Re: [expert] ML9.0:are services fam, portmap and xinetd necessary on a stand-alone desktop computer
Here's the base description of fam and a url to locate more info: *** Begin RPM Information Summary on fam *** Name: fam Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 2.6.7 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 5mdk Build Date: Thu 28 Feb 2002 07:12:23 AM CST Install date: Mon 17 Jun 2002 07:03:52 PM CDT Build Host: bi.mandrakesoft.com Group : MonitoringSource RPM: fam-2.6.7-5mdk.src.rpm Size: 157889 License: GPL/LGPL Packager: Mandrake Linux Team http://www.mandrakeexpert.com URL : http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/ Summary : Fam, the File Alteration Monitor Description : fam, the File Alteration Monitor, provides a daemon and an API which applications can use to be notified when specific files or directories are changed. *** End RPM Information Summary on fam *** You may want to look at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam . For portmap, unless you are running either NFS or NIS, you do not need to be running it. For a desktop, you certainly don't want to be running it unless absolutely necessary (or unless you have a firewall which blocks people from getting in). Below, you'll find the description for portmap: *** Begin RPM Information Summary on portmap *** Name: portmap Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 4.0 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 18mdk Build Date: Sat 23 Feb 2002 04:50:02 AM CST Install date: Mon 17 Jun 2002 07:00:41 PM CDT Build Host: bi.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/ServersSource RPM: portmap-4.0-18mdk.src.rpm Size: 50376License: BSD Packager: Mandrake Linux Team http://www.mandrakeexpert.com Summary : A program which manages RPC connections Description : The portmapper program is a security tool which prevents theft of NIS (YP), NFS and other sensitive information via the portmapper. A portmapper manages RPC connections, which are used by protocols like NFS and NIS. The portmap package should be installed on any machine which acts as a server for protocols using RPC. *** End RPM Information Summary on portmap *** For xinetd, unless you are planning on using any of the services that are started from there (such as telnet server, ftp servers, and so forth), you don't need to be running it. On my firewall, I've turned it completely off, since I can get to it just fine via ssh. *** Begin RPM Information Summary on portmap *** Name: xinetd Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 2.3.7 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1.1mdkBuild Date: Wed 21 Aug 2002 06:02:05 PM CDT Install date: Sun 06 Oct 2002 01:09:16 PM CDT Build Host: updates.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Base Source RPM: xinetd-2.3.7-1.1mdk.src.rpm Size: 220358 License: BSD Packager: Linux-Mandrake Security Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL : http://www.xinetd.org Summary : Xinetd is a powerful replacement for inetd. Description : xinetd is a powerful replacement for inetd. xinetd has access control machanisms, extensive logging capabilities, the ability to make services available based on time, and can place limits on the number of servers that can be started, among other things. xinetd has the ability to redirect TCP streams to a remote host and port. This is useful for those of that use ip masquerading, or NAT, and want to be able to reach your internal hosts. xinetd also has the ability to bind specific services to specific interfaces. This is useful when you want to make services available for your internal network, but not the rest of the world. Or to have a different service running on the same port, but different interfaces. *** End RPM Information Summary on portmap *** (By the way, you can get this info by doing an rpm -qi packagename from the command line.) Michael -- Michael Viron Core Systems Group Simple End User Linux At 02:31 AM 1/19/2003 +0100, you wrote: On Saturday January 18 2003 04:52 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/index.html#ss has lists of all system services, even a deprecated services list. For each, they are rated optional, common, or essential. Many of the listed services have links to more documentation for that service. IOW's, much more info than you get from MCC. About fam service there is no documentation, the links to more documentation I have already tried. Again: What programs (in Mandrake Linux) use fam, use portmap ? Is it save to not use xinetd? Pfff I can't think right now on this matter, I've to do something else. vatbier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from
[expert] MySQL control centre query
