RE: [expert] 9.2 pre-orders
I think many many people got started on Redhat because it came bundled with dozens of "linux in 24 hours", "linux for dummies" etc, type books.. I'd really love to see mandrake in those books, I wonder what they'd have to do to get that sort of exposure. rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] (OT)Mandrake and Advertising.
I don't mind the idea of install adverts, but I object to my favorites being filled with adds and my homepage setting. As long as mandrake provide a system wide way of removing the links then its ok, if they don't.. I will knock up a perl script that does it for you and make it available for download. If mandrake becomes addware people will abandon it in droves.. rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Lightweight DNS server.
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack Coates >Sent: Monday, 8 September 2003 9:42 PM >To: Mandrake Expert List >Subject: Re: [expert] Lightweight DNS server. > > >http://leaf.sourceforge.net -- djbdns and ssh are already packaged and >ready to go. > > Now thats what I'm talking about... Now I just have to wade though the website and find the right version to grab. rgds Franki Mandrake Gamers mailing list: htmlfixit.com/mailman/listinfo/mandrake-games HTML Perl PHP n stuff.. htmlfixit.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Lightweight DNS server.
I know about djb.. thats not what I meant.. I meant something like freesco or some other mini linux distro that handles DNS. I didn't really want to install a 9.x based mandrake on the box, I just need a basic kernel, DNS server, networking and SSH. does that make sense? rgds Franki Mandrake Gamers mailing list: htmlfixit.com/mailman/listinfo/mandrake-games HTML Perl PHP n stuff.. htmlfixit.com >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Miark >Sent: Monday, 8 September 2003 8:31 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] Lightweight DNS server. > > >djbdns. Here's a page contrasting ease of use of BIND and djbdns: > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/blurb/easeofuse.html > >In addition to being far easier to administer, it's a fraction of >the size, far more secure, infinitely less buggy, and performs >better. > >Miark > > >On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:04:54 +0800, "Frankie" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The 166mhz has only 16MB ram (though I will probably upgrade >that to about >> 64 or if I can 128MB..) >> so it needs to be pretty lightweight.. >> >> Any suggestions guys??? >> >> The smallest solution is probably the best. > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Lightweight DNS server.
Hi guys, (and ladies) Due to demand, I have decided to split my server up into 3 different machines. I have 2 x 500MHZ systems and a 166MHZ P1. I want to use one 500MHZ as a dedicated web server. The other 500mhz as my mail/virus/spam and IRC server. That leaves the 166MHZ (an old IBM Machine) that I want to use as my primary DNS server. (the secondary is taken care of already.) So, what I am looking for, is a small lighweight, secure linux distro that I can use as a dedicated DNS server. It does not need to have anything else accept SSH (it won't have a monitor or keyboard/mouse). The two 500MHZ machines will be running 9.2. The 166mhz has only 16MB ram (though I will probably upgrade that to about 64 or if I can 128MB..) so it needs to be pretty lightweight.. Any suggestions guys??? The smallest solution is probably the best. regards Franki http://htmlfixit.com The Blaster virus said: "Billy Gates, why do you make this possible?" "Stop making money and fix your software." Valid points don't you think? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] VIRUS!!! ( was Re: Approved )
I got them too, they didn't get past my mail server though, I only know cos it emails me when it catches a virus. very cool. :-) thats about virus 8000 that its caught now.. :-) I love amavis-new. rgds Franki Linux gamez mailing list: htmlfixit.com/mailman/listinfo/mandrake-games HTML help htmlfixit.com Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson >Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2003 7:47 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] VIRUS!!! ( was Re: Approved ) > > >On Thursday 04 Sep 2003 12:57 pm, Mark wrote: >> On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > See the attached file for details >> >> O, for God's sake! I can't believe the Mandrake list server passed >> this message along! There "are" people who do read this list from >> within windows. > >It is affecting both newbie and expert lists. I have had it on both >this morning. > >Anne >-- >Registered Linux User No.293302 >Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Password Question
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria >Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question > > >El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: >> On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: >> > El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: >> > > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: >> > > > Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can >reset any windoz >> > > > password. Can any linux distro password for root or any >other user be >> > > > reset. Say if you forgot it? >> > > > >> > > > James S. Lawson >> > > > Network Administrator >> > > >> > > The only way that I know of to do this is to bring the >computer up in Single >> > > User mode and reset root password from there. You should >be able to do that >> > > by putting options in Lilo at boot to bring up Linux in >single user mode. >> > > >> > > If you have password protected Lilo, I am not sure that you >can reset the root >> > > password without some type of reinstall. >> > >> > >> > How do you password protec Lilo? :o)) >> >> you put a password in /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo. >> >> Users must then enter the password in order to boot any kernels listed >> by lilo. It isn't used all that much to my knowledge -- laptop users >> generally use the BIOS password, desktops users generally don't use boot >> passwords, and servers need to be able to reboot without physical help. > >Yet, i hate the fact that cracking the admin password in Win2k is >harder than in Linux... :o/ > Using linux single to reset the password is not cracking it.. Since you can't find out what the old password was, you are just creating a new one. That was done on purpose because many people forget the root password and a reinstall each time they did would be annoying. I can't remember how I did it, but I know I have used a win2000 CD to get around an unknown XP password.. I found out how to do that on the net. For people that don't want to be able to recover from a lost root password.. passwording lilo is provided.. What more could you want?? easy recovery for the newbies, and strong local security for those that desire it. regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Perl question - include?
Yes,
Nowdays, I
give all my external files their own package namespace.
For my config
files, I put a sub in it.. a sub contains all the config variables, and
returns all the config values, which I assign to the variables in the main
program.
Ie (in the
mainscript file body):
#!/use/bin/perl -T
use
strict;
use
config_package;
my ($var1,
$var2, $var3, $var4, $etc) = config_package::config_sub();
That way the
scope is whatever you want it to be..
For that
matter, you could pull the lot into a scoped hash and use them as you need
them.
As an added
benefit, its very mod_perl friendly.
regards
Franki
-Original Message-From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On
Behalf Of Ron StoddenSent: Friday, 22 August 2003 7:58
PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [expert]
Perl question - include?Frankie wrote:
try:
require filename.pl;
rgds
FrankiThat clue gave the
solution.But:1. Syntax is require
("");2. Unfortunately, my $whatever definitions
do not survive transition into the required (included) file.In my case
that was easily overcome by shifting those definitions into the required file,
which means they probably don't survive transition back into the main program,
which is in my case, rather good (the reduced scope is
safer).Thanks!
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron Stodden
Sent: Friday, 22 August 2003 2:45 PM
To: Mandrake Expert
Subject: [expert] Perl question - include?
I've searched the perl man pages fruitlessly, so let me ask of all you
perl enthusiasts:
How do you do such a simple thing as to include another perl source file
at some point in a perl source file?
No, "include" doesn't work.
--
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RE: [expert] I don't know how to head this
I doubt it is sobig.. at least that would not take mandrakes sympa down since it will not accept any mail from sobig machines because their dns would not be setup properly.. Heck, its hard enough to get legit mail onto this list, let alone prefab smtp engines of virus's.. I am on the wget list, and we had a head of sobig.F virus mail come through, (without their attachments.) I suspect that Sobig.F is the worst mailing virus every in terms of prevalence. rgsd Franki >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steffen Barszus >Sent: Friday, 22 August 2003 7:36 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] I don't know how to head this > > >Am Freitag, 22. August 2003 11:35 schrieb Anne Wilson: >> because sympa appears to bounce my efforts to raise the problem. > >I don't know who said that initially, but I could say this every day: >"Sympa sucks!" > >[... missing mails ] > >Anne that is on all mandrake lists. It is really annoying. I'm on >expert-en, expert-de, newbie-de cooker and cooker-i18n. on 4 of the 5 >lists I had this problem. I don't think that they do not know about it. >And I don't know who is responsible. > >> Has anyone any idea what is going on, and what, if anything, I can do >> about it. > >Maybe Sobig.F gets the servers down ? For me it looks like a server >overload. Some mails take several hours to make it trough, some mails >never do come trough, some mails are in the archiv but only half the >people got it, some mails don't come trough at all. >I got 40 Mails from cooker an 90% of that were bugzilla mails. that does >not sound right to me either (knowing that there were 700+ Mails in pre >9.1 Cooker over a day) . Lets hope they get it fixed soon :( > >Steffen > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Perl question - include?
try: require filename.pl; rgds Franki >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ron Stodden >Sent: Friday, 22 August 2003 2:45 PM >To: Mandrake Expert >Subject: [expert] Perl question - include? > > >I've searched the perl man pages fruitlessly, so let me ask of all you >perl enthusiasts: > >How do you do such a simple thing as to include another perl source file >at some point in a perl source file? > >No, "include" doesn't work. > >-- >Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] >"If you keep a green bough in your heart, the singing bird will come" >Get Fastest Mandrake downloader, English-only, from: >http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronst/ Click all ye faithful! > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] im sick and tired of this!
Y not just block that servers IP from connecting to yours for a month or
so???
would not be hard to add some rules to that effect.
rgds
Franki
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill
>Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 11:55 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [expert] im sick and tired of this!
>
>
>I am getting a ton of emails that are infected with the latest
>virus. I am
>running Mailscanner to scan incomming email before it hits any of my
>workstations. So the files are not getting past my server. It
>does though fil
>up my quarentine directory on the server. These infected emails
>comne from
>the same server all the time. I have looked high and low to find a way to
>contact the admin for the email server but cant seem to find anyone. The
>whois database shows an email addy that is out of date as I got my email
>returned. I shouldnt have to spen my money on a phone call to get
>this taken
>care of. If anything I would like them to just filter my email
>addy so that
>nothing from the server goes to me. Maybe someone here knows a
>better way to
>stop these idiots.
>
>Here is the header file from one of the many emails that I get.
>There all the
>same just a diff senders return addy.
