Re: [newbie] OT: Pre-migration strategies: Win2K - LM
On 16/06/2002, shane did utter into the folds of space: On Saturday 15 June 2002 02:16 pm, FemmeFatale did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Now help me convince my g/f ;p can't be done, g/fs are beyond reason by definition. ;) A bumper sticker I have seen: If it has tits or tyres its TROUBLE -- Regards, Mark Van Bruggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is always a way, it's just reality that's the problem !! == Mark Van Bruggen Microsoft OEM Certified Phone : 07 4926 4900 Computer Systems Supplier Mobile: 04 3886 4900 Internet / Computer Technician E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockhampton QLD AU == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't login as root
On 8/06/2002, The following message was beamed across the Internet: On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 14:46:13 -0700 Bill Winegarden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I rarely ask questions for others but this one has me stumped. My colleague running LM8.2 has a default (for his hardware) configuration. He created one user. Then, he went to the security configuration utility and set it to high. Now he can't get in the gui login as root. His user account still works and he can 'su' in a terminal. This behaviour seems to have started just after he changed the security setting to high. My research found a possible solution in the /etc/security/access.conf with a missing entry like... -:ALL EXCEPT list of accounts:LOCAL Am I on the right track here? Has anyone come across this one before? Newbie archives don't return anything on this. tia, Bill W. I too had this problem, whether in command line or GUI login. I set security to higher and did not try any other settings as I wanted to run mail server... -- Regards, Mark Van Bruggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is always a way, it's just reality that's the problem !! == Mark Van Bruggen Microsoft OEM Certified Phone : 07 4926 4900 Computer Systems Supplier Mobile: 04 3886 4900 Internet / Computer Technician E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockhampton QLD AU == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs
On 1/06/2002, The following message was beamed across the Internet: Okay, you guys are gonna get me in trouble with the wife. I am REALLY trying to hold back the urge to nuke my old CDs. I want to see fireworks and cool patterns on the CDs. Is there such a thing as a support group?? LOL Hay I'm with you but I know my daughter could not control herself and have to tell everyone what we did so its... No, no ... somebody please lock me up :) before I endanger myself... Hold me back dont let me do it !!! -- Regards, Mark Van Bruggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is always a way, it's just reality that's the problem !! == Mark Van Bruggen Microsoft OEM Certified Phone : 07 4926 4900 Computer Systems Supplier Mobile: 04 3886 4900 Internet / Computer Technician E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockhampton QLD AU == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] What to do with old CDs
On 4/06/2002, The following message was beamed across the Internet: On Monday 03 June 2002 06:55 pm, you wrote: You can't just nuke one, said Oppenheimer. TIP: Pick up a microwave at a garage sale for $5, put it in the garage, and nuke whatever 'till it pukes. Cheaper than a movie or a first-run dvd 3-day rental. (same principle as putting the seat down on the WC.) Nick Nick Would you not then be a closet CD nuker Is this OK or is it better to admit you have a problem and nuke them in full knowledge of your habit? -- Regards, Mark Van Bruggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is always a way, it's just reality that's the problem !! == Mark Van Bruggen Microsoft OEM Certified Phone : 07 4926 4900 Computer Systems Supplier Mobile: 04 3886 4900 Internet / Computer Technician E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockhampton QLD AU == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Possibly OT? MDK Partitioning
On 29/05/2002, The following message was beamed across the Internet: Michael Adams wrote: On Wed, 29 May 2002 13:58, FemmeFatale wrote: I've run 8.0, 8.1 now 8.2. Always I've accepted the default install partitions of root (/), swap home. the one time I tried on 8.0 to make a boot, root, swap, var other partitions, the boot partition was blank. As a result the root directory had a boot directory beneath it holding the boot files. I was stumped. Well I used the ext3 (the journal one) and made /boot swap / on my HDD and it all went fine, boot was for boot swap for swap and / for the rest :) MDK 8.2 -- Regards, Mark Van Bruggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is always a way, it's just reality that's the problem !! == Mark Van Bruggen Microsoft OEM Certified Phone : 07 4926 4900 Computer Systems Supplier Mobile: 04 3886 4900 Internet / Computer Technician E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockhampton QLD AU == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SNF 7.2 problems.
On 30/05/2002, The following message was beamed across the Internet: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have looked at Smoothwall, but I am looking for a good custom firewall that has IDS, reporting, and preferably a Web interface, as I am not a Linux guru by an means. Checkout IPCop, it is one step ahead of smoothwall and has nice people on the email groups. It was originally based on Smoothwall 0.9.9 but has grown some since then... :) http://www.ipcop.org -- Regards, Mark Van Bruggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is always a way, it's just reality that's the problem !! == Mark Van Bruggen Microsoft OEM Certified Phone : 07 4926 4900 Computer Systems Supplier Mobile: 04 3886 4900 Internet / Computer Technician E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockhampton QLD AU == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program help
On 26/05/2002, Have you been and readup the www.ozcableguy.com site? he has a whole section on linux and the bpalogin and telstra -- Regards, Mark Van Bruggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is always a way, it's just reality that's the problem !! == Mark Van Bruggen Microsoft OEM Certified Phone : 07 4926 4900 Computer Systems Supplier Mobile: 04 3886 4900 Internet / Computer Technician E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockhampton QLD AU == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
