Re: [newbie-it] OT: Mozilla 1.4
Alle 21:03, mercoledì 27 agosto 2003, artasersec ha scritto: Non mi fare invidia, sto aspettando mandrake 9.2 per provarlo. Ho cercato di togliere Mozilla 1.3 per mettere la versione 1.4 ma il risultato è un gran casino, quindi mi sono risolto ad aspettare. Ho notato che a caricare le immagini Mozilla 1.3 è più veloce di Opera 7.11 che è il browser che uso di solito perché ha funzionalità molto comode, se Mozilla 1.4 è ancora più veloce sarà uno spettacolo da usare. Ciao 1) non so perché ma le tue mail mi arrivano con questi caratteri 2) non c'è bisogno chea aspetti la 9.2 per mozilla 1.4! rimuovi il tuo mozilla dal sistema com rpm e poi scompatta il tar di mozilla 1.4 che trovi in qualche rivista e ti ritrovi il programma bello e pronto.. ciao
Re: [newbie-it] Problema TouchPad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 16:33, venerdì 29 agosto 2003, in merito a [newbie-it] Problema TouchPad, Antonello ha scritto: Salve amici, come posso risolvere il problema Touchpad per il mio portatile Asus L3800?? mah in genere emulano i mouse ps2... Dove posso scaricarlo?? E quale programma??? altrimenti scarica synaptics, è in definitiva lo stesso supporto che usi sotto win$, non ricordo la url... copia snyaptics_drv.o in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/ aggiungi queste linee a /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section InputDevice Driversynaptics IdentifierMouse[1] OptionDevice/dev/psaux OptionEdges 1900 5400 1800 3900 OptionFinger25 30 OptionMaxTapTime 20 OptionMaxTapMove 220 OptionVertScrollDelta 100 OptionMinSpeed 0.02 OptionMaxSpeed 0.18 OptionAccelFactor 0.0010 # Option Repeater /dev/ps2mouse # Option SHMConfig on EndSection aggiungi alla sezione CorePointer : Section ServerLayout ... InputDevice Mouse[1] CorePointer ... avvia X coi soliti metodi inoltre funzia anche insieme a un mouse esterno, che aiuta.. Grazie. Antonello. - -- bye miKe Slackware 8.1 GNU/Linux 2.4.22 @ ASUS S1N 1330c +- R.U.#219755 -+- S.R.U.#705 -+- R.M.#110932 -+ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/T5eXF/9fksDJ4y0RAti2AJ9AUTJo3uyxoyPGnwFyo7IFPeatFgCfYI8/ TOBq0rYyGQDah/d5/0B/9+c= =nDpz -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie-it] Fotocamera
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 17:23, venerdì 29 agosto 2003, in merito a [newbie-it] Fotocamera, stormy ha scritto: Non riesco a configurare la mia Logitech pocket digital le ho provate tutte partendo da ... Qualcuno sa dirmi cosa sbaglio? Grazie a tutti non tutte le fotocamere funzionano in emulazione usb-storage.. per la mia benq ho compilato i cvs di gphoto e riesco a scaricare le immagini usando un pò di script... l'ultima prova puoi farla con sda senza numero (molte penne usb funzionano così..) strano comunque che al momento di collegarla messages non ti dica che la peiferica non usa moduli conosciuti.. hai provato a smontare /proc/bus/usb a scaricare usbcore e tutta la catena usb, quindi passare a mano a partire da usb-storage quindi rimontare /proc/bus/usb ? Saluti - -- bye miKe Slackware 8.1 GNU/Linux 2.4.22 @ ASUS S1N 1330c +- R.U.#219755 -+- S.R.U.#705 -+- R.M.#110932 -+ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/T5jBF/9fksDJ4y0RAsBVAJ9xa/VMsLqI7QOrRHguJUTbK6T5DgCfTTTR ID/pz+lkmoeX5QGxllLADu0= =6VRG -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re[4]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello HaywireMac, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 1:17:32 PM, you wrote: H Like I said earlier in the thread, the prob with app awareness is H that a lot of trojans will either: H a) disguise themselves as the trusted app, say IE, or Mozilla, by H overwriting the executable. H b) embed themselves in the executable itself, difficult, but it has been H done. VERY tough to get the same md5 for either a or b. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello Heather/Femme, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 1:21:31 PM, you wrote: HF for a free firewall its the best one out there for a windows HF computer IMO. Anything better costs $1000 per liscence HF (Checkpoint anyone?) is very hard to configure. I prefer Kerio to ZA myself - used to use ZA but like the flexibility and control of Kerio. It DOES require some knowledge to set it up properly though, and this is why the masses will not likely be using it well. ZA is probably best for the masses - just install it and use it. -- Thank you, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[6]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello HaywireMac, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 1:27:50 PM, you wrote: Well, it would have to be in the exact same location and have the same md5 signature - pretty difficult disguise. :-) H ZoneAlarm cannot do this, AFAIK. I haven't used ZA for quite a while, but I believe the latest version does this. Other free firewalls certainly CAN do this. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reinstalling WinMe and Grub,OT me being silly...
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 16:48, ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 18:20, Heather/Femme wrote: - Keeping ppl from watching TV, Femme yep *smiles shyly* You're a bad man Ed... lol but i'm just doing my job I swear! Fimo! PS.(for those who don't get the joke its a type of clay used to make little models stuff... least in my crafts world it is. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello Derek, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 1:59:29 PM, you wrote: DJ As I understand it. There is nothing to stop a virus reconfiguring DJ ZoneAlarm so it is undetected. True - but this is a problem with the OS letting just about anything do anything to anything. :-) ZA is at the mercy of a poor OS design philosophy. DJ I may be wrong but I believe there is also nothing In Windows to stop a virus DJ simply bypassing the IP stack and using raw sockets to send packets to the DJ interface around the firewall. Again true. See the above comment. Especially with the M$ decision to use raw sockets in XP. Yech! They are really asking for it. OTOH, it might be M$ wanting to do something sneaky themselves. Hmmm... DJ To do the same thing under Linux the virus would have to be running as root, DJ and of course we *never* run as root do we? When linux becomes as popular as Win, we'll have about as many running as root as we now do running admin. :-) LOTS of them, no doubt. Many XP users I've talked with don't even know what admin means, and don't care either. Beware the unwashed masses :-) DJ As for a Linux app aware firewall try this one http://www.itshield.com/ Thanks for the pointer. It looks like a service-based FW, not an app-aware FW. Looks like the usual stand-alone FW, not a 'personal' one on the same computer. This would make it even harder to be app-aware. It will stop some service(by some app) if it doesn't obey the rules of the service, but if it does follow the service rules, it looks as though any app using the service correctly would go through. Still searching -- Thank you, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello HaywireMac, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 3:07:24 PM, you wrote: If all an intruder can see is my router ip, how can it compromise my system? H It cannot, it must see open ports to access. This is the classic the H only truly secure computer is one that is locked in a room with no H outside access. If all your ports are closed, he would have to get in H with a trojan, a file you bring in yourself and execute. H This why real security uses more than one defense tactic: firewall H so your ports are protected, IDS to look for known or suspicious H hacker activity, and Trojan detection. Actually, the app-aware FW is just another tool too. It should not really be used by itself, but as an additional line of defense behind a stand-alone FW such as in a router. The two kinds of FW's are for different purposes and are complementary, and should be used together for best results. Especially good if you are interested in privacy. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello Oliver, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 3:38:54 PM, you wrote: OM The shortcoming I have found with ZoneAlarm comes with virtual OM machine or interpreted apps. e.g. you grant access rights to OM java.exe, perl.exe, python.exe etc, and then *any* Java, Python OM or Perl program you run can get through your firewall Yep! Virtual is a big hazard, especially if taken to the M$ extreme. I don't like the trend for apps to get too permissive in what they allow. Nice features sometimes, but it increases the risk too. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:59:29 +0100 Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: As I understand it. There is nothing to stop a virus reconfiguring ZoneAlarm so it is undetected. Exactly. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Anyone know of an icq type app taht is decent?