>
>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>X-Original-To: unknown
>Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Received: from DAN (adsl-66-143-23-249.dsl.okcyok.swbell.net
>[66.143.23.249])
>by firebird.billbeau.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20DFF1EB2E2
>for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 07:48:29 -0700 (PDT)
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: {Filename?} Re: Thank you!
>Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 9:27:29 --0500
>X-MailScanner: Found to be clean, Found to be infected
>Importance: Normal
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.
>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
>X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
> boundary="_NextPart_000_23CC7CC3"
>Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information
>Status: R
>X-Status: N
>
>Warning: This message has had one or more attachments removed
>Warning: (your_details.pif).
>Warning: Please read the "VirusWarning.txt" attachment(s) for more
>information.
>
>Please see the attached file for details.
>
>
>
>VirusWarning.txt
>
>
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RE: [expert] Password Question
Hi Jim, I am not Anne, I suspect she is much nicer to look at them am I. I can tell you with regards to windows security that on XP pro and home, new users are created with admin rights.. you have to explicitly change that if you want to. Whereas in linux, a person doens't have admin rights unless you explicitly give it to them. As for linux being able to bypass windows passwords, if it can, then its likely the same thing would be doable from any OS that can read NTFS.. not just linux, so you might see the same thing from freedos or any *BSD variant in the future. Mandrake can actually resize NTFS partitions, so it would not surprise me at all to learn you can use it to bypass windoze security. If you want to stop being able to boot a linux CD, then password protect your bios and stop the booting from CD or floppy. At least then they will have to take the cover of your PC and reset the bios to be able to do it. regards Franki --- Not true Anne if you implement security in windows everyone is not a admin. But The fact that knnopix can access any windows file system is dangerous to me to run Windoze. I read an article the other day that said mandrake 9.1 and other stuff can easily reset Windoze passwords. Evewn the administrator one. I don't like this. this is why I am asking this question. I happen to love Linux. You don't have to convince me. I have to convince my bosses. IT Director. That is why I am asking these questions to the expert group so I have more evidence that Windoze has to go. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Password Question
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim >Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 8:39 PM >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: RE: [expert] Password Question > > >Anne it is from a secruity postion. I want to find out ow much more secure >Linux is than windows. > Well that is easy... 1. A file in linux is not executable until you tell it its executable. A file in Doze IS exectuable by virtue of having an executable extension. (.bat, .com, .exe etc). 2. In windows, everyone is the administrator, so anyone can totally trash the system. In Linux, everyone is a user, so can only trash their own user space. 3. literally thousands of virus's/worms/trojans have been written for windows. Literally a tiny handful of test virus/worms have been written for linux. 4. Windoze is all open from scratch, and its up to the user to tighten it up. Linux is by default much tighter then windows, and its easy to tighten it up more. (for example with msec on mandrkae.) As for the password issue, win95 provides practically no password protection at all, and what little it does provide is easy enough to circumvent. NT/2000/XP/2003 are much better in that regard, but a ton of flaws have been found to get around them as well. (for one thing, apparently you can use a win2000 CD to access XP partition. So, take your pick.. hundreds of government bodies that are switching to linux en mass after years of windows dominance is a telling indicator of where their faith is.. Having said that, If you take a winXP or 2000 system, fully patch it.. get rid of IIS, IE and outlook Express. (replace with apache and mozilla browser and mozilla mail for windows respectively) and run a firewall and antivir program or two would be pretty secure comparitively as well. Still not as tight as a well concieved linux install, but pretty good none the less. But we are a linux list so I will not push you in that direction. Also, keep in mind that the M$ version will cost you a whole heap more. regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] [OT] Microsoft advocates OSS
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim C >Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 5:52 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] [OT] Microsoft advocates OSS > > > >>http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/hosted?netname=MICROSOFT-1BLK,65.52 >.0.0,65.55.255.255 >> >>This is an uptime report for the enitre Microsoft netblock, they sure >>are using a lot of Linux and FreeBSD (not to mention moving a lot of >>their sites to akamai on Linux). >> >>But the funniest part are the average and maximum uptimes. >>Linux shows uptimes arround 300-350, while the windows guru's seem >>unable to keep their systems up for the same amount. They peek at >>arround 150! >> >>Yep Bill is becoming a real fan ;-) >> >> >Well like anyone who can hire the very best business managers, Bill & >co. can see the hand writing on the wall. This is why that same group >of folks owns huge shares in open source companies like RedHat. Not >because they want to shut these companies down but rather because they >recognize that Windows market dominence wont last forever. It can't >simply because thier business model of selling media liscences will >eventually be out of date i.e. static media (such as any sort of >recording) becomes so cheap to manipulate and transmit over time that it >becomes a loseing battle. Microsoft knows this which is why they >started really working hard to diversify thier assets. I woudn't be >surprised at all to evenually see an open source verison of Windows or >to see them adopt Linux in the next 10-15 years. > >Jim C. Lol, I can see the headlines now... Microsoft contracts "cancer" and is happy about it.. regards Franki htmlfixit.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] resolv.conf
As I understand it, zeroconf is sposed to be to linux what netbeui is to windoze or what appletalk is to macs. A quick google search shows that is the case. http://www.zeroconf.org/ bascially, when it works, you plug a few mandrake machines into a hub, and they allocate themselves and allow networking with no config work. I don't know if i like it, but i see the reason for it. (having said that, I always setup my network by hand, editing the files to suit.. so I have no need to use it.) rgds Franki htmlfixit.com >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim C >Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 4:22 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] resolv.conf > > > >>Just a quick note on this.. I find it better to run the command >>"service tmdns stop" then "chkconfig --del tmdns" as if tmdns was >>removed with "rpm -e" it gets installed and enabled again, when one >>configures their network with drakconf.. It's just better to switch it >>off.. When it is just switched off, drakconf does not re-enabled it. >> >>One thing I never worked out why did mandrake go for Zeroconf stuff when >>no-one knows what it is..I certainly did not make any of it work, >>and if anything all it does is make a mess of the resolv.conf file.. >> >> >I'll second this. I sure would like to know what it is good for. It >must be good for something. > >Jim C. > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Worried about resolution requirements for Mandrake
Actually if you put XP or 2000 (or possibly even 98/ME) on your machine you will very likely have problems also.. Many windows apps will pop up a message to the effect: "you must be running 800x600 or above and 16 bit color to use this application." after which the installer will exit. Besides, what is the big deal? you can pick up a second hand 15 inch monitor for about 30 dollars AUD.. Thats not an expensive monitor. rgds Franki >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dick Gevers >Sent: Tuesday, 19 August 2003 11:08 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [expert] Worried about resolution requirements for Mandrake > > >Hi all, > >Mandrake has no hardware requirements for monitor size or >resolution. I have >a 13 inch monitor which supports only a resolution of 640x480. > >Some KDE screens give me big problems with this, e.g. Konqueror > >Search and >Panel taskbar configuration. When I file a bug at KDE I get as an answer >that they support only 800x600 minimum. If this goes on I will be >forced to >look for another window manager. In GNOME, however, the problems >are bigger: >many applications are unworkable for me. The other window managers I found >to have each their own problems and or bugs. IceWM looks like the best >option. > >(Blackbox and Fluxbox are very counterintuitive for me, Xfce and >Waimea are >buggy. AfterStep I didn`t manage to get running). > >Am I being forced to buy a pricy monitor to be able to continue >using Linux? >I can`t believe that. Long ago when I was using Windows I hardly >had such a >problem, at least not with M$ programs, but I never want to go back to >Windows, if I can avoid it. A larger video monitor I have no room >for and a >larger flatscreen I cannot afford. > >I am quite worried that soon Mandrake will have the same >requirement as KDE. > >I would appreciate any ideas and thoughts about which way we are >evolving in >this respect and/or how I might solve this problem. > >Thanks and regards, >=Dick Gevers= > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] ReiserFS , JFS or XFS
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kiran > >I have had 4 ext3 filesystems just die on me on 3 different machines >only once was I able to recover by removing the journal, fsck'ing and >rebuilding it. I won't use it again I'd use ext2(probably the same >amount of grief in three times the time) before ext3. I have however had >no problems with reiserfs in the last year or so. And that includes alot >of unplanned/emergency shutdowns/poweroffs/powerlosses etc on both my >laptop and desktop. YMMV. -New Message- I started using ReiserFS when I switched from RH6.x to mandrake 7.2. (oddly enough I swapped to mdk because i liked the fact that they had defaulted to Postfix as MTA and I was sick of sendmail.cf and M4's) Back then there were serious problems with reiser and postfix. (for example setting a limit on mail size in postfix resulted in a big log of error messages and mail got held up.) I needed a size limit because my users were sending 10MB p0rn and word docs all over the place.. So in the end i had to redo that partition as EXT2. There were also NFS problems with Reiser back then as well. As I understand, both those issues have been resolved since then. I swapped to EXT3 when I started using mdk8.2, mostly because I heard that RH had choosen it as their default FS for stability and backwards compatibility with EXT2. Since then I have had some small issues with FS errors on crashes and locked machine reboots. (nothing I wasn't able to fix by booting the rescue CD and fscking the partitions.) I plan to swap to Reiserfs when I upgrade to 9.2, if the problems it had are really all sorted now, It would be the better choice. But I plan on trying XFS on a spare partition as well, because I want to get the hang of ACL's in linux. regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Oh, and BTW...you guys owe SCO $1399.00
well you could just build and boot a 2.2 kernel... As I understand it, the 2.2 kernel is not under scrutiny. rgds Franki >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I wonder... Will SCO come after me if I just switch to my copy of >Caldera E- >Desktop, the technology release that has an early 2.4 kernel? > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Oh, and BTW...you guys owe SCO $1399.00
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Davidson >Sent: Thursday, 7 August 2003 5:00 AM > >There are too many numbers running around. The $699\$1399 numbers are >the before Oct 15/after Oct 15 price for a single-cpu server. The $199 >number I quoted is the before Oct 15 price for a single-user desktop >machine. See http://www.sco.com/scosource/description.html They do >not give the after Oct 15 price for a desktop. > >So you can sort of pick your own amount that you're not going to >pay. [My desktop has Apache running on it. So which would I owe if I >were going to pay? :-) ] > OK, will the amount I am not going to pay then is 1 cent.. they will not get one cent out of me... The reason they are doing this, is very very simple.. they have dropping revenue and no way to improve the situation since SCO unix is not the best choice unix anyway. (IBM is not complaining about AIX, neither HP about HP-UX or Sun about solaris being made worthless by Linux.) SCO just don't have anything else thats making money and they had to do something to stop their shareprice going down the toilet. The only way to make the company of interest to the shareholders is to engage in legal action. As for charging for linux, well they are furthering the scare tactics, trying to show how "Serious" they are.. They might even scare a few away from linux or to buy a license... Problem is that anyone that pays it, can sue them later if they are found to have no case. I think that its a safe bet that SCO won't be part of the IT industry's future, they have burnt every bridge accept M$ and M$ doesn't want Unix around either. I think IBM and Novell should get together and counter sue SCO for making unproven claims and trying to extort their linux clients. Have SCO barred from making such claims till its proven in court. In other words, "put up or shut up!" IBM and Novell can also sue that their linux business has been hurt by SCO's unproven claims and sue for damages. I am surprised at how little action has been taken in the US to counter this.. they should be following the Europeans and have it ruled that SCO must prove their claims before being able to try to extort customers. rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] OT: router reboots
I had the same problem with my DSL504 router.. I found the hidden directory where Dlink keeps their pre release firmware updates. I installed the newest one they had.. and lo and behold it worked, my router has been running nonstop for about 4 weeks now without a reboot. Be careful though, if you flub it up, you might have to ship your router back to SMC to be reflashed. regards Franki >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson > >SMC Barricade 7401BRA adsl router > >On average, about once a week I have to reboot my router. No apparent >reason - just that no Internet connection works any more. After a >reboot, all is well, both on this box and all others on the net. I >am not able to find any common denominator leading up to the problem. >Any ideas, anyone? > >Anne > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail.
