RE: [newbie] samba GUI interface
I just installed samba on Mandrake 8.2 and I was wondering if there was a GUI interface or network configuration on KDM that would allow you to view your local network? I think there is some confusion about what you're asking. Are you trying to view a particular smb mount, or are you looking for something similar to Network Neighborhood where you can see all the machines in your domain? Ric Tibbetts Unix Systems Administration The early bird may get the worm, But the second mouse gets the cheese. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] samba GUI interface
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: I just installed samba on Mandrake 8.2 and I was wondering if there was a GUI interface or network configuration on KDM that would allow you to view your local network? I think there is some confusion about what you're asking. Are you trying to view a particular smb mount, or are you looking for something similar to Network Neighborhood where you can see all the machines in your domain? Ric Tibbetts nah...Ric, what they're looking for is the config interface that can be found and accessed through webmin. Its on the servers tab in webmin. Yeah, that's what I thought at first too, but then reading it, it seemed like he was looking for a way to browse the network, ala network neighborhood. Webmin huh? I've never used it. Does it do anything with samba that swat doesn't? Ric Tibbetts Unix Systems Administration The early bird may get the worm, But the second mouse gets the cheese. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Make ISO WAS: Command line burning
man mkisofs I've used it several times to clone a CD. If you have a CD Drive, AND a CD-RW in the same box, you can get creative an run something like mkisofs /mnt/cdrom - | cdrecord -v dev=5,0 speed=8 - (purely an example. The syntax is probably not right). The two programs you want to use are (obviously) mkisofs, and cdrecord. And the output of mkisofs CAN be piped into cdrecord. (save that temporary disk space). Works like a charm. ;) Cheers Ric -Original Message- From: Miark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Make ISO WAS: Command line burning I've been using the following: dd if=/mnt/cdrom of=/home/miark/image.iso IIRC, it copies all the files, but not the volume label etc. I'd be interested in knowing how to do this myself :-) Miark D. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: I have been working a bit on a tutorial for this, but I would like to add how to make an ISO of a CD, and then burn it. Do you know how, via the commandline, to take everything on a CD and make it into an ISO? Preferably including the volume label and all that jazz. Thanks! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Re:Gif etc conversions
Why not just use convert? It's part of Imagemagic, and it's already installed. Just my .02p I seem to have lots of .02's today. ;) Ric -Original Message- From: John Rigby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 11:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Re:Gif etc conversions Hi folks, Re the conversion from gifs etc., here is a great program by a great guy and it's free - BUT is Windows. http://jansfreeware.com/formati9.exe He has some excellent progs there for those still forced to be living in two worlds :-) http://jansfreeware.com/ himagain Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Email for root crons
I'm coming in on this late, so this may have been suggested already. But, what I do is alias roots mail to mine in /etc/alias. Then anything that would normally go to root, goes to my account. Hope that helps. Ric -Original Message- From: Alan Carbutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 3:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Email for root crons I tried that and it still doesn't work. Any other ideas that I may be missing? TIA Paul wrote: In reply to Alan's mail, d.d. Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:58:32 -0600: Does anyone know how to enable email response for crons that run under root? I get responses for other users, but not for root. Currently I an running LM 8.2. Just add MAILTO=your e-mail address to the top of root's crontab and you should be fine. Paul -- Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. -Henry Ford http://nlpagan.net-Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.8.0 Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Alan Carbutt Applications Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Re:Gif etc conversions
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 8:06 am, Tibbetts, Ric did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Why not just use convert? It's part of Imagemagic, and it's already installed. in linux it is installed, but not windows. why post to a linux list about windows programs? the world may never know Sorry, but I don't personally care if it's installed in Windows or not. This is a Linux list. If someone needs Windows solutions, they can go to a Windows list. I was answering to a solution that exists in Linux. Sorry. JMHO Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] upgrade KDE 3.0.2
Salamat Datang di Linux Mandrake Teddy! -Original Message- From: teddy wl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] upgrade KDE 3.0.2 I'm newbie in linux, now I new in this milist. my computer was installed Mandrake 8.2, this use kde 2.2.2, How to upgrade to kde 3.0.2 in my mandrake 8.2? Sorry my english, I'm from Indonesia, but I know, all of you understand. Thank you Teddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] upgrade KDE 3.0.2
Oops, sorry about that, I hit the send by mistake. Mandrake did a small instruction sheet for doing this, should you decide that you really want to. It's actually pretty painless. The Mandrake instructions, and download are at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/mdk-kde3.0.php3 Have fun! Ric -Original Message- From: teddy wl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] upgrade KDE 3.0.2 I'm newbie in linux, now I new in this milist. my computer was installed Mandrake 8.2, this use kde 2.2.2, How to upgrade to kde 3.0.2 in my mandrake 8.2? Sorry my english, I'm from Indonesia, but I know, all of you understand. Thank you Teddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] problems with /etc/fstab
