Re: catch-all in /etc/aliases
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 10:08:49AM +0100, James Cummings wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:02:06 +0100, James Cummings
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm using debian unstable and exim4 and forwarding a bunch of
>> mail on for another system using /etc/aliases
>>
>> Firstname.Lastname: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Firstname1.Lastname1: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> etc.
>>
>> Is there a way to put a catch-all address in so that any
>> mail I've not explicitly matched can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?
>>
>> I've tried just putting *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
>> doing @first.system.com : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> but that doesn't seem to work.
>
>Aha! Replying to my own post: For the record I have found that
>the way to do this is...
>
>Exim 4 Catchall
>Add another file in the router directory for catchall to work.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/exim4/conf.d/router$ cat 950_exim4-config_catchall
> catch_all:
> debug_print = "R: catch_all for [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> driver = redirect
> data = ${lookup{*}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/exim4/conf.d/router$ egrep hendry /etc/aliases
> root: hendry
> *: hendry
>With other people. I have yet to figure out how to configure different
>aliases for different hosts, but I am not worried about that problem
>atm.
This is how I handle the multiple domain issue. Make a directory called
aliases.d, with each domian having it's own alias file.
data = ${lookup{*}lsearch{/etc/aliases.d/$domain}}
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Re: using scp to move files
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 03:41:43PM +, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: >Hi all > Very simple question but I cannot find the answer in google >(possibly wrong keywords). > > I need to move some files from a server to client. I am planning to >use scp for this. Using scp, I can only copy the files. But I want to >move the files instead of copying them. Any ideas? The manual of scp >does not have any option for this. > >Are there any other programs which achieve the same result? Try using rsync with the --delete-after flag. You can tunnel rsync over ssh using the -e flag. That should accomplish what you are trying to achieve, I believe. man rsync just to make sure :-) -- Peter Hicks "Nuclear war can ruin your whole compile." -- Karl Lehenbauer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [exim4debian] Re: Debian-exim - blech!
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 01:07:52PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:48:43AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: >> "mail" is and always has been a standard system account: > >"mail" is also the account that owns the mail spool, hence all MUAs >run sgid mail per policy. Running the MTA as mail as well would mean >that the MTA's queue would have to belong to mail as well, giving MUAs >read access to the MTA's queue, which is a significant security risk. > >This is the reason why we decided to run exim4 with a non-"mail" >account. > >> Of course your argument applies equally to "Debian-exim" - it might be >> assigned to a user; it's quite as likely as that "mail" might be so >> assigned. > >I beg to differ here. It is quite more unlikely to re-use an account >with a name _that_ ugly. > I don't think you make a valid case for the name change. It is an admittedly really ugly name, and it seems it was given such a name to force some kind of policy decision on a non-issue, which seems to me like extortion. This is what my system might look like if everyone followed your naming convention: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 1272 432 ?SSep13 0:26 init [2] root 2 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 0:00 [keventd] root 3 0.0 0.0 00 ?SWN Sep13 0:07 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] root 4 0.0 0.0 00 ?SWN Sep13 0:05 [ksoftirqd_CPU1] root 5 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 3:57 [kswapd] root 6 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 0:00 [bdflush] root 7 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 0:49 [kupdated] root 114 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 1:43 [kjournald] root 115 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 0:01 [kjournald] root 116 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 1:46 [kjournald] root 117 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 3:15 [kjournald] root 140 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Sep13 0:00 [eth0] daemon 148 0.0 0.0 1384 296 ?SSep13 0:00 [portmap] root 462 0.0 0.0 2004 676 ?SSep13 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd root 473 0.0 0.0 2184 864 ?SSep13 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe Debian-521 0.0 2.1 68520 19532 ? SSep13 0:01 [mysqld] Debian-531 0.0 2.1 68520 19532 ? SSep13 0:12 [mysqld] Debian-532 0.0 2.1 68520 19532 ? SSep13 0:08 [mysqld] Debian-535 0.0 2.1 68520 19532 ? SSep13 0:00 [mysqld] nobody 615 0.0 0.1 3656 1032 ?SSep13 0:02 [proftpd] Debian- 9949 0.0 0.1 12848 948 ?SSep18 0:15 /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster Debian- 9951 0.0 0.1 13840 1432 ?SSep18 0:03 postgres: stats buffer process Debian- 9952 0.0 0.1 13060 1496 ?SSep18 0:24 postgres: stats collector process Debian- 9870 0.0 0.3 13940 2892 ?SSep20 0:25 /usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/sympa/bin/sympa.pl -m Debian- 16447 0.0 0.1 6668 1776 ?SSep20 0:08 [exim4] Debian- 18144 0.0 0.2 13364 2548 ?SSep21 0:00 postgres: sympa sympa 127.0.0.1 idle Debian- 28902 0.0 0.6 76848 5912 ?S06:33 0:00 [apache] Debian- 28905 0.0 0.8 77100 7288 ?S06:33 0:03 [apache] Debian- 7716 0.0 0.7 76960 6760 ?S09:23 0:00 [apache] Debian- 7767 0.0 0.2 7020 2332 ?S09:24 0:00 [exim4] Debian- 7769 0.0 0.2 6824 2380 ?S09:24 0:00 [exim4] Not too pretty, and kind of useless! I agree with the OP. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [exim4debian] Re: Debian-exim - blech!
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:26:01PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: >On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 21:01, Marc Haber wrote: >> > I believe this was done because there is some Debian policy that a >> > weird user name must be created in this case. >> >> No, the weird account name was chosen in absense of a formal policy >> to minimize the chance of clashes with account names deliberately >> created by the local admin. > >I never did understand: what was the problem with "mail"? exim4 seems like an obvious choice, too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mailing-list recommendation
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 07:15:15PM +0200, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: >>>My Company is looking for a mailing-list system that have these features: >>> >>>- Bounce detection. >>>- Easy to translate. >> >>What do you mean, "translate?" > >That we must be able to translate text in system mails. >Our customers are Danish, so we need to translate subscribe mails etc >into Danish. > You might want to have a look at sympa. I believe there is multiple language support, as well as various database support. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video Camera
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 07:44:58PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: >Hi, > >I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am >looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools >for getting MPEG files off a camera, onto a linuc box and >software to view them, or better still edit trhem? > >The camera (a cheap one from Amaxon) appears to use MPEG-4, >and I am sure I heard that this was to be a closed format with >royalties charged for it's use. Is this then not a good way to >go? > >I've just read what I've typed and it is quite obvious that I >don't even know the right questions to ask! > >No doubt others have trod this path. Is there an appropriate >site I should go to and read? I have googled but only seem to >get references to MPEG-[1-3], or sites offering to sell >cameras? > >Keith. dvgrab might work for you. $ apt-cache show dvgrab Package: dvgrab Priority: extra Section: graphics Installed-Size: 236 Maintainer: Daniel Kobras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.5deb-2 Depends: libavc1394-0, libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libdv4, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3.3-1), libjpeg62, libquicktime1 (>= 0.9.2release), libraw1394-5, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.3-1) Filename: pool/main/d/dvgrab/dvgrab_1.5deb-2_i386.deb Size: 84640 MD5sum: 2b80afca5986c30872b0e163136d0827 Description: Grab digital video data via IEEE1394 links dvgrab receives audio and video data from a digital camcorder via an IEEE1394 (widely known as FireWire) link and stores them into one of several file formats. It features autosplit of long video sequences, and supports saving the data as raw frames, AVI type 1, AVI type 2, Quicktime DV, or a series of JPEG stills. -- Peter Hicks GnuPG public key: http://jah.net/~petong/public_key.txt Key Fingerprint: 4E24 3C78 A165 537C 729C 8D25 3547 3CE9 9E7D 42B6 Paralysis through analysis. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim4 frozen messages
