[newbie] How to use openssl create a SSL certificate for my apache server
Hi, Sorry this is probably a very basic question but I really cannot find the answer. Can anyone please teach me step by step how to create a SSL certificate, sign it by myself, and install it into apache server. Thank you! I am using Mandrake 8.1, apache 1.3.22, openssl 0.9.6b, and mod_ssl 2.8.5 Thank you! Daniel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mandrake Update
Every time I try to use the MandrakeUpdate and I choose something to update I get the following error every time: "Some errors where encountered while checking your wishes:" "Bad, unreadable or not found packages" "Sorry, but all packages raised an error. So I can't proceed with the installation." Does anyone know why this keeps happening. Maybe I put in the wrong settings when I configured this. Any and all help is appreciated greatly, Mithrilhall Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digest?
What does a list digest do? is it like an archive? On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 13:40, Matt Chinn wrote: > Is there a digest for this list?..I usually like to be on digests.. > > > > > 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: [newbie] Anti-virus
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:03:49 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Bill Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmitted: > How do you target linux. Everyone runs so much different stuff. Not only that, but for a VB-style virus to propogate on Linux, you'd need to intervene as a user. In the Windows world, it's easy to click on "anna-kournikova.exe" and infect half the planet since everything runs in user space. Here's the same thing on Linux: $ cp "anna-kournikova.exe" ~/virus_breeding_ground $ chmod +x ~/virus_breeding_ground/anna-kournikova.exe $ ~/virus_breeding_ground/anna-kournikova.exe Launching nasty virus... Updating system files Error: Cannot overwrite system files. Make sure you're running this virus as root. (silly me!) $ su root Enter password: % ./virus_breeding_ground/anna-kournikova.exe Launching nasty virus... Updating system files Error: Cannot locate Soffice Address Book files. Please install Soffice Address Book(hmmm...) % /downloads/soffice_5.2.bin no such file or directory (shit!) % chmod +x /downloads/soffice_5.2.bin ...etc! - C Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Digest?
It allows a group of messages to be sent as one instead of Individual messages. Thus no more crowding of your inbox. Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paul Kraus Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Digest? What does a list digest do? is it like an archive? On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 13:40, Matt Chinn wrote: > Is there a digest for this list?..I usually like to be on digests.. > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Email
wow I sent this last night.. and it just now went through. > > On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 13:17, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Kraus > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:53 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] Email > > > > > > I have sent like 5 messages to the server over the last two days and > > have yet to see any of them show up. If anyone gets this message please > > send me a response. > > > > I got it and the previous one about samba. Are you getting the other mail > > from the list, like about 100 per day. If not you may need to resubscribe. > > HTH > > Dennis M. > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] smbtar vs tar
why use smbtar over tar? I am backuping a folder on one nt machine to a folder on another nt machine. ( its a temp thing) I mount both folders on my laptop using samba. I then issue the normal tar command and point to the respective mount points. Is there some kind of benifit to smbtar? there seems to be a lot less options. Is there a way to use a linux machine to backup a windows machine to a tape drive that is on another windows machine? Just curious. PK Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] win4lin 3.0 vnet
I have installed win4lin and set it for vnet. But when I booted windows there was no nic info at all. I added merge nic as the driver and set all the tcp ip setting to what they should be for dhcp. It then asked me for io/irq info for the card. I left it at the default setting. When I reboot it tells me there is a problem and to reconfigure your nic. PK system --- Gateway Solo5300 198mb Ram 733mhz PIII 3cc575 PCMCIA NIC MDK 8.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] terminal launches
Now how did you know that?? or better phrased "Where did you learn that?" I had "assumed" that a terminal just worked like that. didn't realize that the & after the command would free the terminal.I had been opening up several terminals when using black box to start the programs that were not set into the menu (was just to lazy to put them in the blackbox menu:) . A cool tip that I wasn't even looking for.. just thought I would say thanks! :) -- Dave Crouse www.iowawebmasters.com Running Mandrake 8.1 IBM Intellistation E Pro 450 mghz 750 mb ram -- On Wednesday 20 February 2002 11:44 am, you wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: > > >%_If I launch a program for a terminal session is there some way > > > to load > > > > it so that it doesn't keep the terminal frozen until it is > > closed? Thanks. > > command & > > The & runs the command in the background. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
I think this is a question that most of us asked when we first started using Linux. The virus problem is virtually nil(since most viruses are exploiting M$ flaws and security problems in M$ programs) however thinking along the same line --- securing your linux computer from outside intrusion and hack attacks is another important issue. Sridhar Dhanapalan and others have written several posts that pertain to that issue. and they are much better at explaining things than I am. I suggest you go to the newbie email archives and do a search for ip chains or security.. and you can visit : http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ or http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/sectools.php for even more information. Mandrake Linux is a very secure OS especially so if you are comparing it to a M$ OS. Hope this was of some use :) -- Dave Crouse www.iowawebmasters.com Running Mandrake 8.1 IBM Intellistation E Pro 450 mghz 750 mb ram On Wednesday 20 February 2002 05:18 am, you wrote: > you don't need an antivirus on linux unless you are using a linux > box to protect windows machines. > there are no real virus's as such on linux.. > > however if you must, do a search of the archives for "trend > filescan" I have posted its address and config many times. > > it will really only detect windows viri though. As yet, a well > configured/maintained linux has nothing to fear from virus's > > > rgds > > Frank > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tonton > Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2002 7:25 PM > To: NEWBIE > Subject: [newbie] Anti-virus > > > May I know what's the best anti-virus should I use in Linux? > Please send me the URL for download. > > Thanx > > __ > www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] network restart after suspend
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:02:59 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Hanan Shargi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmitted: > well... > ? what could be the problem in this case ? Without knowing which Inspiron and which NIC you're running, everything is a stab in the dark. Try disabling your BIOS's APM settings. If that doesn't work, turn them back on and disable Mandrake's APM. If that doesn't work, tell us exactly which model of Inspiron you're using along with the make and model of your PCMCIA nic. > I cant slide in another NIC I odnt keep collections of NIC's ():-) And you call yourself a geek! ;o) - C Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:[newbie] network restart after suspend
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 11:02 pm, Hanan Shargi wrote: > > after I do a : service network restart > I get the following : > > > Disabling IPv4 packet forwarding [OK] > Setting network parameters[OK] > Bringing up interface lo: [OK] > Enabling IPv4 packet forwarding [OK] > bringing up interface eth0: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device > Failed to bring up eth0. > what does /var/log/dmesg say You should have a line in there something like; eth0: Davicom DM9102/DM9102A rev 16 at 0xde00, 00:D0:09:FC:99:D1, IRQ 10. -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Where to put skins for xmms ?