Here's another way to hang a system: 1. mount some nfs shares. 2. shut down one of the machines serving the nfs share without first unmounting it, and have a filemanager open to the remote filesystem 3. Now try to shut down the client machine. It will hang on unmounting the remote filesystem. (and now you learn to use alt-sysrq-r alt-sysrq-s and alt-sysrq-b) That's a good demonstration of one of the weaknesses of NFS. Unfortunately, for some of us, NFS is a necessary way of life. Imagine a system with a large central server (disk farm basically), feeding a network with 2,500 workstations, and over 5,000 registered servers. Each user must have access to any workstation, and have their home directory, and some data directories available. The only way to do that is that each of the clients is tied via NIS/NFS to the server. NIS serving the user names, and NFS mounting the home directories, and the data directories. NFS/NIS is a necessary evil. I'm not writing this looking for fixes. I've been running systems like that for years on AIX, and I'm just used to the headaches involved. I just brought it into the conversation because of the way civileme was dismissing NFS as to unstable to use. Boeing runs on NFS. As does Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, ATT Wireless, etc... You just have to approach it with the attitude that It can, and at times will, wreak havoc. And it never disappoints. ;) JMHO-YMMV Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] launching apps from terminal
switching apps from terminal On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Bill Davidson wrote: On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:15:50 -0400 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to launch a gui program from a terminal, then have the same terminal available to do other stuff? Sure. Just put a '' after the command to send it to the background. You have to keep the terminal open though, or your app will close as well. Not quite true. The application should launch as a detached process. Just tried ogle from gnome-terminal and it stayed put when the xterm closed down. The terminal window will display messages from the application while it exists - don't know what happens to them after xterm exit though (xsession-errors?). -- Len Lawrence Not all terms apps are created equally. Most terms will kill backgrounded apps when they're closed. Some of the better mannered ones will try to warn you first. Others will just mercilessly slay it without warning. It's usually best to try to keep track of the background jobs you have running. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] 102.4 Mb limit with ftp?
Marc Sorry it took me a while to answer this one. You need to fix /etc/security/limits.conf There is a setting in there that sets the file size limit to 100mb. just change that to something more acceptable to your situation, and all will be fine. Ric -Original Message- From: Marc Audard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 5:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] 102.4 Mb limit with ftp? Hi When connecting on the LAN of my working institute, I can transfer files with ftp (much faster than sftp) up to 102.4 Mb, then connection is closed. This is apparently true for sftp as well. I remember that there was a limit in old kernels, but since I use Mandrake 8.2 with kernel 2.4.18-6, this wonders me. Can somebody give a hint how to get rid of the limit? Please CC me since I am not registered to the mailing list. Regards Marc PS: Is there any rcp in the Linux distr? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Now the fun part: Ric's tid-bits
et; Took me a while to see this. I've been busy, and the e-Mail got backed up. No offence taken. ;) Seen it before, in many variations. FWIW: Posting seems to be working better these days. Ric -Original Message- From: et [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Now the fun part: Ric's tid-bits Now the fun part: This is like a lottery: Will this actually post or not. I haven't had any luck lately. I've almost given up trying. we got this one (hope you ain't offended by the play on your name,,, I bet you NEVER heard that one b4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Backgrounds for Gnome on LM8.2??
www.themes.org Best resource out there. Ric -Original Message- From: LeaAnne Kolp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 8:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Backgrounds for Gnome on LM8.2?? Hello, I'm new to the board, in fact, just joined a few minutes ago. I'm new to linux and was wondering where I could find Themes (backgrounds) for Gnome? I had a theme manager on KDE LM7.2, but I upgraded last night and can't seem to find one on here. Do you know of where I can find them or do I just need to switch over to the KDE WM? Thanks in advance. LeaAnne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Web Page
Quanta, and bluefish are both included, and are decent html editors, is that's what you're looking for. Also, openoffice staroffice both have builtin html editors. Hope that helps. -Original Message- From: robert macdonald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Web Page Can someone give me some info? Wondering what other webpage creating software there is for linux other than cgi? Thanks much _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] HP Surestore 5000
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Norman wrote: tar cvf /dev/st0 /home/norman did a backup of my home directory. I thought I would need some software to rewind the tape not realising that this would happen automatically after the above command completed. I assume /dev/nst0 is used if you just want to append extra stuff after the first write. best wishes, norm registered Linux user 277766 ok...now you've really got my curiosity peeked. once you get the files on the tape, how in the world does one browse, find, and then get the file(s) off the tape? I've never done this before, but am truely facinated by this. Simple. If you put 'em on there with tar, take 'em off with tar. To get a listing of them: tar -tvf /dev/st0 tape_list.tar (would output the contents to a file) Want one off? tar -xvf /dev/st0 path/filename Want to get really trick, you can compress the files when you write them to tape with tar: tar -czvf /dev/st0 files to be backed up To get those off: tar -zxvf /dev/st0 filespec The z in tar will compress/uncompress them on the fly. There are far better utilities for doing backups than tar. But in a pinch, it works. Let's not forget that tar is short for Tape ARchive In fact, tar should by default use whatever your default tape drive is. (works that way on AIX, Solaris, HP-UX anyway) You just type: tar -xv files to back up If you leave off the f, it defaults to the first tape drive. The f flag is actually to designate a file name for the archive other than tape. I haven't tried this on Linux. Maybe I'll check mine when I get home.. ;) Have fun! Ric Now the fun part: This is like a lottery: Will this actually post or not. I haven't had any luck lately. I've almost given up trying. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] HP Surestore 5000