Hi folks, If anyone's using MySQL and testing the control center (0.8.7), maybe you could give me an idea what's going wrong here? When I run mysqlcc, it returns: relocation error: mysqlcc: undefined symbol: _ZTI15QCheckTableItem I have libmysqlcc-0.8.7-2mdk and mysqlcc-0.8.7-2mdk installed, and I'm using MySQL-3.23.47-5.2mdk, MySQL-client-3.23.47-5.2mdk, and libmysql10-3.23.47-5.2mdk. MySQL starts fine, and the client works fine; I'm wondering if I have a dependency issue or a version issue? I'm not finding any discussions on the MySQL lists showing anyone else having the same problem. Cheers! -- Trish Fraser, Sunbury, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.computerbank.org.au Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 22:01, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: I would suggest a cd burner able to write even 100 minutes cd (850 MB). LGs can do this and they can even write every type of data (I mean: in win, with cd-clone, they can copy every cd). Does exist a linux app able to do the same work of CD-Clone? I miss it. Yes there is something close..cdrdao is probably what you are looking for I think it should be able to copy just about anything.. you can find some a example on how to use the command... have a look at http://www.megagames.com/psx/psx_copy_patch_linux.shtml I know this is an example on how to backup PSX games.. but the method should work with VCDs as well and anything that is difficult to copy.. Cheers Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MySQL control centre query
On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 06:53, Patricia Fraser wrote: Hi folks, If anyone's using MySQL and testing the control center (0.8.7), maybe you could give me an idea what's going wrong here? When I run mysqlcc, it returns: relocation error: mysqlcc: undefined symbol: _ZTI15QCheckTableItem I have libmysqlcc-0.8.7-2mdk and mysqlcc-0.8.7-2mdk installed, and I'm using MySQL-3.23.47-5.2mdk, MySQL-client-3.23.47-5.2mdk, and libmysql10-3.23.47-5.2mdk. MySQL starts fine, and the client works fine; I'm wondering if I have a dependency issue or a version issue? MySQLCC requires glibc 2.3. Did you upgrade to this version? Mandrake 9 comes with version 2.2.5. HTH __ / \\ @ ____@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A. / ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\/ // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___ / _/\__\\//__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Evolution crashes with targa attachments
On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 03:45, Brian Parish wrote: I had my customer forward a copy to me (using a Hotmail account) and sure enough, it crashes mine too. Have you setup your Hotmail account in Evolution? If so, could you please post ho to set it up? Thanks in advance. __ / \\ @ ____@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A. / ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\/ // // / //cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___ / _/\__\\//__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] sources management options
Hi, I initially installed Mdk 9.0 from the three CDs of the Mandrake Download Edition. A friend has now given me the full Mdk. 9.0 Power Pack with 7 CDs. I would like to now add to my source manager (in the Mandrake Control Center) the extra CDs, in particular the two commercial applications CDs and the supplementary application CD. When I launch the source manager I have the option to add a source (in this case my CDs). There is only one item which puzzles me: what is the 'relative path to systhesis/hdlist:' and why does the documentation suggest that this path be '../base/hdlist2.cz' ? What should I put into the 'relative path' box to have the full 7 CDs as source? Thanks, Andrei __ Linux-Mandrake 9 (Dolphin) Mandrake Club Silver Member Registered Linux user: 226850 Registered Linux computer: 183163 _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] HP JetDirect
Trying to setup an HP LJ IIIsi with a JetDirect card. The local net is 192.168.0.0. The printer barfs the address 10.10.14.60. I'd like to reset it to 192.168.0.4. The printer is 1000 miles away which makes this more interesting. Jim Tarvid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] HP JetDirect
Search for HP JetAdmin on HP website. Thy have one that is a java plugin I belive. I have tryed it about 8-10 month ago on my lnx box had some chalanges but have has changed some setings on jetdirect boxes. Yankl On Sunday 19 January 2003 10:10 am, tarvid wrote: Trying to setup an HP LJ IIIsi with a JetDirect card. The local net is 192.168.0.0. The printer barfs the address 10.10.14.60. I'd like to reset it to 192.168.0.4. The printer is 1000 miles away which makes this more interesting. Jim Tarvid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sources management options
Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hi, I initially installed Mdk 9.0 from the three CDs of the Mandrake Download Edition. A friend has now given me the full Mdk. 9.0 Power Pack with 7 CDs. I would like to now add to my source manager (in the Mandrake Control Center) the extra CDs, in particular the two commercial applications CDs and the supplementary application CD. When I launch the source manager I have the option to add a source (in this case my CDs). There is only one item which puzzles me: what is the 'relative path to systhesis/hdlist:' and why does the documentation suggest that this path be '../base/hdlist2.cz' ? What should I put into the 'relative path' box to have the full 7 CDs as source? Thanks, Andrei ../base/hdlistx.cz is the relative path from the RPMS directory to the hdlist, which contains the index/information about all the rpms. You are giving the path, first, to the relevant RPMS directory, e.g. /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS4 then, from there, you give the path to the hdlist4.cz If you browze the cd's, I think you will see all the hdlists are on CD1. I don't know where the 'official' name comes from, perhaps the hdlist, so I think, with CD1, containing all the hdlists, in the reader, you can give your own name for each additional disk, one-by-one, the proper path to the pertinent RPMSx directory, were that disk in your CD reader, and the relative path as if the hdlist were on the same CD. There is also a synthesis.hdlist that contains far less information and, being smaller, is more convenient for download syncing of mirrored archives on slow connections but does not provide changelog, filelists, perhaps other information. There is a 9.0 errata that *might* work for you. It entailed issuing urpmi.update 8 with CD1 in the drive. Have not tried that. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sources management options
