Re: LAST QUESTION :) Re: [expert] Intruder security questions
how can i know if there is a hole on my machine? Something i don't know? You may never know, but you can try to keep things as secure as possible. keep you patches/packages up to date...check for security updates. Run the tools that where suggested in the other posts. If you are using a 2.4.x kernel Use IPTABLES instead of IPCHAINS and use the features it has to offer to filter out bad packets and deny bad/unused ports/protocols as you need. You can always re-compile your kernel w/ the lsm patch added to it (be very careful). check out security sites and google. -+- kiran Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Turning off all power management... (was system resouce problem)
yeah, thanks.. I found some obscure settings in the IBM bios that was causing the prob.. it had reset defaults on me, and turned the apm stuff back on.. strangely enough (or not) when it had gone into its power saving, scripts and anything else that usually took practically no CPU were showing as 60% + which means it must have cycled down the CPU somehow so that 60% was what would normally be one or two percent... I'm going to try and remember that for future reference.. rgds Frank -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of .Sent: Saturday, 9 November 2002 11:21 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [expert] Turning off all power management... (was system resouce problem)use chkconfig to keep /etc/init.d/apmd from running at boot up. Turn off all your power management in the BIOS too.Franki wrote: Hi guys, I think I have isolated the problem when I updated the kernel in 8.2... I'm having the same prob in mdk9.0 it seems that after a certain period of time, linux is going into some type of power management feature.. it gets slow, but if you go over and hit the keyboard it comes back.. I am guessing I have to disable some apm feature.. after all, a server shouldnt' be doing that.. anyone have any tips for where to start??? rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: MSVTS [was: Re: [expert] layer 7 application layer filtering.]
I have put this in mine... much the same, but hopefully does more. IfModule mod_rewrite.c RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll|ida|idq).* http://www.microsoft.com/root.exe IfModule It works, if I go to my website in a browser and request any file that ends in .exe, .ida, .idq, or dll, it redirect immediately to the M$ site.. thats good enough for me.. obviously if I ever put an exe up for download, I'll have to be more explicite, but for now, it works great... I put root.exe on the end of the url, because I want it to show up on their logs as something other then a page hit, and $1 was just adding exe to the end.. ie it was redirecting to www.microsoft.comexe which is not going to go anywhere... any ideas on how to pass the exact string that was requested onto the end of the M$ url??? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:expert-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Pierre Fortin Sent: Saturday, 9 November 2002 11:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MSVTS [was: Re: [expert] layer 7 application layer filtering.] On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 11:46:19 -0800 Todd Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Franki wrote on Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 06:40:45PM +0800 : I am sick to death of my error_log for http being full of cmd.exe and root.exe stuff.. my logs are always 90% full of this crap. anyone got any ideas??? In your /etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf file, put this: IfModule mod_rewrite.c redirect /MSADC http://www.microsoft.com redirect /c http://www.microsoft.com redirect /d http://www.microsoft.com redirect /_mem_bin http://www.microsoft.com redirect /msadc http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch (.*)\cmd.exe$ http://www.microsoft.com$1 /IfModule Blue skies... Todd Hi Todd, Thanks for the suggestion... I've added the following to my web page at http://new.pfortin.com/Linux/MSVTS/ -- any suggestions for improving the message are welcome... as stated at the bottom of most of my web pages, the information is covered by the GnuFDL; so have at it... :^) I'm monitoring my logs and sniffing the http traffic to make sure this works (still waiting -- I have a lot of DROP entries in my iptables)... if not, I'll update the info. Thanks, Pierre Update -- 11/08/2002 After some tips from the Mandrake Expert list, and some analysis of my logs, I've made a change to my web server configuration: IfModule mod_rewrite.c RedirectMatch (.*\.exe.