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: ok...now you've really got my curiosity peeked. once you get the files on the tape, how in the world does one browse, find, and then get the file(s) off the tape? I've never done this before, but am truely facinated by this. Simple. If you put 'em on there with tar, take 'em off with tar. To get a listing of them: tar -tvf /dev/st0 tape_list.tar (would output the contents to a file) Want one off? tar -xvf /dev/st0 path/filename Want to get really trick, you can compress the files when you write them to tape with tar: tar -czvf /dev/st0 files to be backed up To get those off: tar -zxvf /dev/st0 filespec The z in tar will compress/uncompress them on the fly. There are far better utilities for doing backups than tar. But in a pinch, it works. Let's not forget that tar is short for Tape ARchive In fact, tar should by default use whatever your default tape drive is. (works that way on AIX, Solaris, HP-UX anyway) You just type: tar -xv files to back up If you leave off the f, it defaults to the first tape drive. The f flag is actually to designate a file name for the archive other than tape. I haven't tried this on Linux. Maybe I'll check mine when I get home.. ;) Have fun! Ric Now the fun part: This is like a lottery: Will this actually post or not. I haven't had any luck lately. I've almost given up trying. Ric, thank you SO much for that awesome information. I can now see what is on the tape now by writing the contents to a file. however when I attempt to extract a specific file from the tape is tells me that the listed file is not found in the archive. ==error message=== [root@tapeserv root]# tar -xvf /dev/st0 /home/mdw1982/.mc/ini tar: /home/mdw1982/.mc/ini: Not found in archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors == end error message === Try dropping the leading slash from the filespec: tar -xvf /dev/st0 home/mdwwhatever/somefile Just watch where you're sitting when you do that. I think if you check the listing you made with 'tar -tvf', you'll notice the leading slash is not there. Tar does that so you can restore them anywhere. If the leading slash is still on, then the file will only restore to it's original location. I usually have a /Data/Restore filesystem for doing restores. I get them off tape to that directory, then put them in place. It's a hassle, but I've hammered home directories by dropping them straight in. (turned a whole home directory into 0 length files... oops!). Cheers! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] HP Surestore 5000
that you have a puncuation problem? try tar -xvf /dev/st0/home/mdw1982/.mc/ini home/mdw1982/.mc/ini heck I Know squat about tar... I bet I am way wrong I don't think that will work. If you did that, tar would be looking for a file: /dev/st0/home/ And that wouldn't exist. He just needed to drop the leading / off the filespec. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] HP Surestore 5000
Thanks...that did the trick. Now all I've got to do is figure out just how to erase the tape before backing up to it. Or, does that happen automagically when tar begins to write to the device? No worries! Tar will blindly write over anything that's already on the tape. So you don't need to format the tape. Trust me, formatting a tape (even erasing one) can be excruciatingly slow! Just write over them. Once you get artful, you can start playing with the mt commands (move tape). Then you can use non-rewinding devices, and put more than one tar file on a tape (provided you have room). ;) If you start running tight on space on that tape, remember to add the z flag when you create, and read the tape. Then it will compress the data. Depending on what the data is, it can recover a lot of space. Cheers Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ?
Title: RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove? -Original Message-From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 2:46 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Miark Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove? What ms considers to be illegal is the following: I buy a machine with preinstalled windows I uninstall windows and install a real os I sell/give the version of windows that came with the machine to someone else What ms wants is that when I sell or give away the machine, I must also hand the original version of windows to whoever gets the machine also. That makes more sense, but not much more. Winblows, even on pre-installed computers, costs something, and that cost is passed on to the final consumer. So despite its cost being buried in a sticker price, you pay for Winsux on a pre-installed computer. In my way of thinking, if I pay for it, I have the right to sell it-- even separately, if I choose. Miark I too agree. If I buy a car and drive it till it is rust, I can remove engine transmission, seats and what ever else is salvageable and sell them individually. They were part of an integral package to begin with, but I still can sell off the pieces. Heck, I could sell of the pieces two days after I bought it brand new, and put some other engine in it. What makes Windows so special? M$ is as arrogant as any company ever in existance. My $.02 Dennis M. The difference is: In the case of software, you're not "buying" the software. You purchase a license to "use" the software on (in this case) a single desktop. If you read the EULA you will see that you do not have the right to transfer that license to anyone else. I don't support M$, but before these tirades get going, people should read the license agreement, and understand it. If you don't like/agree with the EULA, don't agree to it, and don't use the software. You DO have the option to return the OS to M$ "unused". You'll have to fight for it, but refunds are issued in cases where the OS was removed from new computers "unused". That means, you can't even boot the computer new out of the box. If you do, you've used the software, and cannot return it. But it clear: You are not buying the software. That would be far more expensive (well into the millions). You're only buying a license to "use" the software. Ric