Rolf Pedersen wrote: Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hi, I initially installed Mdk 9.0 from the three CDs of the Mandrake Download Edition. A friend has now given me the full Mdk. 9.0 Power Pack with 7 CDs. I would like to now add to my source manager (in the Mandrake Control Center) the extra CDs, in particular the two commercial applications CDs and the supplementary application CD. When I launch the source manager I have the option to add a source (in this case my CDs). There is only one item which puzzles me: what is the 'relative path to systhesis/hdlist:' and why does the documentation suggest that this path be '../base/hdlist2.cz' ? What should I put into the 'relative path' box to have the full 7 CDs as source? Thanks, Andrei ../base/hdlistx.cz is the relative path from the RPMS directory to the hdlist, which contains the index/information about all the rpms. You are giving the path, first, to the relevant RPMS directory, e.g. /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS4 then, from there, you give the path to the hdlist4.cz If you browze the cd's, I think you will see all the hdlists are on CD1. I don't know where the 'official' name comes from, perhaps the hdlist, so I think, with CD1, containing all the hdlists, in the reader, you can give your own name for each additional disk, one-by-one, the proper path to the pertinent RPMSx directory, were that disk in your CD reader, and the relative path as if the hdlist were on the same CD. There is also a synthesis.hdlist that contains far less information and, being smaller, is more convenient for download syncing of mirrored archives on slow connections but does not provide changelog, filelists, perhaps other information. There is a 9.0 errata that *might* work for you. It entailed issuing urpmi.update 8 with CD1 in the drive. Have not tried that. Just remembered: the Power Pack CD3 contains more rpms than the download edition, IIANM. You will at least need to do an update source with the power pack cd1 loaded and CD3 selected. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] HP JetDirect
We had a n/w Brother laser printer in the office and were able to just browse in to the ip/port numbers. Is this possible for you? regards Daryl On Sunday 19 Jan 2003 3:10 pm, tarvid wrote: Trying to setup an HP LJ IIIsi with a JetDirect card. The local net is 192.168.0.0. The printer barfs the address 10.10.14.60. I'd like to reset it to 192.168.0.4. The printer is 1000 miles away which makes this more interesting. Jim Tarvid -- Jim Nasium's Law: In a large locker room with hundreds of lockers, the few people using the facility at any one time will all have lockers next to each other so that everybody is cramped. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] HP JetDirect
Thanks for the help. My nephew came home and we set the IP address through the front panel. Jim Tarvid On Sunday 19 January 2003 12:00 pm, Daryl Johnson wrote: We had a n/w Brother laser printer in the office and were able to just browse in to the ip/port numbers. Is this possible for you? regards Daryl On Sunday 19 Jan 2003 3:10 pm, tarvid wrote: Trying to setup an HP LJ IIIsi with a JetDirect card. The local net is 192.168.0.0. The printer barfs the address 10.10.14.60. I'd like to reset it to 192.168.0.4. The printer is 1000 miles away which makes this more interesting. Jim Tarvid Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] SSH + LDAP
Does anyone know how to get ssh to authenticate from ldap? I've tried editing /etc/pam.d/sshd but I haven't had any luck. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT network backup solutions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Haywood wrote on Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 10:37:45AM +1100 : I've been looking around for a couple of weeks now (not full time...), and I can't seem to find the patches which you have alluded to. This one above, and the other 'span multiple tapes' you mentioned in a previous thread. http://www.google.com/search?client=googletq=linux%20amanda%20patch yields- http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/Software/Linux/Amanda/ and http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/Software/Linux/Amanda/patches/ Also, the cooker source rpm for amanda includes the ability to add the append patch (it might do it automatically, not sure). [todd@fiji ~]$ rpm -qpl /work/Mandrake-devel/contrib/SRPMS/amanda-2.4.2p2-6mdk.src.rpm __README_QUICKSETUP__ amanda-2.4.2-bug18322.patch.bz2 amanda-2.4.2p2-append-patch.bz2 amanda-2.4.2p2.tar.bz2 amanda-xinetd amanda.conf amanda.crontab amanda.spec amandahosts amandaidx-xinetd amidxtape-xinetd disklist - -- Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ Hey, I'm perfectly reasonable once you realize I'm right. -- John Buttery on Mutt Users ML Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KvYalp7v05cW2woRAluOAJ40gH4Yi/BjjgPJKW8+sN3YDt+jUQCgyqTj s8ZPHA9be/K7lSEeDwQEsd0= =tJEn -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] xine fullscreen issues 9.1b2