Thanks for the help, took a while before i was able to write back as ive been real busy. Got it working :-) On February 19, 2002 04:56 am, you wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2002 17:17, you wrote: > > What directory would i put skins for xmms in ? > > Let's see, assuming that your login (username) on your system is > "thepoet58", that would be > > /home/thepoet58/.xmms/Skins > > Don't bother decompressing them; just dump the zip, wsz, or tgz file in > there and xmms will see it the next time you select a skin and decompress > it on the fly (assuming that you have installed unzip, of course) > > Also, have a look at this file: > > /usr/share/doc/xmms-/README > > where xxx is your version of xmms Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Solution and new esd Question (was Re: [newbie] Error: Couldn'tOpen Audio)
Hello: Everything was pointing to /dev/dsp. First I set the OSS plugin to /dev/sound/dsp which allowed it to play. I then set up the ESound Daemon (esd) with the correct device specified. the Commands were esd -d /dev/sound/dsp & esdctl unlock Now for the question, where do I put these commands so that they automatically start (my computer is dual boot, & my wife still uses Windows XP, so I have to restart the computer a lot). Douglas On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 06:24, Nexist Xenda'ths wrote: > Hello: > > On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 04:59, Michael Scottaline wrote: > > On 18 Feb 2002 23:01:46 -0800 > > "Nexist Xenda'ths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > > > > >I get this error message when I try and run any sound application > > >(typically XMMS) since rebooting my system. I was able to use sound > > >after the install, but after reboot this error appeared. Please help. > > > > > >System: Mandrake 8.1, Ximian Gnome, both updated with Red-Carpet. > > >Hardware: K6-350, Soundblaster Live! > > > > > >fuser reports no processes using any of the devices in /dev/audio > > >permissions for the devices are the nexist:audio (nexist is the local > > >user). > > >local user nexist is in the audio group. > > > > > >I have received this error under other desktops as well (Blackbox, > > >fluxbox, Windowmaker & KDE). > > == > > Give this a try: > > > > In xmmx, go to options->preferences > > on first tab click on output plugin and set it to "eSound Output Plugin > > 1.2.6" That should get xmms working > > Thank you. UNfortunately, this gives the same error. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] VMware
Dear All, I have LM8.1 and am running vmware2.04 on a virtual disk with Windows 95 as the guest operating system. I want to put the virtual disk on a different partition or add another virtual disk to extend the room for my guest operating system. Does anyone know a simple way to do this? For example I have the virtual disk in /home on /dev/hda1 but would like to change it to /dev/hda6 which has alot more room. How may I do that? Thanks for the help. Sincerely, Marcia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:[newbie] network restart after suspend
well... I dont connect through DHCP, my machine is given a static internal IP ( 10.0.0.xx) so i guess i'm not connected directly to the internet i'm connected through the building's gateway ( all appartments in the building connect to one network and then connect to the internet through a gateway sort of like an internal ISP) and no I cannot ping anything after coming out of suspend, I try to ping any thing(ping my own machin, the gateway...etc. ) and I get a : "netwrok unreachable". after I do a : service network restart I get the following : Disabling IPv4 packet forwarding [OK] Setting network parameters[OK] Bringing up interface lo: [OK] Enabling IPv4 packet forwarding [OK] bringing up interface eth0: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device Failed to bring up eth0. ? what could be the problem in this case ? I cant slide in another NIC I odnt keep collections of NIC's ():-) Regards to ALL. - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing the new Mozilla
My experience has been that it really is best to uninstall Moz when installing the latest release. It's easy: rpm -U name_of_rpm Or, you can use your package manager--just look around until you find the version of Moz that you're using and hit the uninstall tab--poof, it's gone. Backup your bookmarks.html file first, and you can just replace the default one's with your own. Look in /home/username/.mozilla/default/somefile_with_letters_and_numbers.sit I can't give you the actual name of that last directory because it appears to be different on every machine (at least it is on mine). e. On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:20:07 -0500 Hanan Shargi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > a quick Question, I d/l Mozilla 0.9.8 rpm's for Mandrake and I was reading the > installation instruction, it said somewhere that it is better to uninstall the > old mozilla before installing the new release. > my Q is : can't I just use the rpm upgrade option instead of uninstalling ? > will that save my bookmarks though ?! > if uninstalling is required...how can I do that :) ? > > regards. > > - > Hanan AL-Shargi > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Anti-virus
you don't need an antivirus on linux unless you are using a linux box to protect windows machines. there are no real virus's as such on linux.. however if you must, do a search of the archives for "trend filescan" I have posted its address and config many times. it will really only detect windows viri though. As yet, a well configured/maintained linux has nothing to fear from virus's rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tonton Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2002 7:25 PM To: NEWBIE Subject: [newbie] Anti-virus May I know what's the best anti-virus should I use in Linux? Please send me the URL for download. Thanx __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mail question
Robin wrote: I can always count on your replay to questions. I am > going to search around for more info. I will let you know if I ever got > it working the way I want. Thanks! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Genius ColorPage-Vivid Pro II
Is there any way to configure my Genius ColorPage-Vivid Pro II scanner (parport) in MDK 8.1? Thanks Carlos Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing the new Mozilla