Has to be able ot see respond to invisible ppl on icq! Am using ayttm at the moment. Great little program. But can't see or talk to invisible icqers! Ideas? can gaim do it? anothe rclient? help? Femmastoned Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone know of an icq type app taht is decent?
- Original Message - From: Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:19:05 -0600 To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Anyone know of an icq type app taht is decent? Has to be able ot see respond to invisible ppl on icq! Am using ayttm at the moment. Great little program. But can't see or talk to invisible icqers! Ideas? can gaim do it? anothe rclient? help? Femmastoned Heather, now I really believe you MUST be stoned.to see, AND talk to INVISIBLE ppl?? LOL ;-) I'm not sure I know what you mean, but I have used gaim a little, and it is a pretty nice program. I upgraded from 0.59 that came with 9.1 to gaim-0.66-1mdk9.1.i586.rpm from sourceforge. It works great as far as I can tell. I'm not really an avid im'er though. I use it for msn, but haven't had a chance to try icq. Just give it a try, it's only about a 2MB download...you might like it. :-) http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gaim/gaim-0.66-1mdk9.1.i586.rpm?download Take good care Heather/Femme. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.--James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- http://www.operamail.com Get OperaMail Premium today - USD 29.99/year Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone know of an icq type app taht is decent?
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 20:50, Angus Auld wrote: snip Heather, now I really believe you MUST be stoned.to see, AND talk to INVISIBLE ppl?? LOL ;-) I'm not sure I know what you mean, but I have used gaim a little, and it is a pretty nice program. I upgraded from 0.59 that came with 9.1 to gaim-0.66-1mdk9.1.i586.rpm from sourceforge. It works great as far as I can tell. I'm not really an avid im'er though. I use it for msn, but haven't had a chance to try icq. Just give it a try, it's only about a 2MB download...you might like it. :-) http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gaim/gaim-0.66-1mdk9.1.i586.rpm?download Take good care Heather/Femme. --Angus Invisble means only select ppl can see you online. your status is hidden as offline to ppl not on your visible list. Make sense? Fem Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - ClipMate
Hi Derek, Thanks for the info. Yes I do use Klipper but ClipMate was a very useful clipboard tool that I used constantly (I actually paid for that one, and 2 upgrades). With it you could create groups that you could copy into and these groups were permanent. You also had the temporary group that you could configure to either start deleting entries after a given time or number. You could also paste several different clips into one or merge existing clips into one. Power Paste was also a useful function. You clicked paste and then it automatically moved to the next clip in line (like a revolver). So clicking paste paste paste (3 times) gave you 3 different things. You could also edit the clips within clipmate. The one touch wizard took out all unwanted hard line breaks and those stupid annoying carrots . Then it is all clean so you can forward all those stupid chain letters to people who have seen them a thousand times. But hey, it was quick and easy to do :-) This is the home page of ClipMate: http://www.thornsoft.com/ I know this is a windows program but this would be a definate plus to add something similar to this to Linux Thanks Russ Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 1:58 am, Russ wrote: Second is a Clipboard program that you can save data in different groups like ClipMate. Thanks Russ I have no idea what ClipMate is like (Windows free for 2 years now), but if you use the KDE desktop you already have a nice clipboard application called Klipper. It is that little clipboard icon in your bottom right. Klipper saves the last 7 pieces of text you highlight with mouse. Click on it and select which you want to move to the front and paste by clicking your mouse wheel. Even without klipper you can copy/paste in any Linux desktop with highlight/centre button snip derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone know of an icq type app taht is decent?
Invisble means only select ppl can see you online. your status is hidden as offline to ppl not on your visible list. Make sense? Fem Hi I use Kopete and I can confirm that you can do this with that program. -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 07:17:27 up 7 days, 18:32, 2 users, load average: 5.10, 5.04, 5.01 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] Help sounddriver !
Hi, I have some trouble with my Mandrake 9.0 which is can not access my sound card (there is no sound). When booting I always receive a message that sound server cannot start because CPU overload. I don't know what happend. Please some body help me !!! Specification my CPU is : Mainboard intel desktop EEA2 (i815). VGA + Sound card onboard. RAM 256MB. Processor P3-800eb. HDD Seagate Barracuda 20 GB. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Apps for Lexmark1000
Hi, I'm forget my printer. I have printer Lexmark 1000 which is detected with my Mandrake 9.0. Unfortunately, I can't access my printer to change cartridge or to cleaning it's head. Please help me to find the applications for doing that. Thx. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird [Closed]
On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:23 am, HaywireMac wrote: On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 08:01:53 -0400 HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I thought I would create a seperate P2P server using that infamous old Compaq POS Lesson: Never, ever, even if it is *free*, use a Compaq, if you have *any other alternative*. Agreed! Refer to my Laptop from Hell posts for my real opinions of Compaq. e. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4 rc3
Thanks for that link! :) :) :) - Original Message - From: Joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:41:04 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] XFCE4 rc3 Ken Rhodes wrote: Alright! I am delighted to find that XFCE4 rc3 is out. Now can any one tell me if the redhat 9.0 rpm tarball with all the goodies will install on Mandrake 9.1? Just call me Casper Milquetoast. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Why not just get Mandrake RPMS from http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/ I haven't tried the RC3 yet, but the RC2 worked great! Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Win XP
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Heather/Femme Sent: Friday, 29 August 2003 6:31 AM To: Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Win XP On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 01:34, Lee Wiggers wrote: I just bought a Dell Inspiron 1100. Reading all lately on the dual boot problems w/winxp, I have to ask: Is there any reason to keep winxp on the computer? I own a win2k that seems to work just fine. Can't I nuke the drive, put win2k on first and then 9.1 like I just did with the old Toshiba laptop? Something satisfying about giving BG the one finger salute, anyway. My business requires that I have winsomething for now, but that too will pass. Lee FWIW, i like xp better than 2k. And yes you can do that. FlyingFemme Win XP is just windows 2000 with Eye candy and a couple of new tools.. In some ways its better, in others not.. (hardware requirements went up when XP came out) But the tradeoff is an even more restrictive license then Win2000, and the fact that they give themself permission to look around your hard drive and load whatever they see fit.. Is the tradeoff worth it? rgds Franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird [Closed]