I have a gnome panel across the top and the bottom of my screen, when I take xine to full screen, it doesn't hide these two panels. Am using Mandrake 9.1 beta 2 and xine 0.9.17 - can anyone offer help? many thanks -- Azrael (\''/).___..--'''-._ `0_ O ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' .' ((i).-'' ((i).' (((.-' Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. ICQ#52944566 Registered Linux User: 269002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] friggin test message
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Weaver wrote on Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 06:05:27AM -0500 : cause nuttin is getting through...I'm gonna shoot dis damn thing! basics... your having a relay problem which is OK since you don't want to be an open-relay... the trick is to figure out how to allow those domains through that are legit in your case... for me, it wasn't until I thanks Pierre...I definately have some more reading to do. I've gotta digest this stuff and get inside Postfix's head. This is the thing to remember. You don't want to enable relay by domain. Why? Ok, you're at domain weaver.com for example. You allow anybody who has an email account with you to relay through your machine. Ok, I say I'm [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I send my 2 million spams how to make your sex better. Since it's from @weaver.com, your mail server happily relays all 2 million messages PLUS gets all the bounces. I hope you can see how fallible that is. The correct solution is pop-before-smtp or (best) authenticated SMTP. Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com Mandrake: An amalgam of good ideas from RedHat, Debian, and MandrakeSoft. All in all, IMHO, an unbeatable combination. --Levi Ramsey on Cooker ML Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Kw0/lp7v05cW2woRAnmyAJwN+XCb9k6FcFvEGjPj/Hxiq7q6wQCfUKRQ 4Dfhuz1qMTlAR0q9UFSfQXE= =aquZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] wireless cards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am looking to add an 802.11b card to my older laptop (P-150) in preparation for a trip to Europe I am about to make. I currently have Mandrake 8.0 on this laptop but I can install 8.1, 8.2 or 9.0 if necessary. What are good cards to buy for this purpose ? Any advice is most appreciated. TIA - -- KevinO A few is an indefinitely small number that conveys a qualitative sense of a quantity, but not quantitative fact. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+KyB9jBS1mMJB+bQRAr7cAJkBs67Q2uZ4DAJ+vxRqcSmpmF8AaACfWyZk Hxtx6jjy6YW34SztpEfVeko= =0vuM -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] wireless cards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 19 January 2003 05:02 pm, KevinO wrote: I am looking to add an 802.11b card to my older laptop (P-150) in preparation for a trip to Europe I am about to make. I currently have Mandrake 8.0 on this laptop but I can install 8.1, 8.2 or 9.0 if necessary. What are good cards to buy for this purpose ? Depends on your intent. Any prism2-based card is well supported. Less well supported are atmel-based cards. I have several, all of which work fine. My favorite is a Zoomair card. I use the hostap driver with it (allows it to act as a regular client for a wlan network OR act as an access point AND it supports monitor mode for wlan sniffing). Orinoco cards are also reasonably well supported (I also have an Orinoco Gold). There are a number of others but since I'm happy with my current cards I haven't looked into it much more of late. praedor - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KyI51i/6R1B/Yh0RAowVAKCYU2AEv4QVS7/KmLcBT4JCYmFvJACZAcsx hNbkId/l8p8DdRId9ORP39k= =LS9s -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] wireless cards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: Depends on your intent. I just want to be able to get a connection without having to pay $20 a day for an ethernet connection. I will be traveling through London, Paris and Amsterdam. Will Mandrake 8.0 be current enough or should I upgrade ? - -- KevinO A few is an indefinitely small number that conveys a qualitative sense of a quantity, but not quantitative fact. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+KyTajBS1mMJB+bQRAt4wAJ9TPugOENtufe7QpSgsbD71nbOVlQCgjlpP og7lMVjmdTCb4RxWGUy+DgY= =sAOG -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ML9.0:are services fam, portmap and xinetd necessaryon a stand-alone desktop computer
Don't know a lot on these (Portmap and Fam) mainly because I don't use gone. So since I don't use them... In fact On my box I turn them off (there are a couple of gnome apps I access like evolution and gedit) So what I did was chkconfig --level 2345 fam off Now quanta kdbg and gnome-vfs seem to depend on lib fam on this box. (last two came in the dependency chain for evolution, first one I haven't used yet.) As for portmap I did the same thing as with fam... Gnome stuff depends on it but I just turn it off as a running daemon. (There are some network apps that might use it depends on your install most importantly fam uses it.) Like I said though I've not had any problems turning them off as far as daemon mode goes. Since I don't use gnome... As for xinetd... sure it's ok not to use it as long as you don't need any of the services it provides access to. Many of them