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:20:07 -0500, Hanan Shargi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > a quick Question, I d/l Mozilla 0.9.8 rpm's for Mandrake and I was reading the > installation instruction, it said somewhere that it is better to uninstall the > old mozilla before installing the new release. > my Q is : can't I just use the rpm upgrade option instead of uninstalling ? You are less likely to have problems if you uninstall the old version first. I know I had some problems when I upgraded to Mozilla 0.9.8. > will that save my bookmarks though ?! Your bookmarks should be saved in ~/.mozilla directory. The contents of your ~ (home) directory are completely separate from the actual application files that the RPM installs. Your user data will be safe if you remove Mozilla. > if uninstalling is required...how can I do that :) ? # rpm -e FILE... Mozilla consists of several packages. You need to uninstall and reinstall all of them to have a full implementation of 0.9.8: libjs libnspr4 libnspr4-devel libnss3 libnss3-devel mozilla mozilla-devel mozilla-dom-inspector mozilla-irc mozilla-js-debugger mozilla-mail mozilla-xmlterm If you have dependency problems with Nautilus, Galeon or Evolution when removing the packages, use the --nodeps switch. Dependency problems with anything else may indicate that something is wrong. The --force switch should only be used if you really know what you're doing, since there is a good chance that you'll break something in your system. If you use your system carefully enough, you shouldn't ever have to use --force. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "Are you all on drugs? Get your acts together, guys. Stop blathering and frothing at the mouth" -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mail question
Ah, good old Randy. I can always count on your replay to questions. I am going to search around for more info. I will let you know if I ever got it working the way I want. Robin > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Randy Kramer > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Mail question > > > Robin, > > I'd like to try to help. The sketches at > http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/TestSketch may be of > some help to get a general understanding of how email works > in, for example, a LAN > -- I'm in the process of setting up (learning how) my own > email server for very similar purposes. I am in the process > of developing more. > (Those sketches have been "vetted" by at least one person who > has a better handle on how email works, but there may be some > errors or > ambiguity.) > > Part of the key is fetchmail (or getmail) which can be set up > to fetch mail from one or more popservers and bring it to > your email server. You may need a separate fetchmail task > for each pop3 server -- I really don't know yet. Also, you > can include fetchmail in a cron job to run it periodically > automatically. > > My next step is to study up on postfix and then develop a > block diagram for postfix. > > If you (or anybody else) has comments on the sketches (or > anything else) feel free to write to me or register and edit > the page yourself. I'd prefer to edit the drawings myself, > for the time being -- I'm trying to strike a balance between > simplicity and totally complete and accurate detail, and > maintain a similar style across all the sketches. (Someone > has edited the first sketch and made some style changes (font > sizes) inconsistent with the other sketches.) > > Randy Kramer > > Robin wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am having a bit of mail problem but don't know where to start. I > > want to set up a mail server which supports pop, imap and > webmail, and > > I also need to collect mail from other mail server. > > > > Here comes the detail. I have 3 machines here, 1 running Win2k, 2 > > running mdk 8.1. One of the mdk machine is a dedicated server, the > > other 2 are my workstations. The server will have a sub domain with > > dns2go.com so I can host my own mail server. The reason for > using imap > > is simply that I don't have to download all my mail to all my > > workstations. To make the problem even harder, I also have email > > accounts with my ISP and Yahoo. I am hoping that it can be setup so > > the mail server would fetch my mail from other mail server and put > > them in the same place with other mail received by my own > mail server. > > > > To sum it up, in case you were confused by the last > section, I hope to > > setup a mail server, which will host mail for local domain > and fetch > > mail from other pop3 server and put everything in one place > so I can > > access all mail from any other workstation using IMAP. > Webmail is for > > accessing mail from outside network. > > > > I did some search, seems horde could solve some of the > problem. I am > > also hoping address book would stay on the server so when I > move from > > machine to machine, I don't have to re enter them. > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated > > > > Robin > > > > _ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > --- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sending mail via Perl with Postfix
Actually, I got it to work by just calling /usr/sbin/sendmail. Evitentally Postfix comes with a file called sendmail that redirects everything to postfix. Thanks for your help though, Kevin - Original Message - From: "skinky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kevin Old" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Sending mail via Perl with Postfix > On Thursday 21 February 2002 11:39, Kevin Old wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have a Mandrake 8.1 box running Postfix. I have a few CGI's that need to > > send email. I have always used Sendmail and have been come stumped with > > this line in my script after swtiching to postfix: > > > > # * NAME (AND LOCATION) OF THE SERVER MAIL PROGRAM * > > # Enter the name of your server's mail program. Most servers are > > # configured with a program called 'sendmail'. You may, depending on the > > # server settings, have to enter the complete path in addition to the name. > > $mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; > > > > What should I put here? > > > > All help is appreciated, > > Kevin > > Not that I know much about postfix but... > > [skinky]skinky$ whereis postfix > postfix: /usr/sbin/postfix /etc/postfix /usr/lib/postfix > /usr/share/man/man1/postfix.1.bz2 > > So I guess you should put '/usr/sbin/postfix' > > HTH > skinky > -- > oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Single Network Firewall setup
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:54:32 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys > I finally convinced the supervisors in my university research group that > our windows machines are not very safe as they are...they are connected > to the net 24 hours a day with a couple of ports always open...and the > information on thos pc are quite important...I thought we could use the > Mandrake Single Network FIrewall (or smoothwall) to create an internal network > and connect to the rest of university network and to the external world > through such a secure firewall > can anyone give any help or suggestion on how to set it up correctly...the > network technicians here are useless (otherwise they wouldn't have ste up > a Windoze network in the first place!) There's a very good chance that these machines have been compromised already. The only way to be sure that they are safe would be to wipe their hard drives clean and reinstall Windows. At the same time, implement the GNU/Linux firewall. A firewall is useless if the fire has already passsed it. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Mac OS, Windows, BeOS: they're all just Xerox copies. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sending mail via Perl with Postfix