*) http://www.microsoft.com$1 /IfModule Simply put: this change redirects any URL request containing .exe to the web site of the company that provides the platforms on which these viruses and trojans thrive. For over a year, I've referred to the Micro$oft Windows operating system as a Virus Transport System on my pages. I also posted a warning that I would act in self-defense against any attacks on my systems. As seen below, I have implemented automated procedures which attempted to notify the owners of the infected systems. Thousands of e-mails were injected into infected systems (probably unread since Windows is not a multi-user system and the owners are not setup to check for mail on their own machines), and many more thousands were rejected by other infected systems. Now, rather than try to get the individual machine owners to fix their infected hosts, I am now taking my battle to the root cause of these attacks: Microsoft! I do not, and will never serve .exe pages/files; so there is no valid reason for such URLs to hit my servers. Any that do, can only be considered attacks on my machines by Microsoft platforms (or Microsoft Virus Transport System inspired platforms). Therefore, all future attempts will be redirected to the platform provider. My servers are now configured to redirect all attacks where the URL contains .exe to Microsoft, since my servers are totally M$-free. Now that Microsoft has changed its licensing to further ensure that their software is considered more of a loan, it makes even more sense to redirect attacks to the owner of the software platform. If it became possible to identify the hardware platform during these attacks, I would also redirect the attacks to the appropriate hardware vendor. It is interesting to note that a Google search for microsoft virus transport system returns over 40,000 hits and the very first one contains a pointer to one of my web sites. Searching for micro$oft virus transport system yields over 700 hits; mine is first again. So my claims of self-defense are no secret. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] How to disable error bell in konsole?
Hi, I'd like to turn off the beep that happens in konsole when an error occurs, e.g. hitting BACKSPACE too many times. I've tried configuring konsole through the KDE control panel, as well as the sounds options, but that doesn't seem to do anything. Any ideas? Thanks, Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to disable error bell in konsole?
Dan Axtell wrote: Hi, I'd like to turn off the beep that happens in konsole when an error occurs, e.g. hitting BACKSPACE too many times. I've tried configuring konsole through the KDE control panel, as well as the sounds options, but that doesn't seem to do anything. Any ideas? Thanks, Dan In konsole Settings Bell, choose None or Visible Bell and save with Settings Save Settings. Right-click for Settings or Show Menubar. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: [SAtalk] removing markup from a whole mbox?
On November 10, 2002 11:46, Eric Sandeen wrote: Hi, I see that spamassassin -d will remove markup from a single message, but is there a good way to remove spamassassin markup from an entire mbox? Thanks, -Eric formail -s spamassassin -d mboxnewmbox -- Tim C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] PC Chips 810lmr motherboard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joseph Braddock wrote: |On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:49:01 -0500 |Jim Tarvid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | |On Friday 08 November 2002 09:20 pm, you wrote: | |Does anyone have any experience with the PC Chips 810lmr motherboard? |Specifically, does Mandrake 9.0 recognize the on-board video, sound and |ethernet? Are there any gotchas with this board? | |TIA, | |Joeb | |If you haven't bought it yet and are tempted because it is cheap don't do it. | |If you have, Linux will work as well as the other OS but save your pennies, |odds are you'll need a replacement. | |Jim Tarvid | |PS. I've seen a couple of these work and the equally damned ECS boards are |sometimes simply amazing. | | |No, I haven't purchased it yet, but have an opportunity to replace an aging ABit motherboard w/K62-500 with the 810lmr w/1.3gh duron for about $70. Actually, I have the same option for an ECS board, too. My concerns with either the PC Chips or ECS is that their are only two pci slots, so if either the onboard video or ethernet don't work, I'll be out of slots (modem takes one of the pci slots and my old video card is also pci). Again, relatively low cost is what's driving this. | |Joeb If it's cost you are concern with look for a system that is not at the bleeding edge but still has some years left. One board I have used lately is the Abit KG7 available at: http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=KG7RAID $47.00 maybe elsewhere and a Duron or Thunderbird chip will run about $30-$60. You can put together an excellent system. Runs the Mandrake Linux 9.0 without problems. Larry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE9zoiOGmoP0nUBNzsRAjvuAKCYPRol+BjbnZAXSkXqS5Xq5Y673gCgwGy7 0eWUCiQooEMkk8lKdS0+DPI= =vT9L -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Anonymous ftp server with restricted area how to handle this??