On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 09:41:07AM +0300, Aryan Ameri wrote: >Hi there: > >I recently installed a sid system from scratch, and am in the process of >setting it up and using it as my main desktop system. The default MTA comming >with sid is Exim4, and I am having difficulty setting it up. I have exim4 >running and working on my Libranet/Sarge system with no problem, but the same >confiuration doesn't work for sid. > >My needs are simple, my mail client (kmail) gets my messages from my POP3 >account directly, and then when I am sending a message, kmail passes the >messgae to exim which in turn sends the message. This configuration has >worked for so long for me, and I don't know why I can't get it working this >time. > >Basically, when I send a message, kmail passes it to exim, but exim doesn't >send it. mailq shows that the message is frozen. I read the exim man page and >it seems that exim automatically freezes messages that it seems are spam (am >I right?). Well, I don't know why exim thinks that my messages are spam. > to view the messages that are frozen, type exim4 -bp. The command exim4 -Mvl will show you the relevant logs regarding that message. HTH. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replicating Debian Systems
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 02:37:27PM -0700, Loren M. Lang wrote: >I may have to rapidly deploy multiple debian systems that will have >the same software installed and be configured the same way. The ideal >way to install debian would be to stick a cd into a computer, turn it >on, and come back a couple hours later. If I could make a custom cd >to do just that and maybe d/l the packages off of the web or another >computer that don't fit on the cd would be nice. > >I also have some of my own software to install and also need to modify >files like .profile in the users home dir as well as setup one users >with password on the system. Maybe I'll have to learn how to make deb >packages. > >I don't want the installer to ask questions for each packages like >exim's mail configuration. I know I can turn it off by modifying a >file and telling them to be silent, but instead I'd just like to have a >text file that specifies the correct answer to all of them. Does debian >provide a way to do this? > >My last problem is that some software is too old in stable, I've had to >upgrade several programs including XFree86 on some systems already >installed. I know about backports.org, but some programs like gnuplot >don't have a backport, and I'm debating about using testing/unstable, >but I want to believe that the system will be stable since I won't be >down there most of the time and ppl who know nothing about linux will be >using it. You should check out FAI. I use it in conjuntion with cfengine to deploy and maintain our current systems. We used to rely on creating our own debian packages, but maintaining configuration files with cfengine is really the way to go. You can then keep everything in version control, too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Spamassasin on Woody - standard install using spamc fails??
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 03:25:39PM -0700, Peter Sebastian Masny wrote: >Peter Sebastian Masny wrote: > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=231082 > >Hrmph. Old spamassassin incompatible with new perl in stable. > >Using the proposed-update spamassassin (woody4) did not fix the problem. > Probably have to use testing version, which means testing for a bunch >of libraries... sigh. > >Peter > > Or you can try using the latest spamassassin from backports.org that is backported to woody. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with Apt-Get
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:56:50AM -0600, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: >Nicolas Kratz wrote: >>man ping >>man traceroute >> >>Sometimes, a server just happens to be down. >> > >www.trace-route.org > >Called my ISP, they can't ping or traceroute the site either. Did a >whois now am going to contact them. > >I know sometimes a server just happens to be down, but 2 days in a row >is a bit much. > > I have not been able to hit it either. It's still down for me right now as well. FWI, I am on qwest's network. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
iproute2 and /etc/network/interfaces
Is there a correct debian way to use iproute2 in the /etc/network/interfaces file? I need to set up a firewall machine with multiple external ip addresses and would rather use the ip tool than aliasing the addresses to eth0. Does ifup and ifdown support this? TIA :^P -- Peter Hicks GnuPG public key: http://jah.net/~petong/public_key.txt Key Fingerprint: 4E24 3C78 A165 537C 729C 8D25 3547 3CE9 9E7D 42B6 Who wouldn't be interested in everything we do?! -- Calvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Remote Monitoring
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 08:31:49PM +, Rus Foster wrote: >Hi All, >Can anyone recommened a a monitoring package that isn't to hard to setup. >I've got nagios working but the config is a pain and I need to setup a >load more machines and don't fancy speding all my time typing out configs > >Rgds > >Rus > >-- I remember seeing a perl script that would convert nmap output to nagios configuration files. You should be able to find it on the nagios website. -- Peter Hicks GnuPG public key: http://jah.net/~petong/public_key.txt Key Fingerprint: 4E24 3C78 A165 537C 729C 8D25 3547 3CE9 9E7D 42B6 Don't anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tomcat and woody