Hi Joerg, I setup two local user accounts on the server.. ham and spam. anyone that gets incorrectly detected ham or spam can "resend" it to the spam or ham accounts on the server.. and I run a crontabs to process the ham and spam and use it to create the bayes DB. /usr/bin/sa-learn --spam --mbox /var/spool/mail/spam and /usr/bin/sa-learn --ham --mbox /var/spool/mail/ham (I run that as user amavis.) That way any incorrectly detected mail can be fed back to bayes and told what it should be. seems to work great. One thing you are going to have to do though, is educate your users on "resending" or "redirecting" mail as opposed to forwarding it which changes the headers. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joerg Mertin Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2003 5:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail. Thx Franki, I'll give it a try. Right now - on all the Mails I have seen tagged as Spam, and I also asked all users to check the Spam-Mails they have received - It didn't happen so far - that a non-Spam Mail was tagged as Spam. Rather the other way around - that Spam-Mail got undetected through the Spam-Filter (I don't know yet of an Easy way to tell Spamassassin that this is a Spam ? (Got version 2.55 :)... Specially some Mails are created where all Tag-Words are disguised - as we use to disguise E-Mails... [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ or only a Gif-File containing the entire Message. Has anyone of you automatised Spamassassin - to manually tag undetected Mails ? I mean - having a alias tagspam pointing to user filter filter - that the spamd/spamc are running on - you bounce a Mail to - and the script knows - that everything coming through here _is_ spam - so the bayes part can learn something. Anyone of you folks did that already - or will I have to do it myself ;) So - I am quite confident that losses would be minimal if I save them on a Local Directory. Cheers Joerg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail.
ok, well when i get some time, I will knock up a howtoo.. (and put it on the twiki) but in answer to one of Joerg's question go to the postfix site and grab the latest snapshot. there is some documentation on the proxy methods. (also the postfix mailing list archives.) rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sparenberg Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2003 1:07 AM To: Expert List Subject: Re: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail. On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 04:59, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hia there, > > so - actually - the new possibility with the Proxy sounds quite interesting, > and are what I was looking for a long time now. > > Does anyone has some hints as what I'd need for it (which version of Postfix > would be required), and some examples - on how to configure all that ? > Of course - a detailed HOWTO would be best :) And of course ... post it in the community TWiki *grin* > > Thx for all your Input folks :) > > > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 12:46, Frankie wrote: > [...lots of intersting stuff deleted...] > > > Joerg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail.
yup, right you are... but you can set spamassassin to only reject mail over a certain threshold, and just tag the rest as spam.. I have mine setup to quarantine spam with a score over 20.. and it has yet to catch any non spam. (I have tagging setup to 4.5 or over) I am only using quarintine at the moment so I can make sure its all good. and so far, (about 80,000 mails have gone through it) its all been good. Since in order to do rejects the proxy has already received the mail in order to scan it, its probably possible to have it saved to a quaranteen dir as well. That way you could retrieve mail if it was mis assigned. Obviously you would play with the tag/reject numbers till you find a good compromise.. and it wouldn't reject all spam.. but it would get the worst ones..and with bayes, it will reject any that you "know" are spam. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Luca Olivetti Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2003 1:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail. Frankie wrote: > If the spam get rejected they know that you don't accept the > mail. It is up to > the sending server to handle the rejection. OTOH, since spam detection mechanisms are not perfect (and black lists based ones are evil), rejecting means you can lose good emails, while with filtering you give yourself (and your users) an option to look at the spam folder from time to time to see if a good message has been flagged as a false positive. Bye -- Que les importa a las viudas, a los huérfanos, a los desvalidos si las masacres se hacen en nombre del totalitarismo o en el sagrado nombre de la libertad y la democracia. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail.
Well, at the high end of the spam game they do tests to see if an address is valid or not.. such things as image links in email that are actually links to a server side script at their end that is passed an id matching the email address that that particular message was addressed to. Also some record if the message was bounced or not, and this is where bouncing the spam back can be handy.. because the email address will not be validated as accepted and therefore it might be removed from the spammers Database. Since many spammers use fake yahoo address's to send a ton of mail out in a short time, overloadign their accounts with bounced messages is a good thing too. It will have a likewise beneficial effect on ISP's like the russian spam servers, whereby a huge stream of bounce messages uses up some of the servers bandwidth, and costs them money.. so they would be more inclined to do something about it. A last benefit is the ego... its great to feel that you are being active rather then reactive with regards to spam.. filtering just doesnt' feel as good as rejecting spam... :-) Right now this sort of thing is the best method we have for reducing spam that is unintrusive (unlike challenge response methods). They guys that come up with stuff like postfix proxy are legends (and WV, the creator and maintainer of postfix (and tcp wrappers) is a surprisingly nice guy, (unlike D Beirnstein (qmail), who is an egocentrical ellitist)) both are undoubtably brilliant though. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Fahrendorf Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 5:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail. Am Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2003 10:49 schrieb Joerg Mertin: > Hi Martin, > > thx for the hint. I might give it a try. > However - what buzzes me here is that if you use the proxy method to > identify spam - you have to get the spam anyway through it - don't you ? So > - the spam will use your bandwidth to get analyzed by the "proxy" > application - and the proxy application then returns a Spam-Detected > message which will be interpreted by the postfix process and which will > make that one reject the message definitly. > > IMHO - the only difference is that the remote side will get a reject > message if I understood correctly the process. Please correct me if I'm > wrong. Jepp, that's right. > > Do you think this reject message will inhibit spammers to send you more > mail ? Hm, that is wild guessing. I think spamers dont want to waste bandwith, they want to get their mails read. If you silently delete the spam the spamer don't know if their mails get read or not. So they assume thei can send their mails again. If the spam get rejected they know that you don't accept the mail. It is up to the sending server to handle the rejection. Do they send spam again? Yes, I fear they see it as a kind of sport to get their spam trough. But doing nothing is no sollution. > > NOTE - the actual spamassassin/postfix/anomy method enables you to actually > get the Mail in, spamassassin checks it through spamc/spamd - and if it's > beeing detected a SPAM - you can tell the delivery script to delete it or > move it to a local-file for laer analysis ... > > Cheers > > Joerg > Martin -- H E L I X Gesellschaft für Software & Engineering mbH Hanauer Landstrasse 52 Telefon (069) 4789 35-30 D-60314 Frankfurt am Main Telefax (069) 4789 35-44 http://www.helix-gmbh.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail.
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Fahrendorf Am Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2003 08:41 schrieb Martin Fahrendorf: > Am Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2003 07:46 schrieb Frankie: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James > > ... > > > Don't doubt you on this ... but if you are feeling left out > > ... I can > > send you some of what we get *grin*. > > > > James > > > > # > > > > Yeah, worst thing I did was add wildcard address's to the > > virtual file.. > > @mydomain.com franki > > > > between that and my postmaster admin accounts amount to > > about 30% or more > > of the 50-100 spam I get a day... If I didn't have > > spamassassin running on > > the server, I'd have been driven up the wall by now. > > The main problem with amavis and postfix is a missing feature in the > current postfix version. You can not reject spam mails. So you lose ane > defence line in your battle against spam. > >Oh, the main problem is not amavis but spamassassin (but we run spamassassin >by amavisd-new). > >Martin Yeah, but using the new postfix proxy methods should fix that nicely.. its not really any great use overall, but its a great feeling to reject spam in realtime rather then filter it.. I have read that people are already using it with amavis-new. An ego trip even. :-) rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail.