shouldn't be run as a daemon ever and some of them, if you don't have them, fun stuff might not work right... (like cups.). James On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 17:31, vatbier wrote: On Saturday January 18 2003 04:52 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/index.html#ss has lists of all system services, even a deprecated services list. For each, they are rated optional, common, or essential. Many of the listed services have links to more documentation for that service. IOW's, much more info than you get from MCC. About fam service there is no documentation, the links to more documentation I have already tried. Again: What programs (in Mandrake Linux) use fam, use portmap ? Is it save to not use xinetd? Pfff I can't think right now on this matter, I've to do something else. vatbier __ 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] wireless cards
On Monday 20 January 2003 06:21 am, KevinO wrote: I just want to be able to get a connection without having to pay $20 a day for an ethernet connection. I will be traveling through London, Paris and Amsterdam. how does that work? you still need to get the internet feed from somewhere. if you're not paying for the ethernet connection (presumably at hotels), whose wireless network are you going to connect to? or are you going to be sniffing for open networks and leech off them? :). Will Mandrake 8.0 be current enough or should I upgrade ? i had lots of trouble getting my d-link WPC11 working on 8.2. basically, i had to build my own kernel and it was a major pain (because i have a bunch of other patches that i need, mainly win4lin, and it took weeks to get everything straightened out because of conflicts in the patches that i had to clean up myself despite not being a kernel geek at all) to get everything working. i think i had to download the latest wireless-tools too. at the time though, the d-link WPC11 wasn't well supported. it's now supported by stock MDK 9.0. if you're going with some of the more common cards though, you might be able to get them working in 8.0. if it were my box i'd upgrade. it was just too painful getting things to work right in 8.2 and if it works out of the box, that's where i want to be :). and 8.0 is old enough, that i don't think a lot of cards will work (well, maybe the Orinoco Bronze, but that's not worth using anymore, since it doesn't support WEP). tiger -- Gerald Timothy Quimpo tiger*quimpo*org gquimpo*sni-inc.com tiger*sni*ph Public Key: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78 This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Questions about encryption / security
I've finally got a authentication system up and running to the point that it probably is a good idea to protect it. Namely a Samba PDC with an LDAP backend that will also authenticate Linux. :-) So anyway, I had some questions. First, do communications between daemons running on the same box need encryption? Second, does anyone know how to get ssh to play nice with ldap? Aside from encryption and running a firewall, what else is a good idea that wont give me too much of a headache? :-) Thanks, Jim C. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] hostname and postfix
recognise this subject? poor praedor had a whole saga with this last year and now i have the same situation, i have just read the whole archived thread and i can say the following: [root@mycroft bascule]# hostname mycroft [root@mycroft bascule]# hostname -d excession [root@mycroft bascule]# hostname -f mycroft.excession [root@mycroft bascule]# i have tried both HOSTNAME=mycroft DOMAINNAME=excession and HOSTNAME=mycroft DOMAINNAME=excession in /etc/sysconfig/network due to ambiguity in the previous thread, also: [root@mycroft bascule]# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.2 mycroft.excession mycroft [root@mycroft bascule]# oh, and i have rebooted, several times, it's worth noting that i didn't put the 'mycroft' in /etc/sysconfig/network, that was already there, as you would expect because i did a network install and specified it as part of the install due to doing an nfs install during which the automatic dns lookup of the host being installed fails and you are asked to provide the details yourself, at least it does for me because i use /etc/hosts on all my machines for local resolution so, what have i forgotten, it's clear that #hostname -f gives the required result but i still get: [root@mycroft bascule]# mail bascule Subject: test Cc: Null message body; hope that's ok [root@mycroft bascule]# send-mail: warning: My hostname mycroft is not a fully qualified name - set myhostname or mydomain in /etc/postfix/main.cf postdrop: warning: My hostname mycroft is not a fully qualified name - set myhostname or mydomain in /etc/postfix/main.cf [root@mycroft bascule]# note i haven't touched ../main.cf or ../main.cf.default and i don't see why i should since i didn't touch them on a previous box i installed 9.0 on, the only difference here is that this is a clean install and the other install was an upgrade from 8.2 so if there any ideas beyond 'this is really simple man just issue #hostname mycroft.excession' and 'edit /etc/sysconfig/network' or 'edit /etc/hosts' or 'you can't be doing it right', i would be grateful to hear them bascule -- Smoke was coming out of the stricken piano. The Librarian's hands were walking through the keys like Casanunda in a nunnery. (Soul Music) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
