Away from this newsgroup
Owning to un-precedential problem, I must un-subscribe from this newsgroup. See you guys later. I will read the general newsgroup from time to time. -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^5:48pm up 12 days, 10:53, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 0.97, 0.97 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: shuttle disaster [OT]
I recommend dismantling NASA until they can find a replacement for a guy like Wayne Ratiff... Not me, of course... :) Michael Scottaline wrote: On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 14:00:42 -0800 Condon Thomas A KPWA [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^2:44pm up 12 days, 7:49, 0 users, load average: 0.99, 0.97, 0.91 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
shuttle disaster
look at the faces of those scientists in NASA. That's what I called real experts. they knew a problem that couldn't be fixed and they didn't lie about it and keep trying. hmm.. hahaa... dam.. too cool... -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^10:16pm up 10 days, 15:21, 1 user, load average: 1.06, 1.03, 0.96 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: shuttle disaster
tell ya.. the shuttle was shot down by this thing: http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/hljpage.cgi?BAN914203 it's all in one episode of the anime. :P dep wrote: begin Bill Campbell's quote: | Sounds like typical government efficiency and coverups. pretty much, yeah. -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^12:56pm up 11 days, 6:01, 1 user, load average: 1.02, 1.02, 0.94 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
networking hardware
I don't understand. why the BNC connectors I bought these days are so loosed (compared to the ones I used back 15 years ago)? Is making a circle at the right diameter so difficult?? dam The same problem can happen to 10BaseT if those plug manufacturers are not careful about the product quality of those plastics... damm -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^8:50am up 10 days, 1:55, 0 users, load average: 1.04, 1.03, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: networking hardware
yes, plastic is cheap to replace and easy to find and synthesis, but do you want a US$0.01 plug to mis-informated your whole battlion when a netowrk failure happens in the course of a fierce battle? silly m.w.chang wrote: I don't understand. why the BNC connectors I bought these days are so loosed (compared to the ones I used back 15 years ago)? Is making a circle at the right diameter so difficult?? dam The same problem can happen to 10BaseT if those plug manufacturers are not careful about the product quality of those plastics... damm -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^8:54am up 10 days, 1:59, 0 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: networking hardware
computer, both hardware and software, is a life-and-death business. couldn't these guys in the world be a little bit serious? m.w.chang wrote: I don't understand. why the BNC connectors I bought these days are so loosed (compared to the ones I used back 15 years ago)? Is making a circle at the right diameter so difficult?? dam The same problem can happen to 10BaseT if those plug manufacturers are not careful about the product quality of those plastics... damm -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^8:54am up 10 days, 1:59, 0 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
foxpro-like frontend for mysql backend
anyone ever saw a mysql client that works almost like dbase or foxpro? -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^5:02pm up 7 days, 10:07, 1 user, load average: 1.36, 1.58, 1.69 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: rpm --port?
I came across a webpage that showed a message about that option. It just flashed across my eyes. I lost the link now.. forget it then. Jim Bonnet wrote: m.w.chang wrote: what does it do? remote admin or just for downloading? Im running rpm 3.0.6 and I sure don't have rpm --port.. I do have rpm --ftpport, and rpm --httpport Where do you see this --port option? -j -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^5:04pm up 7 days, 10:09, 1 user, load average: 1.18, 1.43, 1.62 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
rpm --port?
what does it do? remote admin or just for downloading? -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^10:52am up 7 days, 3:57, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 0.99, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
linux from nothing
We now got Knoppix and Gentoo that basically boot you into a working linux. how could you start building a system using instructions on linuxfromscratch if you don't even have any linux distribution? kind of like what Mr. Trovald got when he wrote linux-0.1. can one walk in his shoes? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: gcc-2.95.3 and libstdc++-2.92
got the answer from news://news.linux.org.hk http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/status.html The most recent version of this library that will build with GCC 2.95.2 is the ninth snapshot release, libstdc++-2.90.8.tar.gz. ok, I am and was not familiar with gcc stuffs... sorry. m.w.chang wrote: seems that libstdc++-2.92 was NOT meant for gcc-2.95.3. even caldera used libstdc++-2.10 only. what should be the most updaetd version of libdstc++ for gcc-2.95.3 ? anyway, I am trying to build gcc-3.2.1 now ... m.w.chang wrote: btw, does gcc-3.2.1 have latest libdstdc++ bndled? from time to time, some packages (like htdig) insisted on usnig it. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: gcc-3.2.1