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sparenberg > > > > I have the same setup at home (postfix for localhost, and dynamically > > > > assigned address), and what I found out from some receiving > > > > systems/ISPs was that they were rejecting my email not because of the > > > > membership to a specific pool of addresses, but rather because of the > > > > reverse lookup, that would either fail, or be dynamically associated > > > > with broadband or dial-up domains. The moment I registered my domain, > > > > and pointed back to my IP address (which - by the way - as "dynamic" as > > > > it was advertised, I just "fixed" it on my firewall, and never had a > > > > problem ;)), all emails started flowing just fine, regardless of the > > > > pool of IPs I was part of ... so check out this alternative, also. > > > > > > It is a little bit of both. Some dynamic IP addresses will be blocked > > > because they are dynamic and some don't. The forward and reverse lookup > > > is a complete different thing. every ip address and domain in e-mail > > > traffic must be forward and reverse resolvable. sometimes it works > > > without, but most of the time it don't. > > > > > > > Stef > > > > The other thing I've run into..(Mainly with gnu list serv lists.) is > > that apparently the RFC requires that [EMAIL PROTECTED] exist. > > If it doesn't they will refuse all e-mail, Even if you have reverse DNS > > etc. Great idea now I'm guaranteed to have an e-mail address > > spammers can send to. > > It is not only this address. There are some more. If you dont hav all these > addresses enabled you can find your server on a list of rfc-ignorant.org. > There are som mail server outside which don't accept mails from servers > listed in rfc-ignorant.org. > > But on the other hand, if you have problems with one Mailserver how can you > inform the server administrator if the postmaster mailbox does not exists? > BTW, in the last four years, I haven't got any spam on the postmaster > mailbox. Don't doubt you on this ... but if you are feeling left out ... I can send you some of what we get *grin*. James # Yeah, worst thing I did was add wildcard address's to the virtual file.. @mydomain.com franki between that and my postmaster admin accounts amount to about 30% or more of the 50-100 spam I get a day... If I didn't have spamassassin running on the server, I'd have been driven up the wall by now. regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] [OT] Microsoft is a platinum sponsor for LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003 - eh?
Nah, they are just looking for some free good publicity.. To look like friends instead of fiends... Don't for a minute make too much of it, its a marketing stunt. They have something up their sleeves and are just trying to garner up some goodwill so they don't wear mud. After most of 30 years of underhanded tactics.. you think they could change even if they wanted to? rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim C Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 1:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] [OT] Microsoft is a platinum sponsor for LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003 - eh? > > >>_It reflects Microsoft_s desire to co-exist with Linux; the company >>doesn_t want to be left out and there is room for both,_ says Faisal. >>_There is this thing that Microsoft is supposedly the evil guy and >>Linux the good guy -- this is not true._ >> bullshite >> >> Actually they probably *do* want to find a way to cooexist. Perhaps they can see the writing on the wall and have decided that cooexitance is better than nonexistance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] [OT] Microsoft is a platinum sponsor for LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003 - eh?
Well it sounds like an admission that they think they are likely to lose to OSS.. so why not grab onto its tailcoat in the server market. At least until they can find a way to stab us in the back... Thats how it reads to me. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, 22 July 2003 10:34 PM To: Linux Expert List Subject: [expert] [OT] Microsoft is a platinum sponsor for LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003 - eh? Guys... Read this... typo or real? Still, OSS potential in the enterprise shouldnt be taken lightly. Even Microsoft doesnt. The company, together with IBM and Oracle, is a platinum sponsor for LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003, interesting development for many attendees. It reflects Microsofts desire to co-exist with Linux; the company doesnt want to be left out and there is room for both, says Faisal. There is this thing that Microsoft is supposedly the evil guy and Linux the good guy -- this is not true. Microsofts participation in LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003 signifies a shift in strategy as it competes fiercely with OSS. Microsoft general enterprise strategy manager Christopher H. Short was at hand to speak on breaking down barriers of coexistence and interoperability. Microsoft and Linux need to work together, he tells the conference audience. We want to be able to coexist. Says Hewlett-Packard Sales Sdn Bhd solution architect for managed services Fung Han Ping: Linux represents the new wave of computing because it is free, but being a new kid on the block, it would naturally receive resistance from the big boys. As OSS heads for a promising future in the enterprise, that resistance is increasingly looking like a thing of the past. Read it further at: http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2003/7/22/c orpit/5868972&se c=corpit am i having nightmare? Best Regards Joe RLU#186063 http://counter.li.org --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/03 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] [OT] Microsoft is a platinum sponsor for LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003 - eh?
no.. we are not.. I plan to be rich one day.. and you seem to have a problem with that. I've lived my life the hard way, and worked like a dog my whole life.. I want my later years to be comfortable. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of JoeHill Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 12:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] [OT] Microsoft is a platinum sponsor for LinuxWorld Malaysia 2003 - eh? On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:45:29 +0800 "Frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > At least until they can find a way to stab us in the back... Heh. See? We're on the same side, I'm just too wordy sometimes! -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ 12:07:12 up 11:37, 5 users, load average: 0.23, 0.15, 0.10 You have all eternity to be cautious in when you're dead. -- Lois Platford Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] ipforward
Put that line at the bottom of the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file Then it will be run each time you boot. Also, do you have this in /etc/sysconfig/network : FORWARD_IPV4=true ??? if not, add it. rgds Franki http://htmlfixit.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Hláčik Sent: Sunday, 20 July 2003 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] ipforward Hi when i do " echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward " it works ... but when i restart PC, ip_forward is set to 0. How can i set ip_forward to 1 automaticaly when booting. Thanks David Hláčik e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://boss.pod.cvut.cz FTP: ftp://pod:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 139 707 808 mobil: +420 776 028 545 / +421 908 479 728 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Connection sharing and 2 Nics ?
well there are two easy answers here.. One I think someone has already mentioned.. have a 10base2 (coax) card and a 10/100baseT (cat5) card in the linux box and use /etc/sysconfig/static-routes to route between them.. (or just set them to the same subnet.) or go and backup an old 10baseT hub.. most of them had a coax connector on the back for just this purpose.. (ebay would be a good place to start and you should be able to pick one up for only a couple of dollars.) a third answer is to just get a 10 dollar cat5 card and some cable and throw out the coax,, its slow, it was never friendly. (I used to spend alot of time looking for bad terminators and stuff on peoples networks). regards Franki http://htmlfixit.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim C Sent: Sunday, 20 July 2003 2:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Connection sharing and 2 Nics ? Help me out here guys. It seems to me that f you are running multiple cards from the dhcp server then the system will expect to treat each as a different subnet without running them all through a switch. Hmmm... might it not also be possible that out there somewhere is an adapter that will plug ethernet into coax and/or vice versa? Out here in the Spokane area we have a store called "Bundles and More" that does nothing but computer connectors and cables. If I were looking for such an animal that is where I would start the hunt. >Hiya, > >I have Internet connection sharing set up for my windows PC's and have recently brought Xbox live, now if i use a dediacated cat5 lead to the mandrake box it works fine (after editing shorewall rules to allow ports) however as I am cheap and have had the same network in place for years my home PC network is coax and therefore I cant use this with my Xbox. > >So i thought it would be easier and cheaper to just add another nic to the linux server and use hat to server for Xbox live. > >now my question is, when i set up internet connections sharing in mandrake it only allows me to select one nic for usevia (i presume) the dhcp server, and I need both (or a workaround as i can manually set ip's on the xbox) to get this to work, > >Any help would be apreciated, i changed from a 2k server to this a few months ago and have been happy so far, I would know how to do this in 2k server, but in linux I am stuck, so if anyone can tell me how to get the second nic to work with internet connection sharing (or even better the dhcp server to work also with it) I would be in debt to you. > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] newbie - ppp over atm
urpmi rp-pppoe then as root in a terminal: adsl-setup and answer the questions. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Evaristo Ferrari Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2003 4:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] newbie - ppp over atm Hi, which is the best way for setting up pppoA with mdk 9.1? Thanks in advince for any help Evaristo -- Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] NIC's
yeah, must say i have had a good run with the intels as well. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of logic7 Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2003 2:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] NIC's I use Intel Pro100 and 3com nics in all of my machines. Never a hiccup and plenty fast (even the 10Mb ISA 3Com's!) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MailServiceDaemon Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] NIC's Got the same chip on my NIC. At what speed does it not work as expected? Mine works but freqwently locks the network service so it has to be restarted. tis 2003-07-15 klockan 18.45 skrev Richard Bown: > Hi all > I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got > lost. > > My cable connection is not as good as it could be, so called out the > cable guys and to my horror, his win98 laptop downloaded faster than > this machine, > My current NIC is a realtek 8139, and I always thought a linux machine > would floor a poxy winyuk machine. > What NICs are known to work well , ie fast.. > > > TIA > Richard -- Windows, a 32 bit shell and some extensions for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. I'm runing on Linux! --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] CPU temperature question
interesting... I have an XP 1800+ server in a room that in summer reaches 40c.. (its an office in the top floor of an industrial building) meaning that the coldest the CPU can hope to get with fans is over 40 degree's..(and frequently the temp is between 55-70 degrees C That machine has a 6500rpm fan and a copper based heatsink on it..but the temp still gets up there.. Its stability has been amazing.. it currently has an uptime of 98 days and has never actually crashed, the only reason the uptime is not higher is because I occasionally upgrade the kernel etc.. Its running MDK7.2... rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Crawford Sent: Friday, 11 July 2003 12:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] CPU temperature question On Friday 11 July 2003 12:35 am, Vox wrote: > On September 1993 plus 3599 days James Sparenberg wrote: > > Vox, > > Last ditch if you get worried. open the side and put a small desk fan > > right on it. From the hardware standpoint. make sure cables (like > > ribbon cables) are clear of the fan. Also you might consider case fans > > in addition to the volcano fan. (I love volcano myself.) > > I'm not really worried about the temp...having read the docs from > AMD, I won't worry till it hits 65C, which it has never done :) And > yes, I like the volcano...has worked well for me...and I do have a > case fan at the front and a small fan on the mboard itself...I've > been thinking about getting a second case fan for the back, but am > too damn lazy to go find one :) > > Vox It's been my experience with numerous AMD cpus that anything over 45c. is likely to start causing random misc. problems. I always start feeling apprehensive when my temps go above 40c. Why AMD states up to 90c. is beyond me. The one time I got above 50c. the system became unusable- random lockups, shut-down problems, various hanging with programs, etc. Better cooling fixed everything instantly, so it was obviously caused by high temps. wrc1944 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] ADSL PPPoE modems/routers : advices ?
