenditures are quite high, 
but that's me and my addiction ;)

Linda
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Re: login + passwd for 30 users

2001-12-07 Thread Linda Laubenheimer
Gerard Robin wrote:
 
 Hello,
 does any script exist, which creates 30 users automaticaly,
 with the list of 30 persons containing their name, christian name, etc...
 instead of using 30 times adduser ?

Some people may have custom scripts, but the best way would be to 
create a file (or files) with format of the /etc/passwd (and 
/etc/shadow) file, with the crypt of the default password used for 
all the password entries, then append them as appropriate.  You'd 
still have to make the home directories.

You also could write a perl or shell script take this file, parse 
through it, add to the appropriate /etc files, and then create and 
populate the home directories (from /etc/skel).

I've been meaning to write such a thing, but...

Try looking at the Sun big admin site - someone may have put a 
bulk user addition script up.

Linda

P.S. No, this is not a Debian only problem - I've had it with 
every *n*x veriant I've used.
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Re: Virus incident

2001-11-23 Thread Linda Laubenheimer
Brian Nelson wrote:
 
[snip]
 Although I'm almost done trolling, I just have to comment on this:
[snip]

Now that it is clear to all what you are...

*plonk*

Linda
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Re: Antigen found W32/Aliz@MM (McAfee4) virus

2001-11-22 Thread Linda Laubenheimer


Nigel Pauli wrote:
 
 I've just logged on to find that my site seems to be involved i.e.
 there is a load of these emails from [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did
 find 12 emails in my inbox from [EMAIL PROTECTED] each with a copy
 of whatever.exe attached. This purports to be an audio-x/wav.

Actually, Antigen uses badly formatted addresses.  For example, the 
ones I get are labeled as being from [EMAIL PROTECTED], and I know 
we have no such user.

 I'm using Postfix to receive our email as an SMTP feed from our ISP.
 Any advice on how to make sure my own house is in order would be
 appreciated.

A procmail recipe to filter all mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to /dev/null??

Linda
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Re: Virus incident

2001-11-22 Thread Linda Laubenheimer


Craig Dickson wrote:
 
 Linda Laubenheimer wrote:
 
  Michael Heldebrant wrote:
  
   Actually, I wish [EMAIL PROTECTED] would fix his machine.
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] too...  Grrr!
 
 In the meantime, I suggest you filter it yourself. If you're using
 procmail, the following recipes should suffice; if you're not using
 procmail, the basic idea shouldn't be too hard to translate for some
 other filtering software.
 
 :0 HB
 * ^To:.*debian-user
 * ^Antigen for Exchange found .*infected with
 /dev/null
 
 :0 HB
 * ^To:.*debian-user
 * ^Panda Antivirus has found the following viruses in the message:$
 /dev/null
 
 :0
 * 1^0 ^From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 * 1^0 ^From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 /dev/null

Add 
   * 1^0 ^From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
to that last one...

Linda
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Re: Virus incident

2001-11-22 Thread Linda Laubenheimer


Brian Nelson wrote:
 
 Robert L. Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
  Hmm, when did this become an elitist, better than you mailing list?  Is this
  debian-users or debian-I-am-God-worship-me?
 
 Is this debian-user, or [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Debian's always
 been elitist.  That's why it's so much fun.

Are you deliberately acting like a poorly reared, snotty pre-teen, or 
is it a genetic fault?

Just because debian is a fine OS, it does not make those of us who 
will use whatever is convenient at the moment some sort of lesser 
being.

I, at least, don't let religious fanaticism interfere with doing a 
job.

Grow up, Brian.

LJL
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Re: Virus incident

2001-11-21 Thread Linda Laubenheimer
Michael Heldebrant wrote:
 
 On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 16:04, DvB wrote:
 
  God, I wish YODA would stop sending this crap :-(
 
 Actually, I wish [EMAIL PROTECTED] would fix his machine.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] too...  Grrr!

Linda
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