ok. gcc 3.2.1 built following gcc_notes. proftpd-1.2.8cvs built ok (now using it). now going back to htdig-3.1.6 (which complained loudly about ostream...) m.w.chang wrote: seems that libstdc++-2.92 was NOT meant for gcc-2.95.3. even caldera used libstdc++-2.10 only. what should be the most updaetd version of libdstc++ for gcc-2.95.3 ? anyway, I am trying to build gcc-3.2.1 now ... -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^9:00pm up 5 days, 14:05, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 0.99 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: linux from nothing
yes, WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE. it's a typo.. I didn't double-check. why were you installing Caldera WITHOUT ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE? Don't you mean with absolute confidence? I'm not clear on your meaning of I didn't need to backup my data partition to install COL 3.1 I have no courage to do that with Redhat 8's installation. .. ...scarry without backup. If you had a backup wouldn't you be reinstalling from it, and if not, why do you have that backup, especially since you say it's a production system? This makes no sense at all. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: linux from nothing
no. it's just a P3 on a Abit TUSLC-2 and CUBX with 384M RAM. I'm sorry to butt in, but I've never had a REDHAT installations heave like your mentioning here. Sounds like your installing on the latest and greatest Pentium 4, with the ia-32bit verision, or the CDROM your using is a dud. No. I will give that redhat cd a 2nd try. I hope it's not a beta repackaged by the taiwanese. I got it off a Taiwan book at HK$ 80. COL 3.x remained my first choice. Maybe you should try downloading the ia-64 version of WS 3.1.1, and see if your problems 'magically' go away. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: linux from nothing
I don't know what redhat was doing at all, but compared my virgin experienemnt with redhat ahd col, redhat is a mess. for any newbies, backup is a must. the distribution. I understand you're speaking of your confidence level, not of the actual, realistic differences of the install process, however backups shouldn't be based on this factor at all. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: linux from nothing
on the other hand, I am expecting a proven COL 3.1.1 workstaiton cdrom from the mailbox. I had one working copy, but its surface was scratched badly. All recent attempts to pull the same disk image off ftp.iso.caldera.com failed to produce a working cdrom. Maybe you should try downloading the ia-64 version of WS 3.1.1, and see if your problems 'magically' go away. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: linux from nothing
I only heard that 32bit OS could not handles date arithematics after 2038... :) And as I understand it, going from 32 bits to 64 bits creates problems, and a OS developer has to start from the ground all over again? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
apache mod_perl
still failed. I installed from tarball perl-5.8.0. ** the compile script *** if [ $MODPERL -eq 1 ] ; then cd /usr/src/mod_perl* perl Makefile.PL \ EVERYTHING=1 \ APACHE_SRC=../apache_$APC/src \ USE_APACI=1 \ PREP_HTTPD=1 \ DO_HTTPD=1 make checkinstall fi ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc/httpd \ --sbindir=/usr/sbin \ --includedir=/usr/include/httpd \ --localstatedir=/var/run/httpd \ --runtimedir=/var/run \ --logfiledir=/var/log/httpd \ --proxycachedir=/var/cache/httpd \ --datadir=/home/httpd \ --iconsdir=/home/httpd/html/icons \ --cgidir=/home/httpd/cgi-bin \ --htdocsdir=/home/httpd/html/htdocs \ --manualdir=/usr/doc/apache_$APC \ --enable-module=all \ --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a \ --enable-module=perl \ --with-perl=\usr\bin\perl * the error * === src/modules/perl I-I../../os/unix -I../../include-DLINUX=22 -I/usr/include/db1 -DMOD_SSL=208112 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -DUSE_EXPAT -I../../lib/expat-lite `../../apaci` -c mod_perl.c /bin/sh: I: command not found make[4]: [mod_perl.o] Error 127 (ignored) o perlxsi.c -std make[4]: o: Command not found make[4]: [perlxsi.c] Error 127 (ignored) I-I../../os/unix -I../../include-DLINUX=22 -I/usr/include/db1 -DMOD_SSL=208112 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -DUSE_EXPAT -I../../lib/expat-lite `../../apaci` -c perlxsi.c /bin/sh: I: command not found make[4]: [perlxsi.o] Error 127 (ignored) I-I../../os/unix -I../../include-DLINUX=22 -I/usr/include/db1 -DMOD_SSL=208112 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -DUSE_EXPAT -I../../lib/expat-lite `../../apaci` -c perl_config.c /bin/sh: I: command not found make[4]: [perl_config.o] Error 127 (ignored) I-I../../os/unix -I../../include-DLINUX=22 -I/usr/include/db1 -DMOD_SSL=208112 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -DUSE_EXPAT -I../../lib/expat-lite `../../apaci` -c perl_util.c /bin/sh: I: command not found make[4]: [perl_util.o] Error 127 (ignored) I-I../../os/unix -I../../include-DLINUX=22 -I/usr/include/db1 -DMOD_SSL=208112 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -DUSE_EXPAT -I../../lib/expat-lite `../../apaci` -c perlio.c /bin/sh: I: command not found make[4]: [perlio.o] Error 127 (ignored) I-I../../os/unix -I../../include-DLINUX=22 -I/usr/include/db1 -DMOD_SSL=208112 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DEAPI -DUSE_EXPAT -I../../lib/expat-lite `../../apaci` -c mod_perl_opmask.c /bin/sh: I: command not found make[4]: [mod_perl_opmask.o] Error 127 (ignored) rm -f libperl.a crv libperl.a mod_perl.o perlxsi.o perl_config.o perl_util.o perlio.o mod_perl_opmask.o make[4]: crv: Command not found make[4]: *** [libperl.a] Error 127 make[3]: *** [all] Error 1 make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/apache_1.3.27/src' make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/apache_1.3.27' make: *** [build] Error 2 -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: apache mod_perl