I have a dlink DSL504 and I have to say, its very nice. I have flashed the latest firmware on it and the web interface is very nice, as an added benefit, it has a serial point, with witch i can connect my linux box and script commands to the router where necessary. Has the firewall, VPN passthrough, port forwarding and a ton of other stuff I have yet to work out.. plus its dirt cheap. rgds Franki htmlfixit.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Fernandez Sent: Tuesday, 8 July 2003 9:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] ADSL PPPoE modems/routers : advices ? Hi everyone. I am looking for an ADSL PPPoE modem/router. Can some people do suggestions ? I was looking to the web, netgear seems to be nice (G814) but seems to have a lot of problems of synchronisation. The Efficient 5400/5500 has good review though, and an integrated firewall. Have you some good/bad experiences to share ? Thanks Eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Shorewall
service iptables stop will reset all rules to "allow" much the same as shorewall 'clear' rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim C Sent: Saturday, 5 July 2003 12:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Shorewall > > >> I recently installed a fresh copy of Mandrake 9.1 and included the >> shorewall firewall. I have a modem hookup. When I try to ping a site >> e.g. www.ibm.com the system never seems to respond. It looks like the >> firewall is preventing something from happening. I have enable the >> shorewall to allow everything and none. If I have none, I can ping >> specific addresses with no problems. It seems to me that the program >> is not allowing the standard dns client information to either >> broadcast or receive. >> >> Note, I also found out that the local systems tied via an ehternet >> connection will not allow me to ping any addresses. It seems to me >> that the system allows the ping but does not allow the responds to >> come back. This is true when everything is blocked but it allows when >> nothing is blocked. >> >> At this time I have 2 problems, the firewall can not distinguish the >> local network versus the internet (I use mandrak configuration tool >> to add the modem into the syste but no such luck). and the rules >> needed to allow the internet to communicate. >> > Some systems are set not to respond to pings... The shorewall firewall can be cleared, i.e. "turned off" temporarily by "service shorewall clear" as root. This will be helpful in testing. Note that "service shorewall stop" will temporarily axe all network connectivity. Don't use it if you are accessing from a remote system. Jim C. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Security and permissions problems
yeah, i think that is one thing mandrake could really really improve. Msec has the potential to be a really fantastic hardning script.. But as it stands now, even on servers i use level 3 and tighten up manually. it needs a console and/or a X11 GUI.. Just something where it displays the level, and gives you a list of the msec options so you check and uncheck specific settings. (rather then just choosing a level.) It could be done without changing any of its current functionality I'd imagine.) that would serve two benefits.. 1. tells you want msec is actually doing at a given level. 2. allows you to easily stop it.. or enable it. personally i think a console GUI'd be fine, but suspect others would prefer X11. and if its the latter, it could be part of control center. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vox Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2003 6:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Security and permissions problems On September 1993 plus 3591 days Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > After I originally found that all users could see other user's home contents, > I tried first changing to security level 3. Someone else mentioned I could > set the home permission to 700. > > Both methods have screwed up my system and I can't seem to get it back even > though I switched to security level 2. My system is OK at the moment but > there will come a time (how long it takes is unknown as yet) when all of a > sudden, I cannot open konsoles, xterms, or start any app for that matter. > The perms on my home directory will change that will 1) prevent KDE from > working because it can't get write permissions to my home, and 2) kmail wont > be able to download/store email because it wont have write permission to my > ~/Mail directories. I have had to twice login as root and chown > praedor.praedor /home/praedor and set my home perm to 711, then 755. > > I restarted DrakConf and then went to Drakperms and set the security level to > 2 and made sure that /home/* was no longer editable and no longer 700 but > nevertheless I get this repetitious problem. > > What security level will allow users to actually USE their home directories, > window managers, etc, without problems but also prevent other users from > looking at the contents of their HOME dirs? Uhm...I use msec3 always, on all machines, and never have problems using any apps...I think you messed up the perms in drakperms in some way. What I *have* noticed a couple of times (not tried lately...this happened in the 8.x days) is that if you go from a higher level to a lower level of msec, some perms do get messed up and you have to fix them by hand before msec will start listening to you again. But that happened both times going from 5 to 3, and the problems you are referring to are not problems that I can relate to 3 in any way. Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] mailman
Hi guys, This is just an FYI message.. I wanted to setup mailman on my mdk9.0 server.. but did not want to use the old version that comes with 9.0. So I grabbed the cooker src rpm (2.1.2 think) and rebuilt it.. all went well and its all working. Much nicer then the old 2.0.x version that 9.0 came with. Just thought I'd mention it here in case anyone else was considering it. Mailman is s much better then Sympa.. I wonder why mandrake don't swap to it. (maybe its not as good at massive lists? or too slow? ) regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] radeon 8500
I have been wanting to run a Quake2 server for ages,spend many hours trying to find my CD... Also I have no idea how to set it up as a server on linux, but I suspect that a bit of searching on google would remedy that. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack Coates Sent: Saturday, 28 June 2003 12:02 PM To: Mandrake Expert List Subject: Re: [expert] radeon 8500 On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 23:33, Vincent Danen wrote: ... > You know, I may actually have to try tuxracer out... truth be told, I > haven't given it a go once. But Frozen Bubble should be cool, although it > ran quite nicely before... I can't imagine it taking advantage of too much > 3D accel. > FB won't run any better, but tuxracer will fly :-) > Now if I could figure out how to make Quake2 work in 9.1, then I'd be a > *real* happy camper (to the extent that now I'm dual booting to deal with my > RPG cravings). That I can probably help with -- I'm a q2 junky. Even got a dedicated server running that you're probably not too far from :-) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Newsflash: Gentoo has forked.
no wait.. whats the download mirror for stephens version of mandrake :-) sounds like an M$ killer. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ed tharp Sent: Saturday, 28 June 2003 6:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Newsflash: Gentoo has forked. On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 04:33, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Gentoo has been one of MDK's greatest competitors so far, maintaining > fourth place at Distrowatch.com right behind Red Hat. Mandrake of course > has almost consistently maintained it's first place position there. > > I find it interesting that so far we in the Mandrake world have avoided > forking, thus maintaining our strength in concentrated form. Even though > there are disagreements and disputes. It shows the strength of the > Mandrake community. > > Mandrakians seem to be strong in that they are able to put up with > disagreements and flaws without getting totally annoyed and just leavi?g. > I think this is because mainly that we have voices in the form of votes > and the mailing lists. As well as the forums. So there is the > impression that everyone is helping to some degree. > > http://www.zynot.org/info/faq.html > > --LX > I guess you did not hear about Stephen Kuhn's "fork" called the dirty old Man-drake, with 3 extra gigs of p0rn? special lesbian (and friends of lesbian version available with signed affidavit.) no further discussion of it here tho this is only for the OT list Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Installation advice
A 133 will run 9.1, but I wouldn't be expecting alot of speed.. in fact anything after 7.2 would be pretty slow. I run 9.1 on one machine that is a 233mmx and its ok.. but I still don't use it as a desktop machine and it rairly runs a GUIm but when it does, its iceWM... nice small and fast. 133 would make a nice little server for you though. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel Axtell Sent: Friday, 27 June 2003 9:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Installation advice I want to install Linux on an older laptop (Pentium 133Mhz), I had already installed LM 7.2, but would like to have new versions of applications (like Mozilla). Does anyone have any suggestions as to what version of LM might give me good performance on a Pentium 133Mh, 80 megs ram, (specifically what kernel should I go with), but still makes it relatively easy to install a newer browser, possibly gnumeric and abiword, without have to recompile every library because none of the newer apps is compatible with the older libraries? Or should I just bite the bullet and do everything the hard way, compiling from source? Thanks, Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] FW: [newbie] Vote for Mandrake!
Forwarded from Newbie. --- Let Novell know who ya love :-) http://www.novell.com/linux/ See the poll in the right-most column. Help get Mandrake on more corporate desktops. (FH) Miark 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] Kernel Log filling up to quickly
look in your firewall rules.. remove the -l from the end of all the ones you don't want logged. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tru64 User Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 12:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Kernel Log filling up to quickly HI, second tryfirst time no takers This is a new box with 9.0 mandy...kernel 2.4.19 It seems to be loggin everything that passes thru the NICall broadcast messages on the LAN are being recorded on /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog and /var/log/kernel/errors thus ending up with 200Mb/daily of each!! Need to stop this..or minimize at least. It has lots of these: TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=8515 PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=58 _thanks Richard = __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] apache rewrite regex
Hi guys I am hoping that on this list is a regex/apache guru... Currently, I have mdk9.0 running mod_perl/apache via virtual named hosts.. works great. I can run mod_perl scripts in either of the following methods: http://mydomain.com/perl/script.pl or http://mydomain.com:8200/perl/script.pl so the basic proxying works.. However only the latter URL works when passed params.. like so: http://mydomain.com:8200/perl/script.pl?id=something&function=stuff (that one works) This one doesn't: http://mydomain.com/perl/script.pl?id=something&function=stuff when I try that I always get the message that script.pl can't be found. Since its an internal proxy, I can't see what the regex has grabbed. This is the regex in question in the vhosts file: RewriteRule ^(.*\/perl\/.*)$ http://127.0.0.1:8200$1 [P] I tried adding this one too in an effort to be more specific.. but it didn't work either: RewriteRule /perl\/dl.pl/(.*) http://127.0.0.1:8200/perl/dl.pl$1 [P] What I don't understand is this: .* In my mind means '0' or more of 'anything' so why is it not catching params?? Can anyone point me in the right direction here? regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] mod_perl and SSI
Hi guys, I got the virtual hosting vhosts problem sorted, turns out that mandrakes apache needs some rewrite editing before it will allow mod_perl for virtual hosts. Anyway, thats sorted and working now. (amazing seeing my perl scripts running that quickly.) but the reason I wanted mod_perl working was to speed up some SSI web sites.. (footer is perl, header is perl, other stuff is perl also.) This doesn't work at present.. but I am under the impression that I am supposed to call it like this (in the shtml): Right now, I get this in the logs: "unknown directive "perl" in parsed doc" Anyone know how I define "perl" as the directive for SSI mod_perl ??? I am sooo close here I can taste it.. Any help here would be very very much appreciated. I have read about 3 dozen web sites while looking at google.com, but so far nothing that tells me how to achieve this. regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] The spam war
I use spamassassin with amavis-new, Trend Filescan (free) with trophy all hooked up though postfix my mail is fetched from the isp, handed to postfix, scaned for virus's and spam.. and passed along (or quaranteened depending on what it is.) with over 8500 emails through it since I set it up.. I've had about a dozen spam get though and no virus's. yes spamassasin is harder to setup, but its worth it. It has more active development going on then all the others put together. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Goshko Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2003 1:49 AM To: Linux List Subject: Re: [expert] The spam war On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 21:01, Miark wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2003 18:25:11 -0400 > Bruce Endries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I see a lot of activity around Spam Assassin, but haven't notice anyone > > mentioning POPFile. This is another Bayes method spam filter. > > Bruce, > > I use it for the one account that I use with Outlook Express, and I think > it's great. Very simple to install, configure, and use--and it is effective. > I highly recommend the win32 version to my Winblows friends. The linux version is great too, much easier (IMHO) to set up the spamassassin. Been using it for 3 week, and it is sitting at 97.5% (and rising). -- ...Rob -- In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. = Robert Goshko Axis Computer Consulting Services, Inc President Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada http://www.axis-dev.ca/ Supporting the Revolution In Your World = Registered Linux User #260513 GNU/Linux i686 2.4.21-0.13mdk-725ca 11:45:01 up 3:52, 4 users, load average: 1.14, 1.09, 1.13 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] mod_perl scripts.