Lesson: Never, ever, even if it is *free*, use a Compaq, if you have *any other alternative*. LOL! Sounds like the *experience* I had with a Compaq 5000 workstation. No matter what I did I could not get Mandrake 9.1 to run properly on it. -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 08:58:44 up 7 days, 20:13, 2 users, load average: 5.01, 5.04, 5.01 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Paraniod - start worrying
The question wasn't whether there was a virus/worm/trojan problem similar to Windoze, the OP was asking if there was any indication of a worm infecting linux, which there clearly is. t Sorry, as the original poster, i was presenting what i saw as an oddity, no more. I watch the given website for upcoming virus threats and this was posted as an upgraded one. I warned paranoids to hide under the blanket with my unclear heading. I beleive the perceived threat is a tool that could be misused to enable DOS attacks from linux. As to the number and range of linux effecting threats: http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslistfind.html?rub4=001findWhere=findTxt=linuxx=30y=14 -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] XFS Mount
I was disappointed with the bit torrent speed too. I have used it before for other downloads and it was fast. For some reason the Mandrake iso's were slow, and like Tom said the upload for other people was better. I stopped after an hour as I had 36 hours left on one iso (and growing) and did it from an ftp server instead. All 3 iso's in 6 hours. Tony. -Original Message- From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 5:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] XFS Mount On Wednesday August 27 2003 12:13 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: On Tuesday August 26 2003 09:54 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Miark wrote: It's possible the old mount setting in fstab is still active. Have you checked mtab to make sure the partition isn't already mounted? Miark There are no entries for either drive in mtab. mtab is generated from fstab, an shouldn't be fooled with Brant, try puttin your 1st CD in an check the partitions with the installers diskdrake. It could be that when you used diskdrake the changes were never made, or the partitions were never formatted for XFS, an they're still ReiserFS. Probly cause the partitions weren't unmounted. Also, with either ReiserFS or XFS, Civileme use to suggest a ext3 /boot partition. IME, it was/is good advice. I did exactly that and that is what I found. I posted my findings to the expert list last evening. I forgot to post them here as well. Well, jeez, I had that notion when you first posted the problem, but with the chronology mismatches in the lists, I often see responses before the original problem ;( So I was a little reluctant to jump in, since I was only seein others diagnosis of the problem. No sooner than I hit 'send', I saw a reply from you that you'd figured it out by yourself. Good for you ;) I don't believe it's a diskdrake bug tho. MOF, it's a feature to safeguard still mounted partitions. The only bug would be that diskdrake didn't tell you that nothin was done to disk, since the partitions weren't successfully unmounted to be reformatted. An I believe the developers are already aware of, an workin on that. I've been aware that diskdrake runnin from CD is much better than foolin with it on the booted system. Actually that's the resolution IMO, just always use diskdrake from the 1st CD. Then it's bulletproof ;) IIRC, you're runnin cooker. FWIW, RC1 iso's look like they're comin to the mirrors today. The beta2 iso's are gone, and so far the RC1 md5sum file is posted. So maybe ya want to wait for those before fixin your partitions. I saw that. Warly, from Mandrakesoft, released the bittorrent info for them: btdownloadheadless.py --url http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/torrent/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc1-CD1.i586. iso.torrent --saveas MandrakeLinux-9.2rc1-CD1.i586.iso Yeah an bittorrent sux for me. That's why I bitched'n moaned on the cooker list to get the iso's posted to ftp. bittsux has been workin on CD2 3 for almost 20 hours now, about 50% done. I've never been much of a p2p fan. Now I'm fixin to be an enemy of it. I shortened the url an took a look at the site first. All 3 iso's were there. Soon after I pasted Warly's CL into a term, it dawned on me the if I just changed the 1 to a 2 after both 'CD's, I could start a CD2 'torrent' (what'a misnomer). Same with 3. OTOH, we all need to get along, so I'm letin all three iso's to be uploaded from my connection. Even tho I'm givin far more than gettin. I'm gettin tired of Mandrake's increasing games as releases get closer to final tho. I was only amused when they resorted to false names for iso's, but this bitchtorrent method really sux. At least my complaint (maybe?) got Warly to post the 1st CD. It was d/l'd and burned within the hour. I only need the damn things for backup anyhow, and to take a look at the installer. I'm already past RC1. Be even further if the primary mirror (sunsite) ever straightens out. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 28 August 2003 03:14 pm, rikona wrote: Hey, if I was running a bank with no vault, no security guard in the building, no alarms and no way to stop someone from walking out with the money, and the only security that I did have was a locked door, it would be a VERY BIG, THICK DOOR. I mean, if you are only going to build one wall between you and the enemy, it is probably going to be a pretty big wall. Sorry for the long message, I get carried away sometimes. ;-} Bryan, Can I ask you a question, Am I paranoid for not wanting to enable cookies ? you know, from the security point of view ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?
I've scoured hte net somewhat came up empty for getting a Suse ISO which isn't the Live - Eval version. Also if it doesn't exist can someone point me to a Manual or url or something on how to burn (with k3b likely) a cd with all of Suses packages on it that it be bootable. Instructions off list are fine. Ty one all for your help. :) Femminux PS: off or onlist can you share your experiences with Suse please? I would love to hear any feedback about it. Iknow nothin about suse but want to try it just for fun. And cause I enjoy reinsatlling. :D I'm a pro at that though, so kids don't try installing at home! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How is SCO like Martha Stewart?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/27/2323256 Quote: One way in which some SCO employees are extracting value is from SCO's lofty stock price. SCO was trading at a near 52-week high of $14.36 on August 27, and company executives have been selling stock. John Ferrell, founding partner of Carr Ferrell, LLP, a Silicon Valley intellectual property and corporate law firm, was interested to see that SCO insiders [the other] week were selling SCO stock at greatly inflated prices. If in fact IBM has misappropriated and infringed SCO code, SCO shareholders will deservedly be handsomely compensated. If, however, we come to learn that SCO management is falsely creating turmoil in this struggling tech economy for the purpose of jacking and dumping their stock; SCO's legal troubles will be just beginning. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ We're all in this alone. -- Lily Tomlin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone know of an icq type app taht is decent?