Does anyone here have experience with the tomcat in woody? I installed it for some clients to do some development work, along with libapache-mod-webapp ( I heard that this apache module work better thatn mod_jk). Should I go install a more current version of tomcat? I have the blackdown 1.3 java installed as well. Any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated! TIA -- Peter Hicks GnuPG public key: http://jah.net/~petong/public_key.txt Key Fingerprint: 4E24 3C78 A165 537C 729C 8D25 3547 3CE9 9E7D 42B6 Today is the first day of the rest of your life. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: man -k apropos --> nothing apropiate
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 09:53:21PM +0100, Drag?n wrote: > > I don't know if it happens to you. > > But in my woody `apropos' and `man -k' don't work. > > Does anybody know anything about that? > > Thank you. > It sounds like your pre-formatted man pages have not been generated via catman. There is a cron job in /etc/cron.daily called man-db which will generate them, or man catman will give more info. :^P -- Peter Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.libation.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: thumbnail+web page tool in woody?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 05:21:56PM -0600, Michael Jinks wrote: >Hi all. > >Some users are asking for tools that will take a batch of image files, >thumbnail them, and write out the HTML suitable for posting the whole >thing as a set of links to the original images. > >I'm sure there are probably half a dozen different tools for doing this; >but the two they've suggested aren't in woody and I'd like to keep their >machines as Debian-pure as I can. Can anybody suggest a package that I >can get with apt? > >Thanks, >-mrj I have used curator in the past, and found it to be quite good. apt-cache search returns some other results as well: $ apt-cache search gallery gallery - a web-based photo album written in php galrey - Command line image gallery generator. It also makes thumbnails. igal - online image gallery generator webmagick - create gallery thumbnails for website HTH :^P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: squirrelmail, uw-imapd (and ssl)
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 07:39:32AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: >On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 09:47:22 -0500 >John M Flinchbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> i need: >> a) to get squirrelmail to do ssl >> b) get uw-imapd to not require ssl >> c) find an imap implementation that actually works with squirrelmail. > >> any recommendations? > >Erm, hate to say it but uw-imapd is the only one I have found that does >work with Squirrelmail. Courier certainly didn't. Here's what I've got >installed at present which is working like a champ. > >ii uw-imapd 2002b.debian-5 remote mail folder access server >ii squirrelmail 1.3.2+1.4.0rc1 Webmail for nuts > > I have squirrelmail and courier imap working with no problems. I am using woody, though. ii courier-maildr 0.37.3-2.3 Mail delivery agent with filtering abilities ii squirrelmail 1.2.6-1.3 Webmail for nuts :^P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lightweight window manager - any sugegstions?
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 11:12:48AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: >hello all > >i am doing most of my work in console and was looking for a small and >fast window manager for some occasional work there. > >aesthetics, bells and whistles do not matter much. speed and overheads >matter a lot. > >i have heard about ratpoison and [black | flux]box. any feedback from >actual users is welcome. i am currently using windowmaker. > I find ion to be kind of cool. Description: A keyboard-friendly window manager with tiled windows Ion, based on PWM, is a keyboard-friendly window manager with a very text-editorish interface and no overlapping windows. Installed-Size: 320 :^P -- Peter Hicks GnuPG public key: http://jah.net/~petong/public_key.txt Key Fingerprint: 4E24 3C78 A165 537C 729C 8D25 3547 3CE9 9E7D 42B6 Good news from afar can bring you a welcome visitor. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bash revisited
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:51:22PM -0500, Bruce Park wrote: >Hello users, > >I posted a message regarding bash and what files it executes. Some replied >that I should read the invocation section of the bash man page. I've done >just that and while some questions are answered, others are not. >As far as I understand this, there are two ways of invoking bash. >1. interactive login shell or non-interactive with '--login' option >This will execute /etc/profile -> ~/.bash_profile -> ~/.bash_login -> >~/.profile > >2. non-interactive login shell >This will execute ~/.bashrc > >Now according to these rules and by using 'echo' statements in some files, >it was obvious that I was using the non-interactive login shell. My .bashrc >file does NOT contain anything that sets up a new PATH. So how is the PATH >env set? Is KDM somehow executing something that I'm not seeing? > >bp > I wonder if having a .xsession file source .bash_profile would be the right way to achieve this? -- Peter Hicks GnuPG public key: http://jah.net/~petong/public_key.txt Key Fingerprint: 4E24 3C78 A165 537C 729C 8D25 3547 3CE9 9E7D 42B6 One observes the survivors, and learns from them. -Bene Gesserit Teaching -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: samba question *Solved*