sorry... sorry... the slash make clean make clean retrying... --with-perl=\usr\bin\perl -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: apache mod_perl
still got the error. any help would be appreciated. m.w.chang wrote: sorry... sorry... the slash make clean make clean retrying... --with-perl=\usr\bin\perl -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: apache mod_perl solved
I restart the whole procedure from scratch. now things worked. there is no need to use the --with-perl option. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
stdc++ and caldera
why why? why did she insist on using libstdc++??? [Mon Jan 27 17:26:34 2003] [notice] Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) mod_perl/1.27 mod_ssl/2.8.12 OpenSSL/0.9.7 configured -- resuming normal operations [Mon Jan 27 17:26:34 2003] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem) htsearch: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory [Mon Jan 27 17:28:31 2003] [error] [client 61.92.167.132] Premature end of script headers: /home/httpd/cgi-bin/htsearch one more package that needs re-compilation -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
of course not. Net Llama! wrote: You verified the MD5SUM in windoze? but... execuse me, did they generate the md5sum from a. the authentic cdrom or b. the file on the server (which may have been corrupted) ? :) when did you guys download the iso? My first download (done months ago) was a good one. -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^8:08pm up 3 days, 13:13, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Windows 2000 and linux on same box concurrently
install the linux boot loader onto the MBR. have it to boot linux and a Fat32 partition, when it boots to the FAT32 partitionk it would fire the WinNT loader there and from there you boot your Windows2000. BASIC QUESTION: Well, you get the idea. The basic question is what is the best way to make windows 2000 and linux run on the same box, at the same time, and what networking and hardware functions will be missing if they do. Thanks, Joel -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^8:10pm up 3 days, 13:15, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
thank you. that's my point. I would love someone to mail me his/her working cdrom via surface mail. I could afford a few USD. The point is that all of this discussion, other than helping Chang with his actual problem belongs on the General list. The CD burning software available on Windows and/or Apple is quite capable of burning an accurate ISO image as is cdrecord. This tells us nothing about why the installation of the software failed. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
You Honour, could we go back to the original topic? we were talking about the integrity on the COL 3.1.1. iso, not whether I used a window$ or linux to burn the image. ISO is the data format. you can question the compilance of Nero Burning ROM to the linux cdr-record, but you shouldn't shift the focus from the ISO to the OS. Net Llama! wrote: Why, your beloved windoze can't check MD5SUMs?? of course not. You verified the MD5SUM in windoze? but... execuse me, did they generate the md5sum from -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: apache mod_perl
anyway, the apache compile how-to is really a bit out of date, one can introduce some improvememnts to it from the notes of linuxfromscratch, notably: --enable-modules=all \ --enable-shared=max \ --with-server-gid=httpd \ --with-server-uid=httpd m.w.chang wrote: still failed. I installed from tarball perl-5.8.0. * -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
possible...but he didn't manage the ftp server. he merely gave the orders. I had to re-iterate the fact that I had never failed to boot a linux iso burnt under Window$, your majesty. I meant all, except this COL 3.1.1. Its probably Ransom Love's fault.. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
ok, I got no money or the right political environment to hire you. anyway, this part of the thread was no longer related to my query on the integrity of the iso. Cut out this your honor BS. My full time job has nothing to do with knowing how to burn a CD. I was hired because i knew Linux, not the other way around. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
stored procedures and db server security
do yuo think stored procedures are actually a security hazard for database servers? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: stored procedures and db server security
so how does that sql server worm spread itself it not using the stored programs at the server? do yuo think stored procedures are actually a security hazard for database servers? you got to be kidding. stored procedures are api methods that sit on the database server. NOT a remote or local machine. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
write you back later tonight (HKT). Kurt Wall wrote: Feigning erudition, m.w.chang wrote: % thank you. that's my point. % % I would love someone to mail me his/her working cdrom via surface mail. % I could afford a few USD. Send me an address in private email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I'll send you copies of the CDs I burned. Kurt -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
gcc-2.95.3 and libstdc++-2.92