On Thursday 21 February 2002 11:39, Kevin Old wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a Mandrake 8.1 box running Postfix. I have a few CGI's that need to > send email. I have always used Sendmail and have been come stumped with > this line in my script after swtiching to postfix: > > # * NAME (AND LOCATION) OF THE SERVER MAIL PROGRAM * > # Enter the name of your server's mail program. Most servers are > # configured with a program called 'sendmail'. You may, depending on the > # server settings, have to enter the complete path in addition to the name. > $mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; > > What should I put here? > > All help is appreciated, > Kevin Not that I know much about postfix but... [skinky]skinky$ whereis postfix postfix: /usr/sbin/postfix /etc/postfix /usr/lib/postfix /usr/share/man/man1/postfix.1.bz2 So I guess you should put '/usr/sbin/postfix' HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sending mail via Perl with Postfix
Kevin Old wrote: > $mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; > > What should I put here? The line shown usually works -- there is a sendmail program included in postfix for just this reason. Mine seems to be in /usr/sbin/sendmail, although I don't have postfix running (yet). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 09:53, Paul wrote: > I have sent like 5 messages to the server over the last two days and > have yet to see any of them show up. If anyone gets this message > please send me a response. Looks like your message went through this time. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Single Network Firewall setup
If you have a spare low end Pentium machine and a couple of NICs lying around, you have liftoff. There are many firewall products you could use. I have found InteractiveBastille which comes with your Mandrake distro easy enough. Others have suggested that gShield is easier still. Basically the steps are: 1. Connect your firewall box (it's really about to become a router) to the main LAN on one card and to your private LAN on the other. You'll need a separate hub for your private LAN of course. 2. Setup the addresses on your private LAN to form a subnet. 192.168.0.x/255.255.255.0 would be a reasonable choice. 3. Setup the IP address on the NIC connecting the private side of your router machine to an address inside the private subnet (like 192.168.0.1) 4. Set the address on the public side to an address in the main network's space. (one of the addresses you are using now would presumably work). 5. Set the machines in the private LAN to see your router as their gateway. 6. Set a route on the router from the private LAN to the main LAN. 7. Set the firewall on the router to trust your private LAN and treat the main LAN as public and untrusted. You'll find that the default firewall settings for whatever you choose to use will probably go close to what you need. Note that this will of course break apps that do things like telneting from the main LAN into one of your machines, but then this is what you want! This is very general. If the are any more specific requirements, post a block diagram of how you expect to set it up with specific questions and I'm sure you'll get lots of help in response. Hope this gets you started. cheers Brian On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 00:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys > I finally convinced the supervisors in my university research group that > our windows machines are not very safe as they are...they are connected > to the net 24 hours a day with a couple of ports always open...and the information > on thos pc are quite important...I thought we could use the Mandrake Single > Network FIrewall (or smoothwall) to create an internal network and connect > to the rest of university network and to the external world through such > a secure firewall > can anyone give any help or suggestion on how to set it up correctly...the > network technicians here are useless (otherwise they wouldn't have ste up > a Windoze network in the first place!) > thanks in advance > Maurizio > > > > __ > Abbonati a Tiscali! > Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. > Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it > > > > > > > > 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
[newbie] Sending mail via Perl with Postfix
Hello all, I have a Mandrake 8.1 box running Postfix. I have a few CGI's that need to send email. I have always used Sendmail and have been come stumped with this line in my script after swtiching to postfix: # * NAME (AND LOCATION) OF THE SERVER MAIL PROGRAM * # Enter the name of your server's mail program. Most servers are # configured with a program called 'sendmail'. You may, depending on the # server settings, have to enter the complete path in addition to the name. $mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; What should I put here? All help is appreciated, Kevin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] installing the new mozilla
Skinky, Many many thanks... I used the --force option and I'm running mozilla 0.9.8 now :-) This is a GR8 list Regards , >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >On Thursday 21 February 2002 09:13, Hanan Shargi wrote: >> skinky thanks for the hint .. i exported my bookmarks :) >> >> now i tried installing the new mozilla ( as root )using the following >> command: rpm -Uvh mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk.rpm --nodeps >> and it gives me the following error: >> >> file /usr/lib/libnssckbi.so form install of mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk conflicts >> ith file from package libnss3-3.2.1-6mdk >> >> as a newbie with no clue ... i guessed that the error must have came from >> the 5mdk and the 6mdk part ... and I thought the --nodepss should take >> care of that ():-) >> >> what other option can I us e for this kind of error ?? >> >> Regards >> >> - >> Hanan AL-Shargi > >IIRC, I had to force an upgrade of mozilla. ie. > >rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force mozilla-0.9.xmdk.ix56.rpm > >I just checked and I have both /usr/lib/libnssckbi.so and >/usr/lib/mozilla/libnssckbi.so installed. The first one is from the libnss3 >package which couldn't be uninstalled (IIRC) because netscape (or was it >evolution) needed it. > >The "force" has not caused any problems for me. Mozilla, netscape (and >evolution) work fine. > >skinky >-- >oxymoron: Microsoft Works - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:[newbie] installing the new mozilla