No error messages in the logs (i'm no guru, but the logs were my first stop)
and no path errors that I can see.. but I am using apache 1.3 not 2.x.
Do any of you remember running mod perl on mdk9.0??
As I said, when called directly, mod_perl works just fine on port 8200..
so its the rewritting that has failed, not mod_perl itself.
I was wondering if Virtual named hosting would cause the issue..
Also, because Mandrake are the only apache that I found to run mod_perl as a
seperate daemon, there isn't alot of info online that I Can find.
rgds
Franki
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven Broos
Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2003 11:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [expert] mod_perl scripts.
A quick look into my system:
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd2.conf
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd2-perl.conf
And a lot of occurences of 'perl' in /etc/init.d/httpd
Are the paths and prefixes in the config-files correct ?
Do you get any error-messages in /var/log/httpd (or /etc/httpd/logs)
when you restart apache ?
Steven
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 23:03, Frankie wrote:
> You have to enable perl in the Apache config file I suppose
> (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf or something similar)
>
> If you search the config-file for 'perl', you should find some more
> information and example-config that is commented.
>
> Steven
>
>
>
>
>
> yeah, I know...
>
> a long search revealed that PERLPROXIED most be enabled in the init script
>
> So i took a look and found this (in /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd):
>
> #If both servers are installed, perl runs as a proxy
> #and has no extra modules
> if [ -x /usr/sbin/httpd -a -x /usr/sbin/httpd-perl ]; then
> DEFINE="-DPERLPROXIED"
> PERLXMODS=""
> fi
> PERLFILE="-f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf"
> ###
>
>
>
> which seems to be testing to make sure http-perl and http are there.. they
> both are...
> and if they are, to define "PERLPROXIED"
> So that appears to be correct.
>
> Then in httpd.conf I see this:
>
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteRule ^proxy:.* - [F]
> RewriteRule ^(.*\/perl\/.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}:8200$1 [P]
> RewriteRule ^(.*\/cgi-perl\/.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}:8200$1 [P]
>
>
> Which appears to do the rewritting to port 8200 that calls to /perl or
> /cgi-perl are
> supposed to do.
>
> Since I know that mod perl is working fine when I specify port 8200
> manually.. the problem would have to be the rewritting..
>
> but it all seems right.. so I am at something of a loss here..
>
> hense my question here..
>
>
> regards
>
> Franki
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> __
>
> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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RE: [expert] mod_perl scripts.
You have to enable perl in the Apache config file I suppose
(/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf or something similar)
If you search the config-file for 'perl', you should find some more
information and example-config that is commented.
Steven
yeah, I know...
a long search revealed that PERLPROXIED most be enabled in the init script
So i took a look and found this (in /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd):
#If both servers are installed, perl runs as a proxy
#and has no extra modules
if [ -x /usr/sbin/httpd -a -x /usr/sbin/httpd-perl ]; then
DEFINE="-DPERLPROXIED"
PERLXMODS=""
fi
PERLFILE="-f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf"
###
which seems to be testing to make sure http-perl and http are there.. they
both are...
and if they are, to define "PERLPROXIED"
So that appears to be correct.
Then in httpd.conf I see this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^proxy:.* - [F]
RewriteRule ^(.*\/perl\/.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}:8200$1 [P]
RewriteRule ^(.*\/cgi-perl\/.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}:8200$1 [P]
Which appears to do the rewritting to port 8200 that calls to /perl or
/cgi-perl are
supposed to do.
Since I know that mod perl is working fine when I specify port 8200
manually.. the problem would have to be the rewritting..
but it all seems right.. so I am at something of a loss here..
hense my question here..
regards
Franki
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[expert] mod_perl scripts.
Hi guys I have been trying to get mod_perl working on a default 9.0 box.. with the standard config.. this doesn't work: http://localhost/perl/mod_perl-testscript.pl but this does: http://localhost:8200/perl/mod_perl-testscript.pl >From what I can gather, normal apache is supposed to detect that its supposed to redirect to 8200 for scripts in /cgi-perl or /perl directories.. but it isn't working.. am I supposed to set that up? regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Stateful inspection firewall.
Mr James Sparenberg did say: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sparenberg On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 07:35, Frankie wrote: > Hi guys, > > > I have a semi OT question about packet filter firewalls. > > Up till now, I have used linux IPCHAINS and IPTABLES firewalls were one was > required, and never had a problem... > > I just got hold of a DLINK DSL504 and set it up with a mixture of NAT and > portforwarding.. all of which went fine. > > Then I did the usual thing when setting up a firewall, I set the firewall to > block everything, and then enabled the usual suspects, SSH, SMTP, HTTPD, > HTTPS, and so on. which were all portforwarded to two linux boxes on the > inside net.. > > Unfortunatly, when enabled, the firewall blocked all NAT traffic as well... > so with the firewall on, I can't do anything at all.. but my web sites still > get access, and my mail server works.. > > Does anyone have any experiance with router firmware firewalls and what I > can do to get NAT working without opening the whole thing up?? I've got a D-Link 713P here that is working just fine... Question, is it outbound or inbound traffic that is getting blocked? If it is outbound then I've got a page that falls under the title Packet Filter. The Default here was to block all outbound except special rules from specific boxes. Then a button at the bottom to do the same for inbound. Filtering can either be done in general or by mac address. James Jamies, I have a suspecion that you have alot more options then I do... I got around it for now by portforwarding whole ranges of ports to a non existant internal IP... So I have stealth, and NAT, but I don't like doing it this way, somehow its just not need. I have emailed the filter table to Dlink tech support, so hopefully someone there will know. regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Stateful inspection firewall.
Hi guys, I have a semi OT question about packet filter firewalls. Up till now, I have used linux IPCHAINS and IPTABLES firewalls were one was required, and never had a problem... I just got hold of a DLINK DSL504 and set it up with a mixture of NAT and portforwarding.. all of which went fine. Then I did the usual thing when setting up a firewall, I set the firewall to block everything, and then enabled the usual suspects, SSH, SMTP, HTTPD, HTTPS, and so on. which were all portforwarded to two linux boxes on the inside net.. Unfortunatly, when enabled, the firewall blocked all NAT traffic as well... so with the firewall on, I can't do anything at all.. but my web sites still get access, and my mail server works.. Does anyone have any experiance with router firmware firewalls and what I can do to get NAT working without opening the whole thing up?? I have linux IPTABLES filters setup on the linux machines as well, but I want external port scans to show the ports as dropping all packets to closed ports, not "closed" as they are now. Since that end of things is done by the router, that is where I have to tackle it. Anyone know anything that would be useful here?? (There is no MASQ setting in the routers firewall config. :-) regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
yeah, I agree with all of that.. one other reason I am sticking with csv now is apparently it imports well into the most common australian accounts packages.. MYOB.. since most of them use it.. that seems to be a good reason rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack Coates Sent: Friday, 4 April 2003 12:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 02:36, Frankie wrote: > by that same analogy, rtf should not exist either and data can be handed out > as txt files with no formating... > users could add the own formatting.. > > I am simply trying to see things though the eyes of our users, who vary form > developers to complete computer newbies.. ... see, that's your mistake -- empathizing with the users only leads to heartache. Tell 'em what they're getting and if they don't like it they can have an IBM Selectric and a ream of carbon paper :-) Seriously, you're right that the users will care about formatting -- I'm currently saddled with a hellish pricing tool that generates poorly formatted Excel sheets that I have to fix before sending out, and I do care. This gives you two options: 1) generate editable content. At this point in time there is only one standard that they will accept, and that is MS Excel. The end. I do the above editing in OpenOffice or Gnumeric, but I always work with the Excel file format. Ditto for Word, Power Point, etc. 2) generate non-editable content. This can be HTML or PDF. But if your users are going to reformat or edit, don't saddle them with this. Let them use spreadsheets to edit spreadsheets and word processors to edit documents, don't force them to fire up Mozilla Composer or Front Page to fix a typo. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Are you compliant yet? ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3514.txt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
by that same analogy, rtf should not exist either and data can be handed out as txt files with no formating... users could add the own formatting.. I am simply trying to see things though the eyes of our users, who vary form developers to complete computer newbies.. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David E. Fox Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2003 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. > I can make do assumptions about the systems of the end user... nor about > their knowledge level. I can understand that. The end user will just get the data and import it into their favorite spreadsheet or what have you. And it's a given that html is not something that is going to come into a spreadsheet. Yet what I don't understand is a need for it to do so - why should there be an rtf for spreadsheets, as you put it? The formatting (as I see it) should remain in the spreadsheet. The data can be just brought in. Are your users spreadsheet neophytes in that you can't assume they will be able to (for instance) set column widths, decimals, and other cell attributes and that the spreadsheet should look a certain way? > Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] ircservices on mdk ircd.. (C/N???)