not my first time to ask this question. accordign to the doc in libstdc++, what I needed to do is: cd /usr/src tar xzvf /path/to/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz cd /usr/src/gcc-2.95.3 tar xzvf /path/to/libdstdc++-2.92.tar.gz # take out the old ilbstdc++ that's bundled with gcc-2.95.3 mv libdstdc++ .. # load the new libstdc++ , puzzling why -v3??? mv libstdc++-2.92 libstdc++-v3 ln -s libstdc++-v3 libstdc++ cd /usr/src rm -rf gccbuild mkdir gccbuild cd gccbuild # following the gcc_notes ./gcc-2.95.3/configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --host=i686-pc-linux \ --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ \ --enable-shared \ --enable-gnu-ld make bootstrap checkinstall everyting was built, *but* rpm -qil gcc | grep libdstd gave me nothing. if I used the bundled libstdc++, there will be a libstdc++ in /usr/lib. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: gcc-2.95.3 and libstdc++-2.92
btw, does gcc-3.2.1 have latest libdstdc++ bndled? from time to time, some packages (like htdig) insisted on usnig it. m.w.chang wrote: not my first time to ask this question. accordign to the doc in libstdc++, what I needed to do is: sr/lib. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: gcc-2.95.3 and libstdc++-2.92
on closer look, I noticed this error: checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... (cached) /usr/src/gccbuild/gcc/xgcc -B/usr/src/gccbuild/gcc/ -B/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -E updating cache ./config.cache ltconfig: unrecognized option `--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu' Try `ltconfig --help' for more information. configure: error: libtool configure failed seems that the libstdc++-v3's configure failed to run -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.3dhome.net ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
the latest worm
was it another DOS attack on the root dns server? There is quite delay when accessing American web-sites from Hong kong. -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^9:46pm up 2 days, 14:51, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
re-compiling apache
I am learning to re-compile apache, and for milk's sake, why would the installation script touched the /usr/include/ctype.h? As a result, after I used checkinstall to make install, a subsequent and rpm -e apache would delete /usr/include/ctype.h. it's lucky that I used checkinstall, otherwise, I had no idea how I could find the right ctype.h to restore. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
I downloaded the ISO image again. this time, I ran md5sum on it. same as the website. I copied it to Windows 2000 and burnt it with cdrwin 5. No error in the burning prodcess but it still didn't installed (saying that COL cannot be installed on the machien. consult the .. brah...) My very first ISO (downloaded about 6 months ago) worked flawlessly. But that CDROM was scratched badly. I don't understand... On the other hand, is the installation process picky on harddisk? I found that the gentoo 1.4rc2 booted happily on my new MAxtor D740X 60G hardidks, but not on the older Quantum Fireball LM 20G harddisk. gentoo freezed at partition checking: /dev/hda when booted with the 20G Fireball LM. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
I don't know how to burn a cd on linux.. (my last priority, frankly) besides, it's not my first time to do it. gentoo, knoppix, COL 3.1 beta, COL 2.4 server, ... virtually all linux iso was burnt under Window$. no error was ever found, excpet this COL 3.1.1. So it could not be Window$' fault. Net Llama! wrote: On 01/26/03 19:01, m.w.chang wrote: I downloaded the ISO image again. this time, I ran md5sum on it. same as the website. I copied it to Windows 2000 That was your first mistake. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: re-compiling apache
I noticed that the `make install` ran chmod on /usr/include/*.h. and this may be why checkinstall included the file. I think the installation script just copied some *.h files to /usr/incldue, but too lazy to write each each *.h a chmod statement. I would say this is un-acceptable if that's the case. Kurt Wall wrote: Feigning erudition, m.w.chang wrote: % % I am learning to re-compile apache, and for milk's sake, % why would the installation script touched the /usr/include/ctype.h? % As a result, after I used checkinstall to make install, a subsequent % and rpm -e apache would delete /usr/include/ctype.h. Did the build process *change* the header file, or just touch it, that is, modify the timestamp? If the file was modified, then that's quite distburbing and certainly not something I want userspace software doing to system header files. Kurt ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
for this, I had to disagree, your honour. It's freaking easy to burn a cdr under Window$, esp if yuo used Nero Burning Rom. It occured to me naturally. Once I figured out the hardware issues on linux, I would say it might be as easy to do it with command=line cdr burnign tools under linux. my problem was with linux's hardware detection and installation. For milk's sake, I was not training as a system engineer, but a programmer. I received no vigorious training on unix internals and I beileve no one would ever pay me to do the training. That's one of the more pathetic excuses i've heard lately. I honestly wouldn't know how to burn a CD under windoze. THen again, i'm not the one having problems using a CD burnt under windoze. I had to re-iterate the fact that I had never failed to boot a linux iso burnt under Window$, your majesty. I meant all, except this COL 3.1.1. error was ever found, excpet this COL 3.1.1. So it could not be Window$' fault. Sure whatever. Burn the CD under windoze, you have a windoze problem. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
it's a P3. so it should be fine. I had no idea why the COL 3.1.1 refused to boot up, except a suspicious bad cd image The COL 3.1 worked fine (ok, that one costed me US$ 59.95) Are you sure that you have a compatible CPU? The Caldera server installations require a Pentium II or better while the workstation installs work on lesser processors. I had very good experience with Quantum. At least, it didn't die like the IBM DTLA series. :) I've had quite bad experiences with Quantum drives, and avoid them wherever possible. The newer large capacity IDE drives may require newer BIOS if you're running an old main board. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: re-compiling apache