On Thursday 21 February 2002 09:13, Hanan Shargi wrote: > skinky thanks for the hint .. i exported my bookmarks :) > > now i tried installing the new mozilla ( as root )using the following > command: rpm -Uvh mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk.rpm --nodeps > and it gives me the following error: > > file /usr/lib/libnssckbi.so form install of mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk conflicts > ith file from package libnss3-3.2.1-6mdk > > as a newbie with no clue ... i guessed that the error must have came from > the 5mdk and the 6mdk part ... and I thought the --nodepss should take > care of that ():-) > > what other option can I use for this kind of error ?? > > Regards > > - > Hanan AL-Shargi IIRC, I had to force an upgrade of mozilla. ie. rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force mozilla-0.9.xmdk.ix56.rpm I just checked and I have both /usr/lib/libnssckbi.so and /usr/lib/mozilla/libnssckbi.so installed. The first one is from the libnss3 package which couldn't be uninstalled (IIRC) because netscape (or was it evolution) needed it. The "force" has not caused any problems for me. Mozilla, netscape (and evolution) work fine. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Changing user
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:56:28 -0800 "Mithrilhall2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For some reason, when I reinstalled Mandrake I have it logging in > automatically with a certain user rather than prompting. I want to make it > so there are no default users logging in when the computer boots up. > > If anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. > > Mithrilhall That one's easy : Open Control Center (KDE / Gnome), become root, Click "Boot" --> "Boot Config". Now, in the low, right corner select the option : "No, I don't want autologin". HTH Kaj Haulrich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Changing user
try looking in the mandrake control center, under boot, boot configuration. On Wednesday 20 February 2002 15:56, you spoke unto me thusly: > For some reason, when I reinstalled Mandrake I have it logging in > automatically with a certain user rather than prompting. I want to make > it so there are no default users logging in when the computer boots up. > > If anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. -- 1 if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by interdimentional teleportation. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] iptables / netfilter policies
Based on rusty russels document I worked out the following rules.
Could someone tell me if they look safe ?
Topology :
internet
FW - intranet (192.168.1.xxx)
(eth0) (eth1)gtw : 192.168.1.1
Aim :
1°. Any outbound traffic is authorized
2°. No inbound traffic authorized but when initiated from inside
3°. or, HTTP, ftp, ssh, 8080, 8083, ... requests which will be forwarded
to an internal machine accroding to the traffic type (not implemented
yet!).
Here is the script I wanna run :
# Defines some variables
IPT=/sbin/iptables
# Creates two tables
${IPT} -N never
${IPT} -N logdrop
${IPT} -A never -j LOG --log-level alert --log-prefix "Filter error : "
${IPT} -A never -j logdrop
# Create the policy to drop the packets
${IPT} -A logdrop -m limit -j log --log-prefix "Filter : "
${IPT} -A logdrop -j DROP
# Creates a policy for traffic going to & fro the DMZ
${IPT} -N dmz-bad
${IPT} -N bad-dmz
# This allow to "just" tag the traffic going from one interface
# to the other
${IPT} -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o eth0 -j dmz-bad
${IPT} -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -j bad-dmz
# This allows to monitor all the ICMP traffic
${IPT} -N icmp-accept
${IPT} -A icmp-accept -p icmp --icmp-type destination-unreachable -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A icmp-accept -p icmp --icmp-type source-quench -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A icmp-accept -p icmp --icmp-type time-exceed -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A icmp-accept -p icmp --icmp-type parameter-problem -j ACCEPT
# Creates a policy for all outbound service requested
${IPT} -N outbnd-services
${IPT} -A outbnd-services -p tcp --dport 1:1024-j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A outbnd-services -p udp --dport 1:1024-j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A outbnd-services -p icmp --icmp-type ping -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A outbnd-services -j DROP
# Creates the policy for all the inbound traffic
${IPT} -N inbnd-services
${IPT} -A inbnd-services -p tcp ! --syn --sport www -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A inbnd-services -p tcp ! --syn --sport ssh -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A inbnd-services -p tcp ! --syn --sport ftp -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A inbnd-services -p tcp --dport 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A inbnd-services -p udp --dport 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A inbnd-services -p icmp --icmp-type pong -j ACCEPT
${IPT} -A inbnd-services -j LOG
${IPT} -A inbnd-services -j REJECT
Is this conservative & safe enough ?
What could I add more to this to avoid any unwanted intrusion ?
much tx,
Thomas,
--
Thomas SMETS
rue J. Wytsmanstraat 62
1050 Bruxelles
yahoo-id : smetsthomas
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Changing user
For some reason, when I reinstalled Mandrake I have it logging in automatically with a certain user rather than prompting. I want to make it so there are no default users logging in when the computer boots up. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Mithrilhall _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digest?
Matt... how can you help out from a "digest" we are all here to help each other. there are archives. On Wednesday 20 February 2002 15:23, you wrote: > On Wednesday 20 February 2002 01:40 pm, you wrote: > > Is there a digest for this list?..I usually like to be on digests.. > > Matt: No, it's pretty much all or nothing at all > -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ext 3
It gives you the option at the beggining when you configure the partitions. unless you select to clean the whole disk. It will install the default configuration. - Original Message - From: "G.M.Laudone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] ext 3 > I cannot remember any option during the installation process of Mandrake 8.1 > asking me if I wanted ext2 or 3or maybe it was when I partitioned the > hard drive? > Thanks again > Maurizio > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digest?