Hi guys.. I have the mandrake ircd rpm installed and running fine.. and now I am trying to add ircservices to the mix.. I have downloaded it, compiled and installed it and started it.. It is returning (in the logfile): "FATAL: Remote server returned: ERROR closing link, (no C/N lines)" Now this is my first attempt at our own irc server.. so go easy with me.. obviously I have to add something to ircd.conf so it will accept the connection from the services daemon... Anyone able to tell me what those lines are?? and what format?? my hunting around has led me to believe that it should look something like this: C:127.0.0.1:password:services.whatever.net::99 N:127.0.0.1:password:services.whatever.net::99 but I am not sure if thats correct and if so, how to edit it to suit... (in other works what the subsections of it mean..) Any help would be most appreciated. regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel
well, the speed benefits might be negledgable on mandrake, because the kernel is already compiled for a i586 machine.. If however it was a distro that was compiled for i386,, and you had a PIII, athlon or P4, then recompiling could make a significant difference.. the memory footprint could be made smaller by only compiling support for your exact hardware, as opposed to the generic hardware support of the normal kernels.. in addition as you said is the patching and addition of new hardare, features etc... I used to do it all the time, I stopped about a year or 2 ago,, just wasn't worth the effort to me. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of T E Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 10:16 PM To: exp-mdk Subject: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel Hi all, I have searched the web for the answer to my question but have found conflicting info. So I turn to you, experts! What exactly are the benefits of recompling the kernel (besides support for new device)? I have asked this question before, and was told that it optimizes the system to work more efficiently. However after reading: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/kupgrade.html The writer states he has never seen kernel recompling produce a faster machine. Other posts on the web seem to hint that kernel recompiling is a thing of the past or a signal . Whats the deal here? I've tried recompling before on mandrake 8.2 and have had mixed results. However, I noticed that you have the option to specify the processor type (which makes me think that would make it perform faster?). TIA __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
sort of yes... I can make do assumptions about the systems of the end user... nor about their knowledge level. in 90% of office suites, .csv will open in the spreadsheet app.. html files will not.. Therein lies the problem.. CSV is working now.. and its readable in the download file.. so it'll have to do till someone comes up with rtf for spreadsheets. regards Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 6:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:46, Frankie wrote: > its not in xls format... > > its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls > format data would be quiet hard.. Is saving as HTML not an option? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
The data is in a mysql database.. The webapp pulls that data out depending on what data they wanted and lists it in html tables.. I have created some reusable code so that if someone clicks download on one of those data pages, it tells the webapp to run the query again and open a download header and send it all down. This way I can have any of the dozen areas of the webapp pass a query onto the downloader code and have it run the query and start the download of the relevant query.. and before anyone tells me that passing the query in a form parameter is insecure, I'm not.. using a session file. It works now.. and its reusable code..so it'll do. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David E. Fox Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. > I have to write a webapp with a downlaod option for the data.. > at present the format is in .csv (comma seperated values) OK, most if not all spreadsheets can take CSV. (csv is nearly identical to Basic DATA statement format, without the DATA tokens, in case anyone's wondering). It seems you have two issues: one of presentation, and one of transmission. It is true that CSV is limited, although the header can be transmitted as the first row of the data. For instance: "SEQ","FNAME","LNAME","ACT" "1000345","David","Fox","34" "1000346","Paul","Jones","37" etc. Then the sheet or app at the other end can just import that, and the user knows what the columns are for. Now as far as presentation is concerned, you could have a perl script or such that would sisplay the data the sheet is about to download before it gets downloaded -- however the real data is still preserved in CSV form. I used to work in an environment where I was getting new sheet data daily and incorporating it into spreadsheets and other things. I seem to recall the presentation of data was done with Java. > Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
is the file format of SS open??? I need to create it with perl... in other words, I'd need to know the format. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Felix Miata Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 3:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. Frankie wrote: > so maybe that will have to do for now... csv is just missing to much... I > need basic formatting.. Why not try the original standard SS file formats, Lotus 1-2-3 v1A (WKS) or v2 (WK1)? AFAIK, there is no such thing as a spreadsheet app that can't handle at least one of them. My workhorse SS can read/write both, but not XLS. -- "The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental power."General Douglas MacArthur Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
I have since decided against this as well in the end.. I have gone back to csv... but as for why this is better then normal xls.. is that the perl module will only write xls that all the office apps will totally understand.. there is no diff in any of them.. excel often writes xls files that look bad on others.. anyway, the main reason I gave up on this module was because it requires the file be written to temp drives and then to master xls file.. I want to open a header and stream the info to the user.. no file creation on the server.. I have achieved that with csv currently. and it will be much faster for not having to do file creation... I also got headers of a sort with csv now as well.. I had the headings in an array (a list)... so I did a count on them.. and inserted this in the script: $csv_output .= '-,' x $count; so it adds an underline for each header... gives it some seperation from the data.. testing in OOo looks ok.. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 1:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 6:45 pm, Frankie wrote: > yeah, I agree with all of that.. > > problem is the end user is not gonna understand downloadin the data as > html.. > > so I went looking at cpan and found this: > http://search.cpan.org/author/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40/WriteEx >c el.pm > > > it creates what is as close to standards compliant xls as possible.. > > so maybe that will have to do for now... csv is just missing to much... I > need basic formatting.. > Not trying to stir this up, Franki, but how is that more satisfactory than using .xls to start with? Or is it that the .csv data is not translatable (by you) to .xls? Perhaps we are not understanding your application. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
yeah, I agree with all of that.. problem is the end user is not gonna understand downloadin the data as html.. so I went looking at cpan and found this: http://search.cpan.org/author/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40/WriteExc el.pm it creates what is as close to standards compliant xls as possible.. so maybe that will have to do for now... csv is just missing to much... I need basic formatting.. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Praedor Atrebates Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 1:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:57 am, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > I was able to get it to open in OO.o Calc only after naming the html file > spreadsheet.html.xls. The .xls extension is required or OO.o opens the file > (as you saw) in it's silly HTML editor. [...] > The idea behind HTML is that it's a good presentation format. For those who > can upload the HTML into a spreadsheet it's a dandy format for manipulation > as well. For those who can't, well, at least the data can be viewed in a > browser or read in plain text. It's the most cross platform solution I can > think of... Well, since you desire to present the data/info, as you conclude HTML would appear to be the best option. Being able to open the file in a spreadsheet app should only be important if others need to make changes to the data via spreadsheet functions. As I think about it, I don't see much basis for anyone to come up with a "universal" spreadsheet format. Certainly, OO/SO, gnumeric, and kspread developers COULD do so but it would be universal only to them and leave out excel and lotus users (M$ would have no reason whatsoever to support such a format unless OO/SO use really took off and they were forced to). Tex-based could be useful, as would a STANDARD use of XML, but I don't think any would be better overall than HTML for presentation, only for manipulation in a mixed environment. praedor - -- Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. -- Chapman Cohen Fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+icqYaKr9sJYeTxgRAlXAAJ9Fti3LaADO2SEwxbck9ELiXgW9DwCghiQi WPt5OhJEZ1XpsebwL7W1WY8= =A4Qo -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
csv is not good for formatting or table headings and the like.. The data is about 8gig of debt collection data.. and without headings it is gibberish.. whats why I was hoping there was a format that allowed just basic formatting.. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Praedor Atrebates Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 12:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:58 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 07:51, Frankie wrote: > > thats great > > > > do u have a suggestion for me as to a spreadsheet format ??? > > .sxw if you must be free, and encourage people to use OpenOffice on all > platforms, or .xls if you want to get to practical working state So what IS wrong with *.csv? You can format it so that it is compatible with windoze or Mac or linux/unix. It is a simple text file and is importable readable by virtually anything (as Anna stated). I too have used .xls, but it depends on my audience/target. For the broad, general sense such that ANYONE could use your file regardless, I would think .csv would work. If you know your target will use excel, then by all means use .xls. If I want to analyze my data, I save it as .csv and then can import it as a data file for grace or similar app. If it is merely a basic spreadsheet, it almost doesn't matter. My problem here is that I jumped in at a latter stage of the discussion and haven't really seen the previous messages beyond the last 3 or 4. - -- Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. -- Chapman Cohen Fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ibk7aKr9sJYeTxgRAhSNAJ0WIa7eVbpSPF/R2u+AxAPOVUt+ggCdGx4r eApi51ZVkD0g/RdW2fJL4ds= =TYXi -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
thats great do u have a suggestion for me as to a spreadsheet format ??? Its strange.. rtf has been around for many years.. but noone has greated a spreadsheet version? seems odd.. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Praedor Atrebates Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 11:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:07 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 3:46 pm, Frankie wrote: > > its not in xls format... > > > > its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls > > format data would be quiet hard.. > > I suggested this because just about any spreadsheet can read/write .xls. I > use Gnumeric, and use .xls to cross-platform files. Equally, just about > all will read in .cvs files. > > > Also, I don't want to support M$ file formats.. > > Understood - but being practical, it's there, available to all, and so far > as I know M$ does not benefit one iota by your using it. Your choice - > just what linux is about I certainly understand the desire to not support M$ file formats. Even though M$ doesn't gain directly from such support, they do peripherally. It perpetuates the use of M$ software and the idea that M$ is a "standard" that people need to follow. This sort of thinking is one of the reasons that people seem to automatically assume that it is OK to send you a *.doc file because, NATURALLY, you will use Windoze and/or Word. Of COURSE it is acceptable to send *.doc files or request/require doc files because everyone uses Word/windoze. It is better to encourage use of more democratic/open formats, kill the assumption that everyone uses M$ products and they are all that exist or are useful. It is handy to be able to read other people's files, regardless of the app they used to create it, but it is better if a more universally available and untied format is used. It irritates me when I receive a doc file from a family member who has made the above erroneous assumption. This is an endemic problem that can best be addressed by using open formats whenever possible in preference to ANY closed format. - -- Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. -- Chapman Cohen Fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ibIcaKr9sJYeTxgRAlxnAJ9p6rTJCSs/t190/Mbkd3MspC0BwgCgr+sw LwExnYhP5HOhvXrJFml0es0= =mMuA -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
its not in xls format... its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls format data would be quiet hard.. Also, I don't want to support M$ file formats.. Thats why I was hoping there was an rtf type format for spreadsheets. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 10:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 3:10 pm, Frankie wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have to write a webapp with a downlaod option for the data.. > at present the format is in .csv (comma seperated values) > > however there are massive limitations to what csv can display. notably > there is no way to make headers of format the data at all > > In word processors we have rich text format (.rtf) is there anything > available that does the same thing for spreadsheets? > > It must be openable in excel, lotus etc.. and hopefully openoffice as > well... > > Does anyone have any suggestions on this one?? > Stating the obvious, Franki, but couldn't it stay as a spreadsheet? .xls can be opened in Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 (as long as you are not using the latest edition additions) and OOo - though if macros were involved it would be more difficult. If you need to test anything against Lotus 1-2-3 you could send it to me - I'm happy to help. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] open source spreadsheet file format.