I restored the ctype.h from the rpm via cpio. make install and then a rpm -e, .. boom... ctype.h was gone again. :) I agree. You can always do make -n foo to see what the installation will do without actually doing it. -n is a synonym for --dry-run. Kurt ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
yes, after I figured out the ide-scsi things.. later. I didn't say it was impossible. could someone burn it for me and mail me (in Hongkong) the cdrom over snail mail?? :) As for burning .iso's under linux it's as easy as : cdrecord dev=0,0,0 speed=4 somedumb.iso No big deal... If you have openlinux installed... use the provided shell Xcdroast... It works. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
I paid $59.95 for COL 3.1 because of my respect for the original Caldera. I paid 0 for my OS, how did you pay? but yuo work full-time in linux and unix, I was working full-time in Foxpro and DOS. hwo could you apply your belief over me, your honour? I received no official UNIX or Linux training. All i did was read. You know, that thing you do when you're not pointing clicking? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
the point is whether it's a standard iso file or a linux-specific iso file. Why burn in wintendo? what the heck is wrong with: cdrecord -eject -v -data speed=XX dev=0,0 isoname.iso where XX= whatever the speed (writing) of your burner is. Its faster, cleaner and bug free. Why would you want to use a virus to burn an iso of a real os? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: re-compiling apache
=== [include: Installing Apache C header files] cp ./src/include/*.h /usr/include/ cp ./src/lib/expat-lite/*.h /usr/include/xml/ cp ./src/os/unix/os.h /usr/include/ cp ./src/os/unix/os-inline.c /usr/include/ chmod 644 /usr/include/*.h /usr/include/xml/*.h here is the offending section. I configured my apache this way: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc/httpd \ --sbindir=/usr/sbin \ --includedir=/usr/include/httpd \ --- no use at all --localstatedir=/var/run \ --runtimedir=/var/cache/httpd \ --logfiledir=/var/log/httpd \ --proxycachedir=/var/cache/httpd \ --datadir=/home/httpd \ --iconsdir=/home/httpd/html/icons \ --cgidir=/home/httpd/cgi-bin \ --htdocsdir=/home/httpd/html/htdocs \ --manualdir=/home/httpd/html/htdocs \ --enable-module=all \ --with-perl=/usr/bin/perl \ --disable-module=perl I agree. You can always do make -n foo to see what the installation will do without actually doing it. -n is a synonym for --dry-run. Kurt ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
that's really puzzling I pulled the image with wget. it pulled with binary mode, right? Bill Campbell wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:44:55PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: the point is whether it's a standard iso file or a linux-specific iso file. Nothing Linux specific about it. I burn most of my ISOs on an Apple PowerMac G4 running OS X 10.2.3. It happens to have the fastest burner here. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: re-compiling apache
sorry. I failed to run the make clean last time. (don't know..) maybe a slip of fingers. --includedir=/usr/include/httpd \ --- no use at all --localstatedir=/var/run \ ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL 3.1.1 on ftp.iso.caldera.com [2]
I did. The result is the same as the openlinux-workstation.md5sum file published on the ftp server. but... execuse me, did they generate the md5sum from a. the authentic cdrom or b. the file on the server (which may have been corrupted) ? :) when did you guys download the iso? My first download (done months ago) was a good one. Bill Campbell wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:16:12PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: that's really puzzling I pulled the image with wget. it pulled with binary mode, right? Probably. Did you pull the file with md5sums and check the ISOs against these? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: re-compiling apache
thank you.. next puzzle is mod_perl. after applying the mod_perl patch, compiling apache failed to buld the libperl.a ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
writing simple business apps using mysql+perl+ncurse
is it going to difficult? was it popular? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: writing simple business apps using mysql+perl+ncurse
How long is a rope? ??? deadline? no deadline. just for fun. I always want to investigate the posibliity of replacing clipper 5 with perl+mysql+curse. Are you a competent perl programmer? no. I knew xBase (notably Clipper and Foxpro) from the bottom up. Have you ever done any curses programming? a bit. but using C. It's a distributed banking system prototype in a post-graduate computer course (which I didn't complete). ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: writing simple business apps using mysql+perl+ncurse
was the combination popular among the developers back then? now, we are all talking about java and php. curse? console-mode? everyone will be laughing at you. :) Net Llama! wrote: On 01/23/03 18:51, m.w.chang wrote: is it going to difficult? was it popular? can you be more vague? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
vmware
i don't understand. why didn't VMware emulate a NE2000 but an oddward AMD type of ethernet card. (the virtual LAN card after you fire up vmware). ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Oz cops it again, fire!