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 00:18, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Invisble means only select ppl can see you online. your status is hidden as offline to ppl not on your visible list. Make sense? Fem Hi I use Kopete and I can confirm that you can do this with that program. Really...hm how hard is it to use... good gui file share handling? ty i will look for it John! you'e a doll luv :) Femorphine Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird [Closed]
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:07:22 +0100 Inhabitant of Zion [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: LOL! Sounds like the *experience* I had with a Compaq 5000 workstation. No matter what I did I could not get Mandrake 9.1 to run properly on it. I won't say what I would do to a Compaq rep were he/she to walk into this room right now, as I do not want to reignite that whole gun-control thing... Oh hell, I'd put a .303 right in their freakin' kneecaps! -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Man's reach must exceed his grasp, for why else the heavens? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fw: MDKSA-2003:075-1 - Updated apache2 packages fix multiplevulnerabilities
Just in case (a fine fellow, very good at pick-up-sticks) anyone doesn't subscribe to these: Begin forwarded message: Date: 29 Aug 2003 05:14:52 - From: Mandrake Linux Security Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MDKSA-2003:075-1 - Updated apache2 packages fix multiple vulnerabilities -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory Package name: apache2 Advisory ID:MDKSA-2003:075-1 Date: August 28th, 2003 Original Advisory Date: July 21st, 2003 Affected versions: 9.1 Problem Description: Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Apache 2.x versions prior to 2.0.47. From the Apache 2.0.47 release notes: Certain sequences of per-directory renegotiations and the SSLCipherSuite directive being used to upgrade from a weak ciphersuite to a strong one could result in the weak ciphersuite being used in place of the new one (CAN-2003-0192). Certain errors returned by accept() on rarely accessed ports could cause temporary Denial of Service due to a bug in the prefork MPM (CAN-2003-0253). Denial of Service was caused when target host is IPv6 but FTP proxy server can't create IPv6 socket (CAN-2003-0254). The server would crash when going into an infinite loop due to too many subsequent internal redirects and nested subrequests (VU#379828). The Apache Software Foundation thanks Saheed Akhtar and Yoshioka Tsuneo for responsibly reporting these issues. To upgrade these apache packages, first stop Apache by issuing, as root: service httpd stop After the upgrade, restart Apache with: service httpd start Update: The previously released packages had a manpage conflict between apache2-common and apache-1.3 that prevented both packages from being installed at the same time. This update provides a fixed apache2-common package. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0192 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0253 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0254 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/379828 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraqm=105259038503175 Updated Packages: Mandrake Linux 9.1: 3102c711e9c801009e54cb3b1ea89c11 9.1/RPMS/apache2-common-2.0.47-1.2mdk.i586.rpm 121bf6143709f1e6261bc041230e1b85 9.1/SRPMS/apache2-2.0.47-1.2mdk.src.rpm Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC: dc55704a8c82e088d95958ef31b38925 ppc/9.1/RPMS/apache2-common-2.0.47-1.2mdk.ppc.rpm 121bf6143709f1e6261bc041230e1b85 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/apache2-2.0.47-1.2mdk.src.rpm Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information): To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98 Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update. You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/ MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_linux-mandrake.com Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team security linux-mandrake.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/TuFLmqjQ0CJFipgRAvfqAKDoQIwoBiR5C0RX2eRA0sxEowbHSgCfQhdn YiBSnSb1qWU54WO9vHKjlDE= =mfcV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. -- Ogden Nash Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win XP
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:52:36 +0800 Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: But the tradeoff is an even more restrictive license then Win2000, and the fact that they give themself permission to look around your hard drive and load whatever they see fit.. Not to mention that it is responsible for a large part of the hellacious problems on the 'net these days (not you Femme, I am quite sure you are firewalled, patched, etc.) because of Raw Sockets and unpatched IIS servers and...and...and... -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 28 August 2003 03:14 pm, rikona wrote: Hey, if I was running a bank with no vault, no security guard in the building, no alarms and no way to stop someone from walking out with the money, and the only security that I did have was a locked door, it would be a VERY BIG, THICK DOOR. I mean, if you are only going to build one wall between you and the enemy, it is probably going to be a pretty big wall. Sorry for the long message, I get carried away sometimes. ;-} Bryan, Can I ask you a question, Am I paranoid for not wanting to enable cookies ? you know, from the security point of view ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?
the last i heard, Suse doesn't distribute their distro for free, other than the eval cd... you want it, you will buy it. though i do seem to vaguely remember that you can get older releases here and there. good luck. joe --- Original Message --- From: Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ? I've scoured hte net somewhat came up empty for getting a Suse ISO which isn't the Live - Eval version. Also if it doesn't exist can someone point me to a Manual or url or something on how to burn (with k3b likely) a cd with all of Suses packages on it that it be bootable. Instructions off list are fine. Ty one all for your help. :) Femminux PS: off or onlist can you share your experiences with Suse please? I would love to hear any feedback about it. Iknow nothin about suse but want to try it just for fun. And cause I enjoy reinsatlling. :D I'm a pro at that though, so kids don't try installing at home! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:46, Heather/Femme wrote: Seen all this. ZA got smart, it generates an encrypted sig file for itself now. Makes sure it can't be compromised either... and it is not easily killed in newer versions. Sides, that kind of attack is pretty sophisticated the avg ZA user won't be affected. Yes its possible it will get thru...but if you see ZA isn't in your tray anymore wouldn't you be suspicious? I know I would. Sure hope ZA is a lot smarter these days. Two years ago my Win system was compromised simply by clicking a link on a web page in IE. ZA was disabled but still showing as active in the system tray, the packet sniffer I had running crashed and the AV app was totally fsckd. A file containing web passwords was emptied and a pretty screensaver was installed which kept appearing every minute. That was the day I decided to see what this Linux was all about and I've never looked back since. Not that ZA can really help much in those situations. Clicking on the link merely ran the script as the one-and-only user on Win98SE. I feel much safer in Linux browsing the web as user (not root) - although sometimes I wonder why, when the most important stuff on my system in MY DATA. Couldn't give a sh*t 'bout the system, it can be restored, my data can't. At least the stuff that hasn't been backed up. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining - I LOVE LINUX! Oh now paranoia is creeping in... off to do a much overdue backup... I swear I'm getting lazier. Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Richard Smith Sent: Friday, 29 August 2003 6:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 28 August 2003 03:14 pm, rikona wrote: Hey, if I was running a bank with no vault, no security guard in the building, no alarms and no way to stop someone from walking out with the money, and the only security that I did have was a locked door, it would be a VERY BIG, THICK DOOR. I mean, if you are only going to build one wall between you and the enemy, it is probably going to be a pretty big wall. Sorry for the long message, I get carried away sometimes. ;-} Bryan, Can I ask you a question, Am I paranoid for not wanting to enable cookies ? you know, from the security point of view ? John -- FRANKI: Disabling cookies outright is generally a bad idea.. I prefer to block any cookies with expiry dates that are over a week in the future. Also, I block any cookies coming from domains different from the page you are on. If you disable all cookies, many interactive pages will not work properly if at all, like shopping carts, and many other similiar scripts. I also set any cookies from doubleclick and the other spam/add organisations to blocked. rgds franki Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:42:45 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: the last i heard, Suse doesn't distribute their distro for free, other than the eval cd... you want it, you will buy it. though i do seem to vaguely remember that you can get older releases here and there. good luck. coughMLDonkeycough -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. -- Nietzsche Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
On Friday 29 Aug 2003 12:46 pm, Sharrea Day wrote: Not that ZA can really help much in those situations. Clicking on the link merely ran the script as the one-and-only user on Win98SE. I feel much safer in Linux browsing the web as user (not root) - although sometimes I wonder why, when the most important stuff on my system in MY DATA. Couldn't give a sh*t 'bout the system, it can be restored, my data can't. At least the stuff that hasn't been backed up. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining - I LOVE LINUX! I do feel that the stress on linux security is sometimes misguided. Like you, I feel my data is the most important bit, and that's the part that a virus could trash if it could get in. I know it still has to get in, but once in it could run as user, I guess. When you combine that with the fact that linux is so stable that we forget the need for regular backups, it's time to worry. Under windows I had a rigid backup routine. Now I am careless, and it can be weeks in between. And I'll bet I'm not alone. Oh now paranoia is creeping in... off to do a much overdue backup... I swear I'm getting lazier. Yup - me too. I'll do one today. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:10:43 +0800 Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Disabling cookies outright is generally a bad idea.. I prefer to block any cookies with expiry dates that are over a week in the future. Also, I block any cookies coming from domains different from the page you are on. If you disable all cookies, many interactive pages will not work properly if at all, like shopping carts, and many other similiar scripts. I also set any cookies from doubleclick and the other spam/add organisations to blocked. Actually, that's something I've never really thought about. What are the potential dangers with cookies, besides someone knowing what sites I visit. I don't visit any porn sites, so no chance of embarassment, not that I'd give a rat's ass anyway, but what other threats are there? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last. -- Marcus Aurelius Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Overclock!