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 01:40 pm, you wrote: > Is there a digest for this list?..I usually like to be on digests.. Matt: No, it's pretty much all or nothing at all -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:[newbie] installing the new mozilla
skinky thanks for the hint .. i exported my bookmarks :) now i tried installing the new mozilla ( as root )using the following command: rpm -Uvh mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk.rpm --nodeps and it gives me the following error: file /usr/lib/libnssckbi.so form install of mozilla-0.9.8-5mdk conflicts ith file from package libnss3-3.2.1-6mdk as a newbie with no clue ... i guessed that the error must have came from the 5mdk and the 6mdk part ... and I thought the --nodepss should take care of that ():-) what other option can I use for this kind of error ?? Regards - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing the new Mozilla
On Thursday 21 February 2002 07:20, Hanan Shargi wrote: > Hi, > a quick Question, I d/l Mozilla 0.9.8 rpm's for Mandrake and I was reading > the installation instruction, it said somewhere that it is better to > uninstall the old mozilla before installing the new release. > my Q is : can't I just use the rpm upgrade option instead of uninstalling ? > will that save my bookmarks though ?! > if uninstalling is required...how can I do that :) ? You can export your bookmarks to an html file. Open mozilla and click Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks. In the window click File > Export Bookmarks and save to your home dir. Importing/Exporting bookmarks is also handy for sharing your bookmarks between different browsers. HTH skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Email
On Thursday 21 February 2002 07:17, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Kraus > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Email > > > I have sent like 5 messages to the server over the last two days and > have yet to see any of them show up. If anyone gets this message please > send me a response. > > I got it and the previous one about samba. Are you getting the other mail > from the list, like about 100 per day. If not you may need to resubscribe. > HTH > Dennis M. The server may be having problems. Over the last 3-4 days I have received answers to questions that I never received (the questions still haven't arrived). However my messages seem to show up. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Must manually connect to internet?
Sorry for the repost, but I quit getting posts from the list right after I sent this. I am running Mandrake 8.1 on a Dell C600 and using it as a mail and web server. Some setting changed recently and when it is rebooted, it now no longer connects to the internet automatically. I now have to go into the Mandrake Control Center and make it connect manually. Can someone tell me where I go to set this so it happens automatically? This is a network OS and I didn't even know it could be disconnected. Appreciate any help. Andy Miller Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
No real need , I have never had a virus in Linux. I don't say it's impossible, but the ease of which viruses spread is due to the simple PC origine of Windows. No system of permissions for example. John On Wednesday 20 February 2002 11:25, you wrote: > May I know what's the best anti-virus should I use in Linux? Please send > me the URL for download. > > Thanx > > __ > www.edsamail.com -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Apache + PHP + PostgreSQL
I've hacked away and actually got a working copy of Apache + PHP + PostgreSQL
to install on my disk: Apache and PHP from source, and the rpm'd version of
PostgreSQL 7.0.3 mdk.
I have followed a tutorial from www.newbienetwork.net entitled "Beginning PHP
and PostgreSQL" that included an html/php script to connect with Apache. It
doesn't work. The offending lines are:
$db = pg_connect("dbname=friends user=htdocs");
$query = "SELECT * FROM friends";
$result = pg_exec($db, $query);
I cannot "connect" with Apache, no matter what I put as "user". I get the
following message:
"WARNING: PostgreSQL query failed in /home/lab/apache/htdocs/frnz0.php on
line 6
ERROR"
I've created user "htdocs". Nothing. In the tutorial he wrote: "Obviously at
this point, change the username to the one that your web server runs as."
Would that be "postgres" or "nobody"? I'm really confused (as a newbie) since
I'm trying to sort out three new things at once: Apache, PHP, and Postgresql!
>From the information I've listed here, can any gurus figure out what I've
messed up? I'd really appreciate your help so that I could actually use the
three!
*
The setup (so far):
Apache 1.3.23 and PHP 4.1.1 (from source), and PostgreSQL 7.0.3.mdk (RPM from
LM8.0).
Apache: with DSO installed in /home/lab/apache with recursive 755
permissions (from /lab) nobody:nobody; document root = htdocs (755
nobody:nobody).
PostgreSQL: installed in /var/lib/pgsql 755 postgres:postgres; /data 700
postgres:postgres.
*
Somehow, I think that it's the permission thing again, but where? Any ideas?
I'd greatly appreciate help again -- man this is fun! It's bringing back
so many neat memories -- I love this stuff.
Tia,
Andre
--
Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion.
Remember in your prayers the suffering souls in Purgatory.
May God bless you abundantly in His love!