may be bombing (real explosives) is a faster solution. :) An American crew of a giant water bombing copter is on record as saying , they had never seen worse conditions and a bigger firestorm. The forcast for tonight and tomorrow is worse than it was on Saturday, we are all fingers crossed. Keith Antoine ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Oz cops it again, fire!
same thing could happen to those fire fighters when the arial command center crashed... :) Renmber the movie Blackhawk Down? wonder whether they can use helicopters to plot ground troops' retreat given all the heat, wind and smoke... Yea, that's the movie where 2 copters crashed, and many people died. wonderful role model. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
regex help
what regex could exactly specify these patterns? 030118203923p 030119172924p 1mbtest.ptf 1kbtest.ptf here is my attempt (/etc/proftpd.conf) # Reject all files with leading periods or dashes PathDenyFilter (^|/)[-.] | \.ptf$ # to stop those numbered p directories PathDenyFilter (0|[1-9][0-9]*)p?$ I will update the sxs article proftpd.html if I got it working... ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Oz cops it again, fire!
I guess it's time to mobilize those C130 for fire-fighting. The devastation we are seeing is the worst in living memory. I must admit that I am very gald to be in Queensland, but with the way the drought has provided fuel for fires we are not are not immune as 75% of the state is tinder dry. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Oz cops it again, fire!
and on the bright side, there will less fire for the next few years. :) are the 200 victims all fire fighters? Well we have 33% of the national capital burnt out and 400 homes gone, 200 serious burn victims. The hospital system in Canberra is overwhelmed, as is the emergency services. Similar situation has ocurred in the Snowy Mountains ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Oz cops it again, fire!
they might have beeen too fast, but ran in the wrong direction. even trained professionals might make a bad decions when trapped in the center of a hill/bush fire. remenmber the movie Blackhawk Down? wonder whether they can use helicopters to plot ground troops' retreat given all the heat, wind and smoke... No none of the victims are firefighters, just ordinary people who did not move fast enough a couple were police, 4 deaths, 5 very serious burns which had to be air lifted to Sydney. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: what's the point of /etc/cron.d?
what's the point with /etc/inet.d as well? :) I think only caldera openlinux used them Douglas J Hunley wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I mean really.. I have /etc/cron.daily, cron.weekly, cron.monthly, and cron.hourly. so what's with cron.d? - -- ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: what's the point of /etc/cron.d?
most distributions use xinetd not inetd ok, you still need the ping from inetd (netkit-base) On 01/14/03 18:54, m.w.chang wrote: what's the point with /etc/inet.d as well? :) I think only caldera openlinux used them That's a joke, right? ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: I feel bad, but a great learning experience...
why would they open ports 137-139? puzzling... I logged many connection attempts to these 3 ports (and the SQL Server ports as well) with my iptables. studies and prevention. The bottom line is; they had netbios going over the firewall... Anyways, if you have the interest and your usenet has the group... search for: Our large network hacked -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssh
you need a passord to use the private key... hmm...I thought you guys were talking about hacking the password out of the private key. that's dictionary hack, I believe, which may be easier. Net Llama! wrote: THe key length is irrelevant if you're sending your private key over the wire. Nothing needs to be cracked if they get your private key. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssh
let me try to publish the public key instead. I forgot whether puttygen.exe could produce the private key from the public key. I need to use the private key to connect to my linux's openssh. I could buy a cheap 64M USB storage to keep my own key. but it would be nice to put it inside my mobile phone ... but any windows hacking program could copy keys easier over the networking stack. Net Llama! wrote: You said that you were sending your private key all over the place. No, you definitely can't crack a private key from the public, other than brute forcing, which doesn't really count. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssh
my flaw. no way to generate private key out of the public key. yes, I indeed didn't quite comprehend the maths involved in RSA. still looking for an easy and safe way to access the private key safely from my linux remotely... which sounds like a chicken-and-egg problem with security. m.w.chang wrote: let me try to publish the public key instead. I forgot whether puttygen.exe could produce the private key from the public key. I need to use the private key to connect to my linux's openssh. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
midnight commander
what options should I use to make MC to be able to handle these weird directory names? I could delete them with F8, but I wanted to peek. :P error from MC --- Warning: Couldn't change to /usr/ftp/ .ÿ1ÿ / . ÿ 2 ÿ . -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: midnight commander
I knew that trick, too. but I want to do it via mc. bsides, what if the directory has multiple diectories like that? * could not guarantee the right choice. cd /usr/ftp/*1*/*2* what options should I use to make MC to be able to handle these weird error from MC --- Warning: Couldn't change to /usr/ftp/ .?1? / . ? 2 ? . -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