On Thursday 28 August 2003 05:20 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: Ran your cpuburn...but couldn't for the life of me get gkrellm to show me any temps. Said it couldn't fnd any. Did you (as root) run sensors-detect and follow the instructions first? Gkrellm uses lmsensors for its data. all I did was: cpuburn -60 (ran it 60Mins) it came out fine. I hope thats how you use it...I read the readme..thats all it said to do. FemmesStoned(again) That doesn't sound like the cpuburn I used. Its commands are: burnBX burnK6 burnMMX burnP5 burnP6 depending on what CPU you are using. I got mine from the Mandrake CDs. The package was named: cpuburn-1.4-3mdk Just do a urpmi cpuburn Femme - it should work. -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Overclock! - or how to overlook the obvious
Well I got a full health check from my supplier, and he also could find nothing wrong with the hardware. Since it could happen with nothing at all open in windows and my granddaughter actually out of the room it seemed fairly safe to say that it probably wasn't software. I checked out whether the power supply fan could be blasting against a barrier, but that wasn't the problem, so I talked to the tech guy about any other factors that I may have missed. He said that the only thing he could think of that I hadn't covered was dirty power - possible spikes. On checking I find she doesn't have any surge protection fitted, so could it be the washing machine changing to spin cycle? I think it could, so it's out to buy surge protection now. All of this has made me wonder if it is something similar that's causing my router box to go haywire, too. That is not properly protected either, so I guess it's time to go through the whole lan and see what else isn't covered before I shop. Just thought it might be a useful thought to anyone else troubleshooting. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 18:46:20 -0400 Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Sorry for the long message, I get carried away sometimes. ;-} No problemo, I enjoyed every minute of it, and gained a greater understanding of security along the way. I wholeheartedly agree with your perspective, esp. the idea that you have to differentiate between something like a firewall *app* and a real firewall, one that cannot be compromised like any other app. ZoneAlarm and it's like are probably the best the average windows user can do, excepting of course the installation of a dedicated firewall and/or proxy, but not everybody has an extra box just lying around. For anyone that does, I highly recommend that you start tinkering. You do *not* need big-shot hardware, and old P90 like I have will do the trick quite nicely, and in some cases you don't even need to have a harddrive in it. There are floppy-based distros like BBIAgent, which I use and has never let me down (SYN flood and spoofing protection, full stealth mode for the truly paranoid, where even pings and/or ICMP requests are ignored/dropped, and of course port forwarding so only the ports you specify are even visible). For more robust sol'ns (HD reqr'd), there is of course Mandrake, which you can configure as a dedicated firewall, but there are lighter and more specified sol'ns like Smoothwall, ClarkConnect, etc. The other advantage to having a dedicated firewall/router/NAT is that it manages your internet connection and LAN for you, so you never have to worry about configuring your PPPoE or whatever connection, they do it for you, and they automagically hand out network configurations to all your clients, so no messing with DNS, IP, etc. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Nothing is as simple as it seems at first Or as hopeless as it seems in the middle Or as finished as it seems in the end. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
HaywireMac wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:10:43 +0800 Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Disabling cookies outright is generally a bad idea.. I prefer to block any cookies with expiry dates that are over a week in the future. Also, I block any cookies coming from domains different from the page you are on. If you disable all cookies, many interactive pages will not work properly if at all, like shopping carts, and many other similiar scripts. I also set any cookies from doubleclick and the other spam/add organisations to blocked. Actually, that's something I've never really thought about. What are the potential dangers with cookies, besides someone knowing what sites I visit. I don't visit any porn sites, so no chance of embarassment, not that I'd give a rat's ass anyway, but what other threats are there? Isn't it a way in for virus writers to get inside your protection systems ? How safe is a cookie directory ? And in anycase why do we want to let other folk plant things on our hard drive. Sure some email stores insist on having cookies enabled ,else they will not let you shop. Hard luck for them, go some place else, that do let you sho without enabling cookies. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?
sucrets for the cough lack_of_exposure i've seen mldonkey referenced but have no idea what it actually is /lack_of_exposure --- Original Message --- From: HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ? On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:42:45 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: the last i heard, Suse doesn't distribute their distro for free, other than the eval cd... you want it, you will buy it. though i do seem to vaguely remember that you can get older releases here and there. good luck. coughMLDonkeycough -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. -- Nietzsche Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?
On Friday 29 August 2003 12:42 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the last i heard, Suse doesn't distribute their distro for free, other than the eval cd... you want it, you will buy it. though i do seem to vaguely remember that you can get older releases here and there. good luck. joe No, I don't think S.u.S.E. have iso's available for download, but you can install directly from their FTP server. That is, if you've got a lot of bandwidth. Try here : ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/ You'll need to download boot/boot.img or something like that in order to begin the installation. Take a look at the README. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:55:48 -0700 Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Hi All, Thanks for the responses. Hell, this is the best thread we've had in a long time, thank *you* for starting it! -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Life can be so tragic -- you're here today and here tomorrow. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:14:36 + Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: No, I don't think S.u.S.E. have iso's available for download, but you can install directly from their FTP server. That is, if you've got a lot of bandwidth. Try here : ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/ You'll need to download boot/boot.img or something like that in order to begin the installation. Take a look at the README. Well, yes, that would be the *legit* way, I only meant that it was *possible* to get the ISO's the other way, not actually condoning it ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ So little time, so little to do. -- Oscar Levant Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mandrake 9.2 rc1
would somebody please point me to some website or something explaingin me how the Mandrake versions go and how to get the latest version. Now I'm starting downloading 9.2 rc1 .. but what does that mean? I know there is beta 1 2 .. which I know what it means .. but what does rc1 mean? is that a final? And many people are talking about 'cooker version' .. what is that? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
On Friday 29 August 2003 06:35 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Bryan, Can I ask you a question, Am I paranoid for not wanting to enable cookies ? you know, from the security point of view ? John Not wanting to have cookies enabled does not make you paranoid, but that doesn't mean that you aren't. ;-} Since a lot of sites do offer content that relies on cookies to work and there is some convenience factor involved in having cookies, I do enable them on my machine but have Opera discard them after each browser session. That way, I gain the convenience of having the content and session persistence that cookies deliver but at the same time, there is no possibility of long-term tracking of my surfing habits. I consider it a moderate middle-road. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] calendar
On Friday 29 August 2003 16:09, Anarky wrote: Can you tell me of a linux app which would show me a calendar? If you're using KDE, just click on the time at the bottom-right (usually) of your desktop and presto! -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Overclock!