kewl, I downloaded pureftp which works pretty kewl. It indeed cages all users except for certain groups (i.e. my unix users group). Thanks for the help. I was even able to make upload directories and it also has NoWarez support. Only problem is I do not know how to validate the files which are uploaded, so no one is able to download uploaded files yet. But I will try to find some documentation on that part. Thanks for the help. Wish I discovered this tool earlier. BTW is there a webmin module for pureftp. the gui tools do not seem to work with kde 3.x (needs it is complaining that it wants 2.x) Marc - Original Message - From: Salane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Anonymous ftp server with restricted area how to handle this?? do your self a favor check out pure-ftp. It can do anon as well as logins but chroots the direcories and is much safer. On Saturday 09 November 2002 10:22 pm, Marc wrote: Hi, I am busy with an ftp server (it is already running). The ftp server has anonymous access. /var/ftp/pub directory is used as directory. Now I want a restricted area on the server so I created a members_only directory with ownership 770. Owner = root, group=Membersonly. /var/ftp/pub/members_only. How can I set up Unix users in the members_only group. I know how to set up users but I only want the users to move around in /var/ftp/pub/ and /var/ftp/pub/members_only no other directorys on my system. Just these 2 directories (And subdirs if there should be any). Actually I do not want to create unix users at all but I guess I have to, dont see how else it is possible. Anyone have experience setting up such a server or know where to find good documentation on it. BTW I run WU-FTP with (anonftp installed of as well ofcourse) on Mandrake 9. Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] SSL Key Generation and Apache on LM 8.0
Hi. The mail and web server of my job is running LM 8.0 (Duron 950,256 MB , 40 GB) and is up-to-date with security and general fixes. Well I am interested on buy an SSL Certificate, and in the pages of Verisign there is a guide about generating SSL Key on Linux systems, I have checked that I have the necesary packages. Before doing what the guide told Ilookedthe Apache conf files and I realized that LM 8.0 has this files already generated . This files are ok or may Igenerate new ones for being capable of using a SSL certificate? Thanks in advance, Jorge Giménez
Re: [expert] A bit OT: How to encrypt password in phpnuke
set up SSL and then do an Apache RedirectMatch for the management page to the SSL server. On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 08:35, ddc_prueba wrote: I want to make my phpnuke available to some users through internet so passwords cannot be sent in clear. How can I make the password travel encrypted (https or the like)? Thanx -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia /\ Spain \/ |__ __| \/ ___ Yahoo! Messenger Nueva versión: Webcam, voz, y mucho más ¡Gratis! Descárgalo ya desde http://messenger.yahoo.es Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: [SAtalk] removing markup from a whole mbox?