COL Workstation 3.1.1
I downloaded the iso directly from ftp.iso.caldera.com (without registration on the webpage). It seems that the installation process willl always access the network (after knowing that the cdrom has the files)and it would abort the installatio process for an unknown reason. must I register my trial cd? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
[gentoo] installation
glancing the installation guide: 1. must the internet be accessible when installing gentoo? 2. what are Portage Tree and GRP? 3. where does the `emerge` command get her source files? the cdrom? 4. can I use my own kernel source (say a direct download from kernel.org plus xfs patch for 2.4.20) instead of the one bndled on the liveCd (ie, xfs-sources)? 5. if I choose to expand the Stage-3 tbz2 from the LiveCD, does it mean I could skip stage 1 and stage 2 altoghter? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL Workstation 3.1.1
I had no problem with the COL 3.1 cd I bought. For the same machine, the 3.1.1. image (burnt with Nero) aborted after finding the installation source. It's an Asus TUSL2-C motherboard. Strange... I have to suspect that something else is wrong. I've installed quite a few 3.1.1 WS systems without problems or registration at the time of install. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support
problem solved. m.w.chang wrote: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml am I reading the wrong one? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [gentoo] installation
here Code listing 9.2: Getting ready for GRP # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/GRP # mount -o bind /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/packages /mnt/gentoo/GRP hmm... maybe I need to read something on the anotomy of the gentoo distribution. I possibly missed a few pages in the user guide. I do not know what GRP is. In what context have you read this? I supposed if I use stage3 from the LiveCD, nothing needs to be downloaded from the net, right? If I do everything from source codes (ie, everything pulled from net), the installation process may take a whole day if not more. I would also need a spare machine with a reliable ISP for that. That's comparable to the effort involved in linuxfromscratch... -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: LAN*Assist on linux?
chatting only? can you actually place words into the command line of the remtoe host from your machine? it's like an interactive linux session. Net Llama! wrote: [y]talk -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL Workstation 3.1.1
I couldn't reach that stage. it died right after detection of installation source. I did it make it through on the old i440BX motherboard. hmm. Rick Sivernell wrote: Well, I have never gotten a good clean install on eW or eS 3.1.1. with kde there is a either a bad library r it is missing, I have forgotten the name. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: knowledge base sotware
a replacement frontend for linux-sxs? how about a bulletin board system? Net Llama! wrote: Can anyone recommend knowledge base software? I'm looking for something web based that stores articles of commonly found problems in categories that are all indexed so that you can easily search through it. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: COL Workstation 3.1.1
I hope it's just a BIOS seting problem, not some tricks on the part of SCO. hmm... the 3.1.1. installed on the i440BX baord, but not this newer i815ep board. really puzzling... I've loaded a bunch of 3.1.1 WS systems, both from bought CDs, and from ones I've burned from ISO images (usually burning with the disk copy program on my PowerMac running OS X since it has the fastest CDR drive we have here). -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [suggestion] db.html
I am hitting the atexit() problem reported by Tim Wunder months ago finally. :) however, I haven't patched the makefiles according to the glibc notes. Net Llama! wrote: glibc is documented on the SxS, and is quite simple to build. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssh
while sshd is active, can one rpm -e openssh and use checkinstall? stayler wrote: Done it a couple times. Just cron a restart of sshd for a few minutes later then kill sshd after the make install, plus editing of sshd_config of course... -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssh
my telnet is set to work on LAN only (not over the internet). just in case but if I cuold use openssh only, I would rpm -e the telnet daemon. the only hussles is the key. I have to figure out a way to let me access my private key anywhere in the internet when I need it. Net Llama! wrote: Well, obviously its a bad idea, but why can't you fall back to telnet now? At any rate, i think until you HUP the daemon, it will continue to run while its being upgraded. At least the newer versions do. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssl
yes. `rpm -q --whatrequires openssl` said so. stayler wrote: mod_ssl will need to be redone if memory serves -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Voice recognition
someone boasted how he used a nokia phoen to remote login a linux server. how about using the mobile phone's voice reconigtion capability? Joel Hammer wrote: I would like to have a linux computer be able to respond to simple voice commands. For example, to words like menu, action or cancel and also to letters and numbers. This might allow hands off control of a linux box. Is anybody on this list doing this? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: LAN*Assist on linux?