On Thursday August 28 2003 04:25 pm, Heather/Femme wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 13:21, Tom Brinkman wrote: snip run the appropriate 'burn' module on your (her) system, it's not stable IMO. Many store bought (ready made) computers won't pass. Any laptop surely won't. There's no reportin, the system either stays up or fails. Usually just a spontaneous reboot. CPU temp monitoring durin the test is almost imperative. If it gets too high, Ctrl+C will abort the test. For ready mades an laptops, I'd suggest a lengthly run of mprime-17, the torture test. That's as close as you'll get. These tools, mprime an cpuburn, are old overclockers tools to test stability. Not really a check for Winblows faults. Hm...just went to the link you provided... I used a diff cpuburn program I guess. I found it originally thru google IIRC here: http://users.bigpond.net.au/cpuburn/ is that not the same program!? Confuzzled Femme 'urpmi cpuburn' The Mandrake rpm is on your CD's and on the mirrors. cpuburn-1.4-4mdk [tom /tom] $ burn burnBX burnK6 burnK7 burnMMX burnP5 burnP6 IIRC, you've got a Intel cpu, so use 'burnP6' -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello Bryan, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 3:46:20 PM, you wrote: BP Requires some hardware but this is doable. Simply run a proxy BP server on a dedicated machine, in the router or ipchains using BP netfilter, allow only that machine's IP to initiate http traffic BP on port 80 and then all the local machines have to be configured BP to use the proxy server. Now, local machines can't surf at will, BP they must go through the proxy server and you can make the port BP of that whatever you want. If I understand you, each local machine would have to use a non-80 port to surf, with the translation done by the proxy. I'm then assuming, say, Mozilla would have to be set up to use a non-80 port to get to the proxy. Otherwise any app on the machine could use port 80. You are, in effect, blocking port 80 from any local machine. Is this correct? Interesting idea - I'd like to make sure I understand it. BP Personally, I think that this level of security appears to be wildly BP overrated. It appears, to me, that someone is trying to solve a Windows BP problem in Linux. Windows users are giving us a glimpse of the future, should linux be used by the masses. I'm just trying to get ready. :-))) Also, much of the functionality is for privacy, not just security. BP First, if you are installing applications that you are unsure of, BP you have far greater security issues than simply whether some BP malware is phoning home. In general, agreed. BP Open Source apps make it very difficult to create little one off BP scumware applications, trojans too. As linux gets more popular, some deviant will take an app, add some malware, and create easy-to-get-and-use or otherwise attractive lures to get people to load it. Apparently this has already been done for some 'reputable' distribution apps in linux. Some folks are inherently evil. BP Second, a lot of this debate is modified by the kind of threat BP that we want to guard against. The SoBig.F and other types of BP worms do not use port 80 to communicate, in most cases they have BP built in smtp or IRC servers that can broadcast. You need some BP mechanism that can initiate its own connection and traffic, not BP something that would be fighting with the browser to send BP packets. In short, they run their own services so that they do BP not have to depend on the user to initiate communication. Agreed. Recent malware is increasingly using this technique - unfortunately too easy to do in M$ virusware. BP Creating a new service, in the Linux environment, BP And, there are still many ways to guard against that Agreed - it is comfortingly harder. BP If the application is a scumware (advertisement sort), it would inevitably be BP installed as part of the browser, so a plugin for Mozilla, Netscape, etc. That's why i don't like the idea of plugins - a foot in the door for the let-anything-do-anything approach that causes so many problems with M$. But it is not inevitable... BP It won't be a standalone application because it needs to monitor BP http traffic so that it can track usage for delivering ads. That BP is its sole value. Not necessarily. There is money to be made in selling information about people. Even if logged on as just a user, I'd guess all your personal is there - email, contact lists, on-line banking info, history files of where you surfed, tax info, calendars, cookie files, perhaps even some info about account names and passwords. Snoopware might like to collect this and send it 'back home'. There's more than just ads. Just putting a name and address onto an extensive cookie history is worth a lot. These are more like privacy issues rather than 'security'. If you want to address both, you should use different tools and techniques. It is a different problem. BP If it is installed as a plugin, like most scumware in IE, then the BP app-aware firewall is useless because it would already have BP permission to phone home as part of Mozilla or whatever browser BP it is part of. True. Good ol Javascript is ready to snoop on you. BP So, if I were going to create something of this nature, I can't do it open BP source because someone would rat me out almost immediately, provided I could BP even get someone to install it, for even good applications it takes time to BP build recognition in the Linux community. Perhaps the scenario is to take the open source code and add some more open source code for snooping, etc, and distribute the package. And, no, the author of this malware is not likely to publish the code, open source or not. BP with all of the different flavors of Linux and the fact that we BP still don't even have a common installation package mechanism, I BP don't think it is very likely. One of the most attractive ways to distribute malware is to package supposedly known code for all these versions. See how much trouble I've saved you - it's ready to go in YOUR rpm. Looks attractive to many, and they'll get it. BP If this type
Re[2]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello HaywireMac, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 5:13:16 PM, you wrote: As I understand it. There is nothing to stop a virus reconfiguring ZoneAlarm so it is undetected. H Exactly. But this is an OS problem, not a ZA problem. Let's give discredit where it's due. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Firewall Oddities
Take a look at the two-nic firewall sample config. It is substantially different from the one-nic config that many use. I bet you'll find the issue there. On a side note, the configs are very simple. Since I got familiar with them, I haven't gone back to the MCC for firewall management. HTH Brandon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Terry Sheltra Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 7:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Firewall Oddities I'm having some interesting happenings using the Firewall utility in MCC. I'm using a laptop that has both a wireless card, as well as a wired NIC. My wireless works just fine until I try to turn on the firewall. As soon as I do, the firewall effectively blocks all connections with my wireless card. The only way I can access the outside world with the firewall on is by connecting to a wired network. Running ifconfig shows that my wireless card is eth1 and my NIC is eth0. Any suggestions on what I can do to get the firewall to play nicely with my wireless card? Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?
Fem,
I have version 8.2 (bought it at Best Buy, it's the $39.99
version) I'd be glad to burn you a copy of the disks @ 20 cents a
disk plus shipping to your location.
I'd like it more if it saw my modem but then again Mandrake can't
either. Only Redhat (since RHL 7.2) can see it. I've basically
tried all of the distros and even Free BSD. Can do spit with Free
BSD. ;-{
Oh well, if you are interested lemme know.
Back into lurker mode.
T H A N K Y O U
James R. McKenzie
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- Original Message -
From: Heather/Femme [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:40 AM
Subject: [newbie] OT, Where to find a SUSE ISO ?
I've scoured hte net somewhat came up empty for getting a Suse
ISO
which isn't the Live - Eval version. Also if it doesn't exist
can
someone point me to a Manual or url or something on how to burn
(with
k3b likely) a cd with all of Suses packages on it that it be
bootable.
Instructions off list are fine.
Ty one all for your help. :)
Femminux
PS: off or onlist can you share your experiences with Suse
please? I
would love to hear any feedback about it. Iknow nothin about
suse but
want to try it just for fun. And cause I enjoy reinsatlling. :D
I'm a
pro at that though, so kids don't try installing at home!