On November 10, 2002 12:16, Tim C wrote: On November 10, 2002 11:46, Eric Sandeen wrote: Hi, I see that spamassassin -d will remove markup from a single message, but is there a good way to remove spamassassin markup from an entire mbox? Thanks, -Eric formail -s spamassassin -d mboxnewmbox Sorry, this got sent to the wrong list. -- Tim C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Two dhcpcd clients running for one interface
I noticed yesterday that I had two instances of 'dhcpcd' running for the same interface (i.e. 'dhcpcd -Y -N eth0'). It doesn't seem to be causing any problems, but I'd prefer to only have one copy running. From looking at the log files, it looks like the hotplug stuff is bringing up the interface and then the 'network' service is doing it again. Since I don't have a hotplug network interace, I'd like to remove it from that, but I can't figure out where hotplug is being started. It appears to be right after the runlevel is changed at boot time, but before starting 'iptables' which is the first thing I have starting. Can anyone tell me where 'hotplug' gets started? TIA, Jim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] copying files with scp
Thats what i ended up doing guys cd /home; ssh Hostname 'cd /home; tar -cf - `cat /home/seb/users`' | tar xf - Thanks for the help Regards Seb On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 00:23, Manuel Soto wrote: Why don't you use tar or cpio and then transfer only one file and restore files and attributes from this file?. Later, MS On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 04:18, PlugHead wrote: If I'm reading the man page correctly, the -p option preserves the modes of the files (e.g. rwx), not the owner. Keeping the owners could be a bit problematic, since the owner id on one system is probably different from the owner id on another system... If all of the your files need to have the same owner, I would first copy them to some empty temp directory, do a 'chown user.group -R *' in that directory, then move them to where they need to be... Otherwise, I have no simple answers... :) (Although, it should be possible to create a script that changes the owner, based on the directory name under home (e.g. /home/plughead.) Something like: cd /home for i in * ; do chown $i.$i -R $i ; done might do the trick...) HTH, -Jason On Thursday 07 November 2002 10:13 pm, Sebastian McDonagh wrote: Hi guys, Time to change over the mail server and am copying down /home to the new server. I am currently trying to do this via scp, now i dont claim to be any expert but from reading the man pages on scp i should be able to use the -rp switches to 1. Copy recursively and 2. maintain file permissions of those directories and subdir. Anyway my problem is twofold and i would really appreciate any assistance you guys could give. The first thing is copying the directories over, The command i am using is, scp -rp X.X.X.X /home/* /home/ Now this sure gets the directory down but then they are all owned by root and are in the root group. Now this is obviously going to be a problem. What am i doing wrong ? Does anyone out there know how to maintain the permissions of the files. The second issue is if i have the files down and they are all owned by root and in the root group, does anyone have a script that would allow me to change the ownership and groups of the 120 or so directorys. The ideal i spose would be to copy the necessary home directorys without changing the permissions in the first place. Sorry if it is a bit rambling, would be great if someone was able to assist. Regards Sebastian ATR Australia -- = You like it? he said to Mort, in pretty much the same tone of voice people used when they said to St George, You killed a *what*? -- Mort tastes scrumble for the first time (Terry Pratchett, Mort) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mozilla slow on Mandrake 9 !!! but not on Redhat 8
Hi All, Yesterday, I installed Redhat 8.0 on my friends laptop which is pretty close in configuration to mine (AMD K6-II 550 Mhz, 192 Mb RAM, 12 Gb HDD) The most noticeable differences were 1. The fonts were by default awesome as against in a default Mandrake installation in which I had to tweak here and there for the nice fonts 2. Mozilla browser started in flat 6 seconds on his laptop and on mine it takes 12-14 seconds minimum. Also, The browser had a smooth scrolling effect when scrolling heavy hog pages like http://www.msn.com, http://home.netscape.com. 3. Their Install/Uninstall packages was kind of good for a complete newbie. Altough, rpm file listing was not present in that either (Wonder when Mandrake guys get it back, I really dig that feature) Apart from these, I found their... 1. GNOME terminal very sluggish and slow in just showing a listing of files (simple ll command) 2. MP3 support to completely missing. I had to externally install mpg123 and XMMS plugins 3. I had to separately install DVD rpms 4. No builtin NTFS support for the Windows 2000 partition. I had to install the NTFS module from http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ 5. Altough, My friends iPod (Windows version) was shown as recognized at /dev/sda2 (in /var/log/messages) we had to manually mount it on a new mount point (mkdir /mnt/ipod mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/ipod) and add the entry in /etc/fstab . I beleive in Mandrake it would be automagically available on the desktop, maybe ! 