vnc or tight vnc need the xfree86 right? is there a console mode tool? Wil McGilvery wrote: I use tight VNC and it will do what you want. Tight VNC has several good options for use over slow connections. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
[gentoo] the new xfs fs support
it's the 1.4 rc2 686 LiveCD just downloaded the gentoo 1.4rc2 LiveCD. the installation guide didn't mention how to create a xfs root partition. what should I do to use xfs? btw, the step of using dd to clean the first 1k of partition could be dangerous, isn't it? a wrong output device will render your harddisk unbootable, if not daming the FAT of an existing data partition :) -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^9:54pm up 1 day, 36 min, 0 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [suggestion] db.html
thanks is it possible to place a link for db.html (compiling berneley db-4.x) in section database? that makes sense, I believe. :) sure. I'll do that. if the procedure is proven, it'll help those that want DIY. I finally reached the point where compiling a new package will produce Tim's atexit() problem... :) But I haven't patched the root/perl strings in Makefiles and set cross-compilation = no yet. the gcc_notes are my content from hunley.homeip.net . they are not part of the site (yet) -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support
what's the command? the english user guide give examples for all fs except xfs. Create a linux partition, and format for xfs. take a look at the user guide yourself. :) the step after creating the 3 minimum partitions. No more dangerous than any other command you run as root. Why would you need to use dd for this anyway?? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssl
that means i have to recompile all programs that depends on openssl? doh... maybe I should stay with the symlink solution for a while... Building static binaries should be avoided unless you have a really good reason. They're an order of magnitude larger, and less efficient. I wouldn't consider openssl a good reason. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssl
how would openpkg help resolve the version dependency problems? Bill Campbell wrote: I'm looking very seriously at moving all of our customization and local additions to work under the openpkg package manager. This allows one to work without changing the vendor's stuff at all, and is supported on Linux, freebsd, solaris, and other *ix platforms. There was an excellent article in SysAdmin magazine recently on this which got me looking at it. http://www.openpkg.org/ -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^9:30pm up 12 min, 1 user, load average: 1.17, 1.31, 0.77 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssl
just learnt that. a power failure yesterday night forced me to reboot the linux server, and sshd refused to run. had to recompile it. so far, I had recompiled: proftpd, fetchmail, openssh, bind. I think sendmail would have been affected if I used ssl login. let me check apache... Net Llama! wrote: The symlink method doesn't always work for everything. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
[suggestion] db.html
is it possible to place a link for db.html (compiling berneley db-4.x) in section database? that makes sense, I believe. :) right now, it's listed only as a part of sendmail_antispam. also, the gcc_notes was not listed under any section... if I didn't miss it. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssl
2 more: wget and lynx m.w.chang wrote: just learnt that. a power failure yesterday night forced me to reboot the linux server, and sshd refused to run. had to recompile it. so far, I had recompiled: proftpd, fetchmail, openssh, bind. I think sendmail would have been affected if I used ssl login. let me check apache... Net Llama! wrote: The symlink method doesn't always work for everything. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
updating openssh
how could one upgrade openssh if openssh is the only remote shell available on a linux server? I always fell back to telnet when I needed to update openssh. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
updating openssl
after updating my openssl to 0.9.7, many packges that were compiled by myself was broken. dig: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.6: cannot load share d object file: No such file or directory It seems that I used the wrong method to compile them, which made them to be version-sensitive whenever it calls openssl libraries. how should I compile my packages? most of them used: --with-ssl=/usr/ssl or --openssldir=/usr/ssl -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^11:20pm up 15 days, 5:21, 1 user, load average: 1.02, 1.01, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
proper way of compiling packages that used openssl
i upgraded my openssl to 0.9.7 and suddenly, many packages complained about missing libcrypto.so.0.9.6. hwo could I compile those packages such that they would not refer to the version of the libcrypto to be used? --with-ssl=/usr/ssl --openssldir=/usr/ssl are these options the source of problem? -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^11:24pm up 15 days, 5:25, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: updating openssl
you meant when builing those packages (like bind in my example), I needed to use the --option to force static library build? can I make bind to refer to libcrypto.so rather than libcrypto.so.x.y.z where x.y.z is the version? in the meantime, I am using symbol link. dig: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.6: cannot load share d object file: No such file or directory No, this is the expected result when you rebuild openssl and a few other libs. The only workaround is to build static binaries. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
LAN*Assist on linux?
Saw this question in hkpucg.linux. how could you create a console session such that both the remote and local users can see the same screen and keyboard? kind of like the whiteboard in netmeeting. The guy said you could do that easily with SCO Unix. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: 2002 Remembrances
that should have been joyful rather than joyous. Same to you. May the force and farce be with you. :P Here's hoping you all have a profitable, safe, and joyous new year. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Performance enhancements
are you sure about this? it's in the source codes? I suppose any normal kernel would suggest scream for help and halted if not gracefully shutting down the system. I suppose you were joking. :) All recent 2.4.x kernels consume physical memory before going to swap. That said, completely disabling swap sounds like a recipe for disaster, as the kernel will start randomly terminating processing that are fighting for memory that doesn't exist. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