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Re[2]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello HaywireMac, Friday, August 29, 2003, 5:20:17 AM, you wrote: H I wholeheartedly agree with your perspective, esp. the idea that H you have to differentiate between something like a firewall *app* H and a real firewall, one that cannot be compromised like any other H app. Is an apple better than an orange? Again let me suggest that it is not an either/or situation. They are both useful for different tasks and capabilities and should be used together. Each can do things the other can't. Think through the advantages of using both tools and you might see the utility of having both. The combo can be much more effective than either by itself. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
Hello John, Friday, August 29, 2003, 6:39:56 AM, you wrote: JRS Isn't it a way in for virus writers to get inside your protection JRS systems ? If you have an OS problem, as does M$ with their infamous buffer overruns, then yes. (Ignoring social hacking, of course.) Otherwise, the 'virus' is limited to what can be done in, say, javascript. JRS How safe is a cookie directory ? The dir is OK, as are the contents, from a security view. From a privacy view, it might have a great deal of info about you. Users who do nothing about cookies and surf for years may have HUGE quantities of cookies. One could learn quite a lot about you from analyzing those cookies. Such detailed dossiers are worth money. JRS And in anycase why do we want to let other folk plant things on JRS our hard drive. In general, we don't. JRS Sure some email stores insist on having cookies enabled ,else JRS they will not let you shop. Hard luck for them, go some place JRS else, that do let you sho without enabling cookies. Cookies are very likely required for almost all shopping. Keeping a cookie for a short shopping session is probably not a high risk - just get rid of it when you're done. In Opera, for example, you can flush all cookies automatically at the end of a session. This assumes a trustworthy site, of course. Some merchants can't resist the extra income from selling your info, though. Beware of cookies on supposedly secure pages, for example. JS can read your personal info and send it back to the advertiser, and the merchant collects a fee. Advertisers are especially interested in this because it provides a 'face' to the 'non-personal' info in your huge cookie collection - now they know exactly whose name to put on the dossier. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Ethereal for Mandrake 9
Can someone tell me where I can find a copy of ethereal for Mandrake? I looked on the cooker site, which is where Ethereal tells you to go, but I can find the file(s). Any help would be great. Thx, Nurv.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Blank Screen
I am running Mandrake 9.1. I left my machine on with Mandrake doing nothing. I came back after about 30 minutes to find that the screen was totally blank. Moving the mouse had no effect. Not getting any response at all, and not knowing what to do, I pressed the off button and then rebooted the machine. I am glad to say that Mandrake repaired itself, but what should I have done ? Regards John ___ Confidentiality Notice This email (and any attachment) is intended only for the attention of the addressee. Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and inform the sender by return email. Thank you This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ethereal for Mandrake 9
On Friday August 29 2003 11:03 am, Nurv wrote: Can someone tell me where I can find a copy of ethereal for Mandrake? I looked on the cooker site, which is where Ethereal tells you to go, but I can find the file(s). Any help would be great. Thx, Nurv.. ethereal-0.9.13-1mdk should be on the cooker mirrors. If you're gonna try a cooker package tho, get the src.rpm and rebuild it on 9.0 -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Blank Screen
On ¬P´Á¤» 30 ¤K¤ë 2003 00:19, Sendak, John wrote: I am running Mandrake 9.1. I left my machine on with Mandrake doing nothing. I came back after about 30 minutes to find that the screen was totally blank. Moving the mouse had no effect. Hello John, It may have been the screen saver, though it doesn't seem to be properly configured. Moving the mouse would not have been enough to awaken your system (?). Try pressing a key on the keyboard next time. Anguo -- Quote of the day: about Microsoft License and Open Source alternatives: What the country doesn't need is to be tied into a profit-maximising licensing system, and the way to combat that is to get government to break out of the paradigm. Australian MP Arthur Chesterfield-Evans Read more: http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6788724%255E15306,00.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Win XP
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 17:34, Lee Wiggers wrote: I just bought a Dell Inspiron 1100. Reading all lately on the dual boot problems w/winxp, I have to ask: Is there any reason to keep winxp on the computer? I own a win2k that seems to work just fine. Can't I nuke the drive, put win2k on first and then 9.1 like I just did with the old Toshiba laptop? Something satisfying about giving BG the one finger salute, anyway. My business requires that I have winsomething for now, but that too will pass. Lee Short answer: yes -- Fri Aug 29 06:45:00 EST 2003 06:45:00 up 3 days, 20:31, 1 user, load average: 1.35, 1.06, 0.72 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Divide the number of servings by two when reading the directions for reconstituting anything freeze-dried -- Murphy's Laws of Camping n16 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Blank Screen
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:19:02 +0100 Sendak, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: repaired itself, but what should I have done ? Turn Off the monitor for 5 sec and then back On It's the damn energy saving mode that some monitors use. After a period of inactivity they don't want to come out of it. One of my Hitachis is like that but after the off/on mouse movement activates the display. Charles -- Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-1.tmb.1mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] E-17 RPM
Oy - today, whilst perusing the contrib mirrors, I saw E-17 - was that just my imagination - or was that the REAL DEAL that's already compiled and ready to rock'n'roll? I saw a few of the other bits'n'bobs of the entire package (why ain't it all packed as one big lump?) - so the question is: IS THERE ANYONE THAT'S TRIED THIS YET? Please lemme know - NOT that I want to forego running XFCE4, but I always like to have more choices...(hate being limited...don't you?) Cheerio! PS: Haywiremac/JoeSwill = Enlightenment might be a bit too complex for ya, so you might want to stick to simple wm's like the one you're already using... (Kiddo, ya know I'm jiving ya) -- Thu Aug 28 20:45:00 EST 2003 20:45:00 up 3 days, 10:31, 1 user, load average: 1.37, 1.25, 1.18 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them. Captain, a starship also runs on loyalty to one man. And nothing can replace it or him. -- Spock, The Ultimate Computer, stardate 4729.4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] dialup problem
I'm asking this for a friend: she installed Mandrake 9.1, and dial-up worked ... well .. pretty much (I was suprsied because I have never seen a dialup modem working with linux) ... thing is: it connects to the isp ... but any website one tries to browse to ... it says 'could not reach host' .. or something like htat .. so it actually connects, uses the password ... logs in ... but then everythign is like if it were offline. Ideas please? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone know of an icq type app taht is decent?
Hi If you want to use Kopete 0.7.1 which now supports Yahoo and AIM as well as all the others you need to use the cooker RPM from the club. Its the only one I managed to get to work in anything like a decent fashion. It does have a bug still that means you have to use Xkill to shut it down however :-( -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 21:40:56 up 24 min, 2 users, load average: 0.39, 0.56, 0.45 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] E-17 RPM
On 28 Aug 2003 20:50:34 +1000
Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
PS: Haywiremac/JoeSwill = Enlightenment might be a bit too complex
for ya, so you might want to stick to simple wm's like the one you're
already using...
Holy shite, d00d, Pekwm must be configured with text files like this:
Property = ^toolbox,^Gimp {
ApplyOn = Start New
Group = Gimp {
Size = 30
Behind = False
Global = False
}
}
Property = ^brush_selection,^Gimp {
ApplyOn = Start New
Group = Gimp {
Size = 30
Behind = False
Global = False
}
}
Property = ^tool_options,^Gimp {
ApplyOn = Start New
Group = Gimp {
Size = 30
Behind = False
Global = False
}
}
Property = ^layers_channels_paths,^Gimp {
ApplyOn = Start New
Group = Gimp {
Size = 30
Behind = False
Global = False
}
}
not like Enlightenment, click click click click click...
(Kiddo, ya know I'm jiving ya)
;-)
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Re: [newbie] Anyone know of an icq type app taht is decent?