6. There was no default Samba browser OR Network neighbourhood application like gnomba or Linneighborhood already installed. But, I remembered that Nautilus too was mentioned to do the job. So, Nautilus did finally let me browse the network but, passwords for a machine once entered could not be entered again. Atleast it worked, but, in mandrake Nautilus just hangs forever to display the username, password dialog. Hope this helps anyone and hope we can have a faster, better Mozilla for Mandrake too ! Regards, Sandeep -- Sandeep Khanna Graduate Student in Computer Science, Villanova University Contact Number: (Home) 1-610-964-1320 (Office) 1-877-946-4622 Ext (106) (Cell) 1-267-253-6808 Quote of the day: Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. --Joan Chittister Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] named, httpd dysfunctional on reboot (sometimes)
I had three reboots last night due to a nasty power outage. In two of the three cases, named loaded zones (180) slowly and httpd had trouble with name resoltion (130 virtuals) (makes sense). In both cases, the machine could be made functional by stopping and starting named and httpd, maybe more than once. In the third case, the machine came up flawlessly. This has happened before on different hardware. I am beginning to blame BIND 9.2.1. I am mulling my options. 1) find a named replacement 2) move named to a separate server 3) not start either on boot up and write a script to make sure the zones load properly before starting httpd 4) abandon mandrake as a server OS Any thoughts? Jim Tarvid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] system can not shut down the display manager - ML9.0
hi i always get a shutting down dm -- failed when i reboot/halt my computer. when i do CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE for restarting X the monitor powers off. i've tried to start linux with the noapic option, the same errors. does anybody know what the problem could be? System: IBM compatible PC (AMD cpu) videocard: Kyro series (with the latest original driver) regards and thanks in advance, andreas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to workin linux????
I have not yet messed with wireless on Mandrake. However, with Red Hat, I remeber having better luck downloading the latest pcmcia code from the developers. Red Hat's scripts etc. were different enough, that I could never figure out what combination of /etc/init.d/network /etc/init.d/pcmcia would actually bring the card up and try to dhcp for an address etc. I took a quick gander at /etc/pcmcia/network and it looks like Red Hat's script. I specifically says under the "start" case statement option that it takes care of the wireless network somewhere else. There are probably lots of people who can get it to work the "red hat" way, but you might want to try replacing the pcmcia rpm install with a tar install from the developers. just a thought. Dave Seff wrote: I always go with linksys for my networing and wireless needs. I haven't come across a device that wasn't supported under Linux. -Dave On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 01:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried linux-wlan-ng-pre4/5/6 and I still can't get my wireless card to work. It's a Netgear MA401. I followed the directions in the README file and added alias wlan0 prism2_cs to /etc/modules.conf but I can't get the beast to work! The default install did not associate the card with the AP even though the README file assured me that it would associate to any nearby AP. lsmod shows that the drivers (prism2_cs and p80211) were installed. After configuring the appropriate files in /etc/wlan plus /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, the card still will not associate with the AP even though I do have the correct SSID in the config files. Plus, the nameserver info that I entered into /etc/pcmcia/network.opts never got written to /etc/resolv.conf nor did wlan0 get configured with an IP address. But, I was able to assign an IP address to wlan0 with Linuxconf (I know, this isn't the right way to do it). I tried to get the card to work using a file and with instructions, on how to use the orinoco driver, that someone had provided and that didn't get it going either. The card works when booted into Windows 2000. So, I have to ask: why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work under linux? Mandrake Linux 9.0. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
I must admit to cheating a bit, I bought an Orinoco for this purpose. Using MCC, I changed the SSID and set the device to channel 6 and connected to my AP instantly. If I had read enough, I am sure I would have screwed it up. Which is why we need a repository of things that work as well as a list of questionable installations and configurations. Jim Tarvid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] named, httpd dysfunctional on reboot (sometimes)