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:10:35PM -0800, Michelle Storm wrote: >> being a lazy sys admin i like rcconf >> install it using : apt-get install rcconf >> run it and just choose what you wish to run and what not . >> Moti > >Thanks, worked wonderfully. Glad I did it this way. The other way would >have been a pain.. (if I'm reading this correctly, there were 7 spots to >modify to stop samba from auto-loading) > >update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/samba exists during rc.d purge (continuing) > Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/samba ... > /etc/rc0.d/K19samba > /etc/rc1.d/K19samba > /etc/rc2.d/S20samba > /etc/rc3.d/S20samba > /etc/rc4.d/S20samba > /etc/rc5.d/S20samba > /etc/rc6.d/K19samba > >Thanks to all that replied. I am surprised that no one mentioned update-rc.d # update-rc.d -f samba remove :^P -- Peter Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.libation.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how does root run a graphical prog
On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:45:31PM +0700, Willy S wrote: >hi, > >How come root can not run a graphical program under other user >session. Let say, I do 'su' and I try to launch gkrellm. Xterm will >produce this message: > >Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server >Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Just put this in your .bashrc file XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority export XAUTHORITY -- Peter Hicks http://jah.net/~petong 4E24 3C78 A165 537C 729C 8D25 3547 3CE9 9E7D 42B6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linksys Wireless WDT11 w/ Woody
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:29:35AM -0500, Mike Madden wrote: >Thanks for the info. I couldn't find Linux drivers >on the Linksys page. However, it looks like it will >work. It's just a matter of some research and >experimentation. > >Thanks, > >Mike > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are currently 2 sets of drivers that work with the Prism2 cards, the hermes drivers that come with the 2.4 kernel, and the wlan-ng drivers. The wlan-ng drivers are the better of the 2, and are available from linux-wlan.org. These are the linux drivers that most companies will suggest, ie. if you go to the SMC website, these are the linux drivers they offer. I have found that most of the prism2 cards are about equal. They all need windows to do a firmware upgrade. They key is to find a friend with a windows laptop ;-) I think the best cards out there are the cisco aironet cards. They actually monitor on all 12 channels, so if you bring the card into monitor mode, you can grab frames from all channels at the same time. :^P >> >> Although I don't own these products I had them under serious consideration to >> buy and may still buy them. Any research that I've done on their use on >> Linux >> indicates that their support is fair to excellent, and probably even so >> under a >> 2.2 kernel. >> >> I would recommend doing a bit of research on Linux and wireless first. A few >> quick links will take you to sites based on the subject. And if memory >> serves >> me correct, Linksys may even have Linux drivers on their site. >> >> BTW, I have tried that Linksys Router you mention, and it does work very well >> (browser-based config). >> > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Peter Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.libation.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Party with porn stars
On Friday 21 December 2001 07:15, Justin R. Miller wrote: > Thus spake Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com): > > I've got a few systems for trapping spam. > > I've been quite happy with spamassassin. Feel free to check out my > writeup: > > http://codesorcery.net/docs/spamtricks.html I just installed razor and it works quite well.
Re: global environment variables?
On Sunday 02 December 2001 14:01, dman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 01:02:50PM -0800, Thomas Zimmerman wrote: > | On 03-Dec 01:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > | > This I aready know. ...but seeing as I didn't ask "how do I set an > | > environment for my cronjobs" but "how do a set a GLOBAL evironment for > | > the entire system", it doesn't actually help me much. :) > | > | [snip other answer} > | > | Just slip it in /etc/profile. > > This only works for shells that read /etc/profile (login shells). > What Nemo and I are looking for is a way to set the environment for > apps run via the panel (that don't have a login shell). > > -D What about /etc/environment?