For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet -- http://www.webhart.net/csrb/
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ext 3
well since 8.1 supports it (and many others like XFS and ReiserFS) i assume 8.2 will. ;-) the advantage is to have journaling, basically a diary for your disk, to better protect you in a crash. search the archives of the list for a lot more info. On Wednesday 20 February 2002 05:56, you spoke unto me thusly: > called ext3..which is different from the old ext2...do you know if > Mandrake 8.2 will support it?? and which is the advantage in choosing one > or the other for my linux box -- At first they burn books, eventually they burn people. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ext 3
I cannot remember any option during the installation process of Mandrake 8.1 asking me if I wanted ext2 or 3or maybe it was when I partitioned the hard drive? Thanks again Maurizio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 07:24 am, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Wednesday 20 February 2002 13:25, Tonton wrote: > > May I know what's the best anti-virus should I use in Linux? Please > > send me the URL for download. > > We're still waiting for someone to write a really nasty virus that > affects Linux systems. So far, there have been a few worms that affected > people who didn't keep up with the security updates, but nothing really > bd! > > This is very frustrating. There are millions to be made in the antivirus > scam, I mean business, and these linux developers just keep making their > free OS more and more virus-proof instead of letting someone else make > some bucks! Maybe I could sue somebody ... > > But seriously: as Linux gets more popular, no doubt the virus writers > will turn their attention to it and some will get through even if the > basic architecture makes it very difficult to write a Linux virus. But > so far, Linux doesn't need safe computing - Linux IS safe computing! I have a theory about virus'. They infect so many windoze machines because so many people run the same stuff. They're running 95/98/Me or NT or 2000 or XP. They use IE with Outlook Express. If they're using office software they run Micro$oft Office. How do you target linux. Everyone runs so much different stuff. Mandrake is different than RedHat which is different than Debian. People use so many different packages with so many different versions. And besides, things change so rapidly in linux, how would the virus people(I refuse to call them authors) keep up. I don't think you could have a Nimda that hangs around forever, because linux programmers change their code so often. I'm not saying that it couldn't happen. But think of the amount of work that someone would have to do to reach so few people. I think that's what people forget when they say that linux will start getting hit soon. Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ext 3
G.M.Laudone wrote: > I cannot remember any option during the installation process of Mandrake 8.1 > asking me if I wanted ext2 or 3or maybe it was when I partitioned the > hard drive? Yes -- when you partition the hard drive (at least in expert mode) you can choose the filesystem type (lots of options). Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] par for linux?
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 11:29 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > RAR format is an archiving format that is very popular in europe & > japan. mostly popular with Warez ppl too b/c its algorithms compress > better than .zip > > it was invented in Japan IIRC too. > > what else do you want to know? For windows, use winace. Dunno bout > *Nix What else do I want to know? Everything ;) Seriously, though, I've seen mention of rar a few times on this list and it started to bug me that I didn't know what it was. Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] massive memory usage / php server problems
I have a linux box on which i run our Intranet. it had been running for 100+ days absolutely fine, until i installed phpnuke 5.5. Now it runs extremely slowly. I have noticed that there is a lot of memory used for caching. if i do a free -t i get these numbers, total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 62480 61476 1004 0 2544 19560 -/+ buffers/cache: 39372 23108 Swap: 306392 18972 287420 Total: 368872 80448 288424 This is after i have attempted to run php nuke. beforehand the cached figure was something like 2000 instead of 19560. Before i had rebooted the cache figure was 97 % of mem, 85% of swap!!!. I am now having great difficulty in actually viewing pages properly now on phpnuke, I keep getting HTML code outputted as, Topics My own code works fine, but isn't anywhere near as complicated as phpnukes. Any suggestions ?? Thanks Jamie _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ext 3
Title: RE: [newbie] ext 3 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ext 3 Hi girls and boys, I recently visited Redhat website and I saw that RedHat 7.2 supports a filesytem called ext3..which is different from the old ext2...do you know if Mandrake 8.2 will support it?? and which is the advantage in choosing one or the other for my linux box Thanks anyone in advance See ya Maurizio __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800 http://byphone.tiscali.it Mandrake-Linux 8.1 already supports ext3fs. And 8.2 does also. Ext3 has a journaling system whereas ext2 does not, so less chance of loosing data with ext3. I am using ext3 on two boxes right now and have had no problems as far as I can tell. One power outage found my non ups'd box rebooted and nothing lost and no files corrupted. HTH Dennis M.
[newbie] Single Network Firewall setup
Hi guys I finally convinced the supervisors in my university research group that our windows machines are not very safe as they are...they are connected to the net 24 hours a day with a couple of ports always open...and the information on thos pc are quite important...I thought we could use the Mandrake Single Network FIrewall (or smoothwall) to create an internal network and connect to the rest of university network and to the external world through such a secure firewall can anyone give any help or suggestion on how to set it up correctly...the network technicians here are useless (otherwise they wouldn't have ste up a Windoze network in the first place!) thanks in advance Maurizio __ Abbonati a Tiscali! Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] unzip not in path
For some unknown reason the ML8.1 installer does not install the package unzip by default. Just install the rpm from your disc and archiver will then work with .zip files. derek On Saturday 16 February 2002 16:39, Bill Winegarden wrote: > Hi, > I would like to know how to put unzip in my path so that archiver will > display the contents of a zip file. > > Thanks, > Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Running slow.