Hi guys, I have to write a webapp with a downlaod option for the data.. at present the format is in .csv (comma seperated values) however there are massive limitations to what csv can display. notably there is no way to make headers of format the data at all In word processors we have rich text format (.rtf) is there anything available that does the same thing for spreadsheets? It must be openable in excel, lotus etc.. and hopefully openoffice as well... Does anyone have any suggestions on this one?? regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] samba
if you use windows find to look for the machine.. can it see it then?? Start->search/find->Computers and enter the hostname of the linux server (in my case the server is called "home") windows networking can be a pain the first time with samba.. I have never had a problem setting it up after my first ever battle... The problem is that you can't SEE the linux machines from windows..solve that first, worry about loggin in later. fireup komba2 and see if you can access the windows machines from the linux box.. that should tell you if there is a network config issue. let us know if you can see the machines both ways. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] samba On Monday 31 Mar 2003 11:33 pm, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 15:44, richard bown wrote: > > Now I'm confused :( > > > > The windows box only has 2 users, both have a null string as a password, > > ie I login as "richard" with a blank password. > > When I login to this box as a user "richard" and the password is > > "richard". > > I dont think linux likes null strings as passwords. > > On the Linux machine you'll need to create equivalent samba users with: > > smbadduser richard:richard > It will prompt for a password. Just press Enter to disable the > passwords. > I have only ever once added one user with a null password, and it never worked. I don't think samba does like null passwords - though it's possible that there is a minimum length for passwords set somewhere. To eliminate this as a suspect, could you set one of the windows machine with a password, match it on linux and samba and see if it appears? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] samba
some ideas.. 1. make sure the windows machines and the linux box have the same workgroup name.. in this caes MDKGROUP 2. Try it with the firewall off.. clear your iptables rules and eliminate the firewall as the cause. 3. add these to your [global] section of smb.conf (edited to suit) hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.0.0.1 interfaces = eth0 They are a good security measure to limit access to local interface and IP's 4. try adding this to global as well.. so it wins master elections. os level = 99 even without windows users having matching users on the linux machine, the windows PC's should still be able to see the linux box..just not access it. hope that is of some help.. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 3:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] samba On Monday 31 Mar 2003 8:32 pm, richard bown wrote: > Hi All > > , thanks Kwan & Torstein for the advice , but so far the windows machine > still cannot see this machine. > I have opened ports 137 & 139 on the firewall , I've altered the > smb.conf as suggested, included the chmod and chown foe the public dir, > but still nothing. > The modified smb.conf is as follows:- > [global] > workgroup = MDKGROUP > netbios name = FW-GB7TF > server string = Samba Server %v > encrypt passwords = Yes > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > max log size = 50 > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > printcap name = cups > domain logons = Yes > dns proxy = No > printer admin = @adm > printing = cups > security = share > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > read only = No > browseable = No > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > create mask = 0700 > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client > side printer drivers. > browseable = No > > [print$] > path = /var/lib/samba/printers > write list = @adm root > guest ok = Yes > > > The smbusers file as follows:- > > # Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ... > root = administrator admin > nobody = guest pcguest smbguest > > I'm still stumped, any more suggestions ?? It looks as though your windows users don't have accounts on your box? They need a user account, with password and username exactly matching their windows logon, and a samba user account, again with an exact match in username and password. I presume they also have MDKGROUP as their workgroup, remembering case sensitivity? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] OT: spam filtering in Windows
or you can add amavis-new and spamassassin to a postfix server setting in the middle of your setup.. it gets mail, scans for virus and spam.. and then passes it to your existing mail server.. very handy.. I have a similiar setup here.. amavis-new is a perl daemon, very fast, loads into memory so always ready, it links up with postfix, and postfix passes it mail for spam and virus scanning. I use filescan and trophie which is a daemon that loads trend filescans virus lib. (from free version of linux filescan.) fast, has yet to miss a virus, autoupdates its own pattern files, and learns more about our spam daily (its using spamassassin 2.52 and bayes learning.) It has caught 9 in the last couple of hours, if it is sure that its spam.. it quaranteens it.. if it isn't totally sure, it tags it as spam in the headers and subject and passes it along for filtering by mail clients. (using the (***SPAM*** in the subject as a rule to filter on.) very handy, very fast and not particularly hard to setup.. took me about an hour from go to whoa... would have been quicker, but I prefer to load and "make" the perl modules instead of using CPAN to do it for me. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack Coates Sent: Monday, 31 March 2003 11:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] OT: spam filtering in Windows On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 22:30, dfox wrote: > Hi. I'm posting this on behalf of our worksite which has been inundated > with lots of spam. At home of course I can install Spam Assassin and get > rid of most of this stuff. But at work we are at the mercy of POP mail > and Outlook on Windows machines. > > Of course I am trying to suggest Linux but I don't think this is a > realistic alternative that management would be happy with. And we get > our mail from a "foreign" server (sbc=pacbell) and we are (I think) > dependent on their whims -- i.e., installing filters on the mail server > isn't an option. use fetchmail to pop the mail from SBC, then deliver to a local postfix. Use postfix's tools to bounce via RBL if that floats your boat, or just call spamassassin via /etc/procmailrc. Reconfigure your end users to pop/imap off of that box rather than SBC. For extra credit, set up SASL-authenticated SMTP relaying too :-) If you have so few users that you're still reliant on SBC's "business" "services", you should be able to support everyone better than presently with any $300 white-box (http://www.pricewatch.com/menus/m43.htm, http://www.pricewatch.com/1/43/4072-1.htm). Or you could buy the commercial windows version of SpamAssassin for all of your desktops (http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/msk/) At $29 per desktop plus tax (ignoring the huge hassle of configuring desktop-by-desktop instead of on a single server), you'll break even at ten desktops. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] trainging spamassassin from outlook2000
Hi guys.. on my work machine I have to use lookout2000... for learning purposes, I started storing spam in an outlook directory... on my linux box, I created "spam" and "ham" mailboxes now in outlook, I can open a spam message and go to: "Actions=>resend message" and have outlook email the spam with all the correct headers to the ham mailbox on the server so it can be learned by bayes in spamassasin... I have 3000 spam messages collected that I'd like to use for training bayes filters.. but sending by hand is wayyy to time consuming.. Anyone know of a way I can "mass resend" all the mail in my spam directory on outlook to the spam account on the server? regards Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] updates CD..
cool, thanks heaps... rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steffen Barszus It is easier to modify the defaults in urpmi: #- default options. my $update = 0; my $media = ''; my $synthesis = ''; my $auto = 0; my $allow_medium_change = 0; my $auto_select = 0; my $force = 0; my $allow_nodeps = 0; my $allow_force = 0; my $parallel = ''; my $sync = undef; my $X = 0; my $WID = 0; my $all = 0; my $rpm_opt = "vh"; my $use_provides = 1; my $fuzzy = 0; my $src = 0; my $clean = 0; my $noclean = 0;<== to 1 my $pre_clean_cache = 0; my $post_clean_cache = 1; my $verbose = 0; my $root = ''; my $bug = ''; my $env = ''; my $log = ''; my $verify_rpm = 1; my $test = 0; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] updates CD..
I suppose i could go though the calls to urpmi in MandrakeUpdate and add --noclean was hoping there was an easier way though.. It should be a checkbox on the GUI. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Fotheringham Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2003 9:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] updates CD.. > Incidently, does anyone know of a way to stop MandrakeUpdate deleting the > files in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms Hi, I asked this a while back and got some responses but mainly for urpmi from the command line. I looked at some of the scripts involved in MandrakeUpdate but didn't figure out how I could use the information successfully. I may have some time on my hands in the near future so it's something I might look at again. It's such an obvious thing to want to do I'm surprised it's not implemented. Paul. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] updates CD..
Hi guys, Just curious.. Is there an updates iso made anywere?? seems like that would be handy, and could even be automated.. I'm currently downloading all the updates in the mdk9 updates directory on FTP.. so I can update all my machines completely without having to do each one.. Incidently, does anyone know of a way to stop MandrakeUpdate deleting the files in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms That would be handy, then I could just grab all the packages and burn them to CD... rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