Re: alternatives to minicom in debian stable or testing?
On Tuesday 27 November 2001 10:56, nate wrote: > i was wondering if anyone knew of good alternatives to > minicom that are available in testing or woody(or i suppose > 3rd party). looking for something with better ANSI support > and needs to support serial connections. don't need modem > support(though with serial i suppose its standard). mainly > for null modem connections to various different devices. > also just wanted a term package that was more geared towards > serial connections(to servers, routers etc). minicom is > so modem-oriented. > > from what ive seen theres suprisingly few terminal apps > that support serial port connections from what ive seen. > even looking at freshmeat doesnt come up with much. > > nate I use cu for for all my serial connection needs. It is part of the uucp package. Straight forward and easy to use. :^P
Re: new libc6, mozilla
On Tuesday 02 October 2001 20:05, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > i just apt-get updated and noticed the new mozilla and libc packages in > unstable. i think i'll wait to hear if they work before burdening the > network with my download. can anyone affirm that they work together > harmoniously? > > -jwb No problems with libc6 and mozilla or konqueror... They appear to be working together again!
Re: Deb-Newby: Read HOWTO's?
At 03:12 AM 08/02/2001 +0100, Brett Parker wrote: On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 08:59:21PM -0500, d wrote: > LURKER here again, what is used to read the HOWTO files? All of the ones I > have on my system are **.gz, I know that means compressed. What to use > to uncompress? When I used to work on UNIX systems you used a command > called "compress" with different switches to do that or to uncompress. > > As usual one for the road, if those that are NOT a user nor a programmer > would put in the "Subject" some thing like what I have installed would help > MOA find the ones with the 'HOLD MY HAND' instructions and save me and I am > sure many others much time searching for thingys that could be useful to me/us. cough, suggestion, zless. it'll probably be installed... failing that, gzip -dc filename | less Cheers, Brett or zcat filename.gz | more
switching from lilo to grub
Hello list, I wanted to make the switch from lilo to grub, and I was wondering what the proper procedure is. It could be as easy as apt-get install grub could it?
Re: kde.tdyc.com gone?
Thanks. That thread showed up in my mailbox moments after sending my question to the list. On Wednesday 30 May 2001 13:53, DvB wrote: > Peter Hicks wrote: > > I cannot seem to reach this host. Is there another source for the kde > > .debs? > > From will trillich's follow up to the "KDE on stable" thread: > > has anybody got KDE to work in potato? if so could the apt lines please. > > # security stuff for potato > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security potato/updates main > contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib > non-free > deb http://security.debian.org potato/updates main contrib non-free > > # kde stuff for potato > deb http://kde.rap.ucar.edu stable main crypto optional qt1apps > deb > http://ftp.sourceForge.net/pub/mirrors/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb > stable main > > > -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #22 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
kde.tdyc.com gone?
I cannot seem to reach this host. Is there another source for the kde .debs?
Re: Running X apps in Windows
On Friday 18 May 2001 15:33, Jonathan Daugherty wrote: > Does anyone know of a FREE package allowing one to run an X app on a linux > box in such a way that it can be used across a network on a windows box, in > the same way that X apps can be run over networks? I think you can use vnc for such purposes...
Re: IPMasqing NFS
On Monday 14 May 2001 15:11, Chris Majewski wrote: > "Lance Hoffmeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I would do this by setting up a Web Server (Apache), perhaps with SSL > > support. This is what I did on my machine to listen to MP3's. This way > > only certain directories are accessible and you can password protect > > these directories. > > Yeah that's a good idea, though right now I don't really feel like setting > up a webserver just to serve my mp3's.. There is also the problem of > selecting more than one tune at a time, which others have mentioned. > > cheers, > chris Try icecast. It is a streaming media server that will stream mp3s anything that will play mp3s. http://www.icecast.org
