Re: [newbie] How to use openssl create a SSL certificate for my apache server
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu February 21/02 02:35 am, you wrote: Sorry this is probably a very basic question but I really cannot find the answer. Can anyone please teach me step by step how to create a SSL certificate, sign it by myself, and install it into apache server. Thank you! I am using Mandrake 8.1, apache 1.3.22, openssl 0.9.6b, and mod_ssl 2.8.5 /usr/bin/openssl req -new -key /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key -x509 -days 365 -out /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt Regards, SpeedMan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8dPSDZUvCcjYh/2sRArBuAJ0YTHXtQ3GQnWlYE5AZcLBT62Nt6QCglzcS raDmY3HVVei5yTgk5MLIKlU= =FicH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse wheel kde 2.2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On August 27, 2001 09:07 pm, you wrote: Hallo! After upgrading to kde 2.2 i've noticed that both kmail v.1.3 and galeon v.0.12 move 1 page down each wheel's click. Konqueror and NS4.77 work fine with this moving 1 line down each click 8-? Under Galeon's settings i can change this but nothing happens... Thanks!! You need to modify /etc/X11/imwheelrc to include the following ... kmail @Exclude ^Galeon @Exclude You will see other similar notations about half way through the file. Just add the above under the same section. Regards, SpeedMan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7irfnnibsyDpDwJURAgixAKCN+qRvyHZHgP/bpQQh42BPtZvgYACgklTq bouczCh7Wg0VXSxcMx96ZB0= =V+Px -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gkrellm on top ?
On July 13, 2001 03:00 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: SNIP Well... I dunno ;) I created this text file, named it 'sensor-start' and then 'chmod +x'd it and put it in my user .kde/Autostart/ dir #!/bin/bash sleep 2s /usr/bin/kstart --ontop --alldesktops --skiptaskbar /usr/X11R6/bin/gkrellm (the last two lines above are all on one line. There's no man entry for kstart, but 'kstart --help' provides the options. The sleep 2 seconds is to give KDE plenty of time to finish loading, probly not necessary. I'd give credit to somebody for this, but I don't remember where I got it.) ... and it does auto start Gkrellm always on top, on all desktops. BUT it doesn't skip placing the app notification on the taskbar (panel). Dunno why? Probly somethin dumb and simple I'm missing. SNIP Hi Tom, I've been meaning to thank you for posting this a while ago, and wanted to let you know that I found a quick work around for not placing the gkrellm notification on the panel. I navigated to /home/acct/.kde/Autostart in Konqueror, right clicked and selected create new link to application, named it gkstart, and on the execute tab under command just copied, and pasted your line above ... /usr/bin/kstart --ontop --alldesktops --skiptaskbar /usr/X11R6/bin/gkrellm And, it works like a champ - thank you for the tip. Regards, SpeedMan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Install problem (again)
On July 12, 2001 04:22 am, you wrote: This time I was trying to put Mandrake 8.0 on my son's computer. He has a 4 gig master hdd as C: over half full and a 10 gig slave as D: with about 4 used up. I thought I could put it on hdb but the installer says that it can not resize that partition (no other error given). (It says it can resize hda, but there isn't enough room left on it.) I've run windows defrag on it a couple of times to no avail. He's using an asus CUBX mobo with 440bx chipset and a celeron cpu with 256mb ram. His hdds are a samsung (4 gig) and the 10 gig is a maxtor. Both IDE. If it would help, I might be able to get specific model numbers. Any suggestions how I might get Mandrake installed on hdb? Hey SusieQ :-) If memory servers me right you have a few systems in your household right? If so here is an option for you ... Remove the 10GB drive, and install it as a slave in one of your other systems. Remember to set the BIOS on this system the first time it posts to recognize, or find the new drive. Once it's fired up copy all of the files on to the primary hard drive. Take the 10GB drive out, and put it back in your son's machine. Boot off a Win '98 start up disk, and use fdisk to delete the existing partition on the slave drive. Then use fdisk to create a new extended parition, and when it asks you if you want to use all of the available space say no, and make it something like 50%. After that create a logical partition in the extended partition, reboot the system, and format the new parition. Now you can take the drive out of your son's machine, put it in the system that has a backup of his data, and copy the data back on to his disk. With the hard drive back in his system you will now be able to use the free space on hdb to install LM. HTH Regards, SpeedMan
Re: [newbie] Use of Linux
On June 30, 2001 02:43 pm, you wrote: SNIP After getting mightily annoyed at having to run su in a console or run Super User file managers or give my root password time after time in order to run Mandrake Control Center or other root-only utilities, I now log in all the time as root. Before the geekoids on the list warn me of my impending eternal damnation,g let me explain my reasoning: I am the sole user. I am thus both root and judy (the only user). If I want to do something that will affect the all-important system files, I'm going to do it whether I'm logged in as user or root. So working as user does nothing but make me jump through more hoops to do what I'm going to do anyway. Why not avoid the hassle and work as root all the time? One password per session and no consoles for su-ing, I can unmount my Zip disks at will, I can deal with all files in all file managers, I can edit what I need to, I can install programs without problems. See, these security features can't stay the way they are if Linux is to attract even the Mac's share of the desktop market. Home business and consumer users will react the way I did and just get fed up and abandon Linux if they have to go through these endless permissions, logins, and passwords to manage their systems. In a home system, you're constantly installing or upgrading software or making changes to your display or your hardware. Any consumer GUI has to accommodate such usage, which is nothing at all like what a larger network requires. begin sarcastic comment Perhaps you should forward your comments to Microsoft in order to save their impending doom on the desktop due to implementing the very same super user concept in their NT based operating systems. end sarcastic comment Restricted super user authority is a hallmark of *NIX, and is one of the primary reasons it is so stable. Microsoft recognized this when they went to work on NT, and carried on w/ the practice thorugh Win2k. Regardless of the crap coming w/ XP one major advancement is the same multi-user/permission based concept. The bottom line is that the majority of PC users who claim to be proficient know jack, and need to be protected from themselves more than anything else. This is one of the primary reasons our company deploys Win2k on the desktop - to stop users from trashing their systems, and then requiring us to fix their mistakes. We promote the very same practice to home users in order to prevent kids, or other family members from installing some piece of hellware that guts Windows. Don't hold your breath waiting for Linux distributors to remove su, and permission based file structures. Not only would such a distro be non POSIX compliant, no self respecting *NIX vendor would abuse such a time proven and effective model. If this concept had of been implemented in the 9x line of products (even though the underlying technology is absolute junk) I can hardly imagine how astronomical the world wide productivity gains would have been over the past seven years - compared to what has actually transpired. Considering you just started using *NIX I guess it isn't fair to expect you to fully understand, and respect the benefits of POSIX. However, I will bet a dime to a dollar that if you continue using *NIX, and don't respect it's structure you will end up w/ an unstable operating system just like Win 9x. SNIP Regards, SpeedMan