On Friday 15 February 2002 12:44, Gerald Waugh wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Jeffrey Madore wrote: > > I recently installed Mandrake 8.1 on my son's machine which consists of a > > 120Mhz processor and 84meg of ram. It now operates deadly slow. My > > understanding has been that one advantage of linux is that it runs fine > > on older equipment ; that it doesn't require the horsepower, so to speak, > > that other OS's like windows does. > > > > Prior to installing Linux on my son's machine he was running windows 95. > > That moved right along. He likes linux but it is dreadfully slow. > > > > I am running a celeron @ 700Mhz with 512 Meg of ram. The speed is much > > better but still slower than windows ME, which I migrated from. > > > > Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Since I began this journey, I > > can't seem to get away from my computer. Though the learning is slow, I > > am learning and enjoying experimenting. On the other hand I have 3 boys > > in school, 3 machines networked together, and I need a stable system with > > reasonable speed. > > > > Any comments would be helpful. Tnx > > It's probably the X app you are runing, you didn't say. > Thee have been threads concerning different desktops. > Which one are you running, and maybe someone on the list > can rate the different desktops, - Fastest to Slowest Yes Linux can run on older slower equipment, but it depends how it is configured and what it has to do. Mandrake 8.1 running default with KDE is 'fully featured' and requires quite a lot of resources. You should compare it to Windows XP Pro rather than Windows 95. No one would be surprised if Windows XP failed to run on your son's computer, and similarly you cannot expect ML8.1+KDE to be blazingly fast on it. More memory would help, but the simplest way to improve the performance is 1/ Run a lightweight windows Manager ICEwm is very like Win95 and is very fast. XFCE is very fast, but very different to Windows or KDE in use. (I use that one) Other fast managers include Enlightenment, Blackbox,Fluxbox. They all have their fans. 2/ When running a lightweight window manager, use lightweight applications. Avoid ANY KDE application, since they require the KDE libraries, and will take an eternity to load. In general gtk applications are generally pretty fast. Examples of fast applications I use under XFCE are Abiword - loads like greased lightening, and is better than KWrite gtcd- loads much faster than kscd the KDE CD Player xmc - much faster than konqueror file manager galeon or opera - faster than konqueror and they are both better browsers anyway. Sylpheed - Mail client xmms - media player gqview - image viewer Of course these recommendations are just my opinion. Others will have their own favourites. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] network restart after suspend
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:00:20 -0500 Hanan Shargi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: >Hi, > >I'm running Mandrake 8.1 on a dell inspiron notebook with a DSL >connection ( I connect to the building's DSL network through the lan card >only -internal IP withinn the network ) >my problem is that when I resume working after a suspend mode, I cannot >connect to the internet, I have to reboot the system to be able to >connect to the internet again, I did some reading and found about the : ># service network restart >no luck. Tried it with the: stop and then start option, still no luck I >get an error saying: cannot bring up eth0, I have to reboot > >Any suggestions to get rid of this problem ? > >- >Hanan AL-Shargi === As root, try /sbin/ifup eth0 Mike -- "He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you., he really is an idiot." -Groucho Marx _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KDE3 beta 2
Has anyone a experience or a trick on how to install KDE3 beta 2 in Mandrake 8.1? Thanks in advance, Oder.
Re: Fwd: Re: [newbie] MANDRAKE INSTALL ON NEW COMPUTER
John Richard Smith wrote: > > Hello George, > > Thanks, > > I am afraid there is no /etc/lilo.conf, drakeX failed to create one. > So, just to prove a point to myself I did LM8.1 re-install all over again, > but this time I insisted drakX install Lilo instead of Grub. The result is > absolutely identicle. as in you can boot w2k and not boot into linux? something is getting trash bad like. > Maybe, I thought, I seem to remember reading somewhere, that > one of the bugbears of windows is that it insists on being the > first partition on any hard drive. w3.11, w4wg3.11, yes. w98, w98, no. on this and another box, w98 is on second partition. w2k, me, nt, no personal experience with, do not know or recall any post with statements to effect. so... read over next before doing. i erred at start of last, this i have stepped thru and should be correct. +++ boot lm8.1 cd, at start screen, press 'f1' function, at command line text prompt, enter 'rescue', press enter. after boot, at command line; cd /etc cp fstab fstab.org vi fstab insert line; /dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1 [note: this sets up for following mount] write and quit vi. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/disk cd /mnt/disk/etc cp fstab fstab.org vi fstab with exception of ' / ' for /dev/hda6, check to be sure that spaces are before '/' as; /dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode = 0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmps defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec, \ codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec, \ codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,iocharset=iso8859-2,umask=0,sync, \ codepage-850,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd1 /mnt/floppy2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,syn,exec, \ codepage=850,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 [note: '\' denotes line continued on next line] to gain ready access to other partitions, insert these lines; /dev/hda8 /hda/8 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda3 /w2k/c ntfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 /w2k/d ntfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda9 /w2k/e ntfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda10 /w2k/f ntfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda11 /w2k/g ntfs defaults 0 0 write and quit vi. cp fstab fstab.001 cp lilo.conf lilo.conf.org vi lilo.conf edit lilo.conf to something like following; boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b default=md81 keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=100 message=/boot/message-graphic menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=md81 root=/dev/hda6 vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda6 append=" failsafe" read-only other=/dev/hda3 label=w2k table=/dev/hda +++ on what part of earth do you reside? tc,hago. g . -- think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email, text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy "made in america". Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:25:05 +0800, "Tonton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > May I know what's the best anti-virus should I use in Linux? Please send me > the URL for download. A well-designed OS doesn't need a virus scanner. GNU/Linux is one such OS. Any "Linux virus scanners" that you may hear about are designed to find Windows virii. This can be useful to catch Windows virii on a GNU/Linux server before they can do any damage on Windows clients. You can find more information if you search the list archives. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "I'm not a big believer in revolutions. What people call revolutions in technology were more of a shift in perception - from big machines to PC's (the _technology_ just evolved, fairly slowly at that), and from PC's to the internet. The next "revolution" is going to be the same thing - not about the technology itself being revolutionary, but a shift in how you look at it and how you use it." -- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Running slow [OT]
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 23:51, you wrote: > On Tuesday 19 February 2002 16:54, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > To give fair credit, however, I understand that MS has replaced the > > legendary BSOD (R). It's black now. Yet another market-driven > > innovation. > > Oh good so the acronym BSOD still stands? Oh no, this is the BSOI = Black Screen Of Innovation -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ...hey, at least a wild goose chase gives you some exercise-Neal Stephenson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Web Camera
Is there any software/player available in Linux-Mandrake so that I can use my Web Camera? brand: Logitech Web Cam Express (USB) __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Anti-virus
May I know what's the best anti-virus should I use in Linux? Please send me the URL for download. Thanx __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