On Friday 29 Aug 2003 9:45 pm, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: Hi If you want to use Kopete 0.7.1 which now supports Yahoo and AIM as well as all the others you need to use the cooker RPM from the club. Its the only one I managed to get to work in anything like a decent fashion. It does have a bug still that means you have to use Xkill to shut it down however :-( That's funny - I use the standard release (9.1) version without problems. I'm not a big chatter, but I've used it for msn and icq. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dialup problem
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:33, Anarky wrote: I'm asking this for a friend: she installed Mandrake 9.1, and dial-up worked ... well .. pretty much (I was suprsied because I have never seen a dialup modem working with linux) ... thing is: it connects to the isp ... but any website one tries to browse to ... it says 'could not reach host' .. or something like htat .. so it actually connects, uses the password ... logs in ... but then everythign is like if it were offline. Ideas please? In MCC (Mandrake Control Center) Network Internet DrakConnect run the wizard and tell it to use the modem as the internet connection. Alternatively I think you can just edit /etc/sysconfig/drakconnect and change the type to modem: type=modem and then restart the network with: # service network restart Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls
On Friday 29 August 2003 11:34 am, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, August 28, 2003, 3:46:20 PM, you wrote: BP Requires some hardware but this is doable. Simply run a proxy BP server on a dedicated machine, in the router or ipchains using BP netfilter, allow only that machine's IP to initiate http traffic BP on port 80 and then all the local machines have to be configured BP to use the proxy server. Now, local machines can't surf at will, BP they must go through the proxy server and you can make the port BP of that whatever you want. If I understand you, each local machine would have to use a non-80 port to surf, with the translation done by the proxy. I'm then assuming, say, Mozilla would have to be set up to use a non-80 port to get to the proxy. Otherwise any app on the machine could use port 80. You are, in effect, blocking port 80 from any local machine. Is this correct? Yes, pretty much exactly the way that a corporate proxy server works. You can't get any traffic out on port 80 with any application. You have to specify a proxy server, say port 8080 or 8118. The proxy server sits on that port and accepts traffic, sends it out to the Internet and routes the packets back to you when they come back. The only applications that can get out are ones that use the proxy server. On the proxy server, or with a router, you basically run a firewall and disallow all traffic on port 80 from all IP addresses except the proxy server. So, no one else can send anything out or get anything in on port 80 unless they go through the proxy server. You can even set it up and install it from a CD only distribution, so no changes, no rootkits or anything else is possible because a reboot restores the system right back. Benefits include being able to restrict some sites for everyone, being able to filter out harmful traffic like java, banner ads, etc., and finally caching. Because the proxy server serves all requests, if you have already requested something and five minutes later someone else requests the same thing, it gets pulled from the proxy cache, speeding up surfing for some people in some cases. Windows users are giving us a glimpse of the future, should linux be used by the masses. I'm just trying to get ready. :-))) Also, much of the functionality is for privacy, not just security. Well, you can pretty much make your own browser as private as you want, so I am not sure that the proxy adds that much. Admittedly, I run a proxy server on my own computer but it is a local one called privoxy. It filters out the worst of the garbage on the web, including pop-ups, pop-unders, redirects, some banner ads, known scumvertiser cookies, etc. So, I do understand the desire to increase privacy and security, I just think that a dedicated proxy and cutting off port 80 access is overkill for that. BP Open Source apps make it very difficult to create little one off BP scumware applications, trojans too. As linux gets more popular, some deviant will take an app, add some malware, and create easy-to-get-and-use or otherwise attractive lures to get people to load it. Apparently this has already been done for some 'reputable' distribution apps in linux. Some folks are inherently evil. I haven't heard of any, however, penetration is still going to be difficult given the requirement for almost all Linux apps to release the source code. People DO look at the source code. Granted, I am not a developer myself, but I am very active in the community (forums, message boards, etc.) and am likely to see something. I constantly see people hashing apart code within the community, discussing it, pointing people to improvements, etc. Just a for instance. An anonymous proxy service in Germany was recently contacted by Federal Police there and asked to monitor traffic from a suspected criminal. They served a subpoena, etc. The group running the service released a patch that included code to monitor this one specific connection. Within 24 hours, someone had dissected the patch and noticed the suspect code and Usenet was all abuzz about how the service had been compromised and they were installing monitors in the software. This all happened within the last week or two weeks. It is a lot easier to sneak stuff in with proprietary closed source. Open source, even the lack of actual posted open source when it is expected, automatically raises the red flags and is likely to hamper any suspect apps from being distributed. For those that pay attention. There was a highly recognized ftp site that was compromised and they matched all the code back to the original contributors to make sure that there were no compromised pieces of code floating around. From what I heard, nothing was touched. Again, if someone is going to install software without being fairly sure, including checking md5 sums, etc., then they are bound to attract some dirt eventually.
Re: [newbie] dialup problem
On Friday 29 August 2003 22:33, Anarky wrote: I'm asking this for a friend: she installed Mandrake 9.1, and dial-up worked ... well .. pretty much (I was suprsied because I have never seen a dialup modem working with linux) Since the coming of kppp I've never known it not to work, providing the modem is recognized. So next time try that. ... thing is: it connects to the isp ... but any website one tries to browse to ... it says 'could not reach host' .. or something like htat .. so it actually connects, uses the password ... logs in ... but then everythign is like if it were offline. Ideas please? Probably the DNS is misconfigured...for a dialup one doesn't have to configure anything i.e. loopback is sufficient. Peoples coming from Windows usually overdo things here, expecting configuration to be some sort of black magic. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] calendar
On Friday 29 August 2003 02:09 pm, Anarky wrote: Can you tell me of a linux app which would show me a calendar? Besides all the GUI stuff, if you are in a terminal/console/CLI just type : cal. Here's the man page : cal displays a calendar SYNOPSIS cal [smjy13] [[month] year] DESCRIPTION Cal displays a simple calendar. If arguments are not specified, the current month is displayed. The options are as follows: 1 Display single month output. (This is the default.) 3 Display prev/current/next month output. s Display Sunday as the first day of the week. (This is the default.) m Display Monday as the first day of the week. j Display Julian dates (days onebased, numbered from January 1). y Display a calendar for the current year. A single parameter specifies the year (1 ) to be displayed; note the year must be fully specified: cal 89 will not display a calendar for 1989. Two parameters denote the month (1 12) and year. If no parameters are specified, the current months calendar is displayed. A year starts on Jan 1. The Gregorian Reformation is assumed to have occurred in 1752 on the 3rd of September. By this time, most countries had recognized the reformation (although a few did not recognize it until the early 1900s.) Ten days following that date were eliminated by the reformation, so the calendar for that month is a bit unusual. HISTORY A cal command appeared in Version 6 ATT UNIX. OTHER VERSIONS Several much more elaborate versions of this program exist, with support for colors, holidays, birthdays, reminders and appointments, etc. For example, try the cal from http://home.sprynet.com/~cbagwell/projects.html or GNU gcal. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dialup problem
On Friday 29 August 2003 08:33 pm, Anarky wrote: I'm asking this for a friend: she installed Mandrake 9.1, and dial-up worked ... well .. pretty much (I was suprsied because I have never seen a dialup modem working with linux) ... thing is: it connects to the isp ... but any website one tries to browse to ... it says 'could not reach host' .. or something like htat .. so it actually connects, uses the password ... logs in ... but then everythign is like if it were offline. Ideas please? I vaguely remember this problem from my modem days. It seems that you can connect, but can't resolve hostnames. What dialer do you use ? - If it's the KDE one (Internet Dialer),open the settings dialog and make sure to set the correct DNS servers (you've got them from your ISP). HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SCO reversal
So they've changed their minds then... surprise, surprise... http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/29/1062050642514.html Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