On Sunday 10 November 2002 06:27 pm, Jim Tarvid wrote: I had three reboots last night due to a nasty power outage. In two of the three cases, named loaded zones (180) slowly and httpd had trouble with name resoltion (130 virtuals) (makes sense). In both cases, the machine could be made functional by stopping and starting named and httpd, maybe more than once. In the third case, the machine came up flawlessly. This has happened before on different hardware. I am beginning to blame BIND 9.2.1. I am mulling my options. 1) find a named replacement 2) move named to a separate server 3) not start either on boot up and write a script to make sure the zones load properly before starting httpd 4) abandon mandrake as a server OS Any thoughts? Jim Tarvid Jim: There is an old proverb that says an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Any chance of fitting a UPS into the budget? I put one in last summer, and it's already saved me a lot of grief. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 23:31:02 -0700, you wrote: So, I have to ask: why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work under linux? This works for a Dlink 11meg card and I used I think linux-wlan-1.14. This was a little while back and I now have a 22meg Dlink which has a different chipset and not supported by Linux. modprobe prism2_pci wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=your APs SSID authtype=opensystem ifconfig wlan0 yourIP netmask yourNetmask broadcast yourBroadcast route add default gw yourGateway At this point it should work but mine didnt. I had to do a extra /etc/rc.d/init.d/wlan stop /etc/rc.d/init.d/wlan start then it would magically start working. Hope that helps Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] named, httpd dysfunctional on reboot (sometimes)
There is a UPS and it held up for an hour. I rigged another UPS to a generator and managed to hold on for over four hours but ... Two reboots were required One to switch to the generator system and once to switch back. The generator system is not large enough to run the whole system plus charge the batteries. But in any case, reboots should bring up healthy systems. On two different machines, this does not always happen with Mandrake 9.0. Jim Tarvid On Sunday 10 November 2002 07:26 pm, you wrote: On Sunday 10 November 2002 06:27 pm, Jim Tarvid wrote: I had three reboots last night due to a nasty power outage. In two of the three cases, named loaded zones (180) slowly and httpd had trouble with name resoltion (130 virtuals) (makes sense). In both cases, the machine could be made functional by stopping and starting named and httpd, maybe more than once. In the third case, the machine came up flawlessly. This has happened before on different hardware. I am beginning to blame BIND 9.2.1. I am mulling my options. 1) find a named replacement 2) move named to a separate server 3) not start either on boot up and write a script to make sure the zones load properly before starting httpd 4) abandon mandrake as a server OS Any thoughts? Jim Tarvid Jim: There is an old proverb that says an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Any chance of fitting a UPS into the budget? I put one in last summer, and it's already saved me a lot of grief. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] named, httpd dysfunctional on reboot (sometimes)
Carroll Grigsby said: On Sunday 10 November 2002 06:27 pm, Jim Tarvid wrote: I had three reboots last night due to a nasty power outage. Jim: There is an old proverb that says an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Any chance of fitting a UPS into the budget? I put one in last summer, and it's already saved me a lot of grief. ObAOL: Me too! :-) Seriously, if you're running any computer, especially if you're using it as a server, a UPS is *not* optional IMNSHO. I can't even begin to count the number of times that my UPS boxes (yes, I've got more than one scattered throughout my equipment) have saved my bacon. They're really cheap insurance. And you find that you're really glad you've got 'em, particularly when there's a nasty power outage. They also help smooth out power, so that your machine gets cleaner power during normal operations. I can't sing their praises enough. :-) --Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] named, httpd dysfunctional on reboot (sometimes)
First this system does have a UPS. But there are other reasons to reboot. And DNS and HPPTD should work on a reboot. Sometimes with Mandrake 9.0 they don't. Named is buggy and I need an alternative. or a fix. Jim Tarvid On Sunday 10 November 2002 07:58 pm, you wrote: Carroll Grigsby said: On Sunday 10 November 2002 06:27 pm, Jim Tarvid wrote: I had three reboots last night due to a nasty power outage. Jim: There is an old proverb that says an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Any chance of fitting a UPS into the budget? I put one in last summer, and it's already saved me a lot of grief. ObAOL: Me too! :-) Seriously, if you're running any computer, especially if you're using it as a server, a UPS is *not* optional IMNSHO. I can't even begin to count the number of times that my UPS boxes (yes, I've got more than one scattered throughout my equipment) have saved my bacon. They're really cheap insurance. And you find that you're really glad you've got 'em, particularly when there's a nasty power outage. They also help smooth out power, so that your machine gets cleaner power during normal operations. I can't sing their praises enough. :-) --Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
