[SLUG] Re: Talks for SLUG meetings (including this month's)
On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 05:36:28PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: We had a long list of talks a while back, and they've finally dwindled away, leaving us with the opportunity to find some more... i probably shouldn't give two talks in a row, but if there's no other suggestions, i could give a talk on: aegis sort of like bitkeeper, except it actually exists (and is GPL'd) cfengine for maintaining config files, processes, etc on networks of machines - and how to use it and apt-get to do network-wide y2k upgrades without pressing a key ;) mod_perl how to do any server side web stuff, the Right Way. (or .. "what php will never do" ;) anyone actually interested in any of them? anyone suddenly remember that they'd rather hear themselves talk instead of me? -- - Gus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Queuing under Linux
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Peter Rundle wrote: I want to create a queue for an SMS messaging system. Can anyone point Some of the carriers will actually accept email messages and resend them as SMS. Hutchinson is one of them - from memory. tom. Consultant AUSSECPhone: 61 4 1768 2202 339 Blaxland Rd., Ryde NSW 2112 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Red Hat 7.0 network install setup
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Robert Maldon wrote: rpm -qp --filesbypkg anaconda-runtime-7.0.1-6.i386.rpm|grep genhdlist anaconda-runtime /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist You don't need to install the RH 7.0 version of anaconda in order to run the 7.0 version of genhdlist. You can find a useable version of genhdlist in the distributions misc/src/anaconda/utils dir (at least it's there in the 6.X series). This version is used by a script detailed in the above FAQ. Anaconda IS the default installer for RH 7.0. It looks really pretty even if the networking part doesn't quite work (I had a bleeding edge CD set and the network setup does need some manual editing - or GUI if you want to go that way). tom. Consultant AUSSECPhone: 61 4 1768 2202 339 Blaxland Rd., Ryde NSW 2112 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommend ISP?
Give AccSoft a try. Unlimited connection time (3 hr disconnect with immediate redial) and unlimited dl. 56k rate. They also have pops all around Australia and can offer very cheap telephone rates to overseas You can contact them on: 02 9281 8163 On 9 Oct 00, at 13:05, Bill wrote about: [SLUG] Recommend ISP? Can anybody recommend a reliable Sydney based ISP who provides an account with no download limits. Time limits/hourly charges would be acceptable if necessary. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] nautilus, libs, debian woes
Hi all. Trying to compile nautilus here (out of cvs) and ./autogen.sh (configure, really) gets as far as testing the freetype2 libs, saying checking for freetype/freetype.h... yes checking for FT_Init_FreeType in -lfreetype... no which is clever, because /usr/share/doc/freetype2/docs/apiref.txt provides: TT_Init_FreeType( TT_Engine* engine ) and so on (TT_* instead of FT_*). I do some research, and it looks as though freetype1 uses TT_* and freetype2 uses FT_*. Not to mention the fact that the packages provide libttf.* and not libfreetype.* A few packages depend on this freetype lib, so it looks like there's something awry with the debs here. Is there a way around this other than to compile it separately? -- Cantanker / -/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Machine Names
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 09:57:27AM +1100, Peter Rundle wrote: Something to keep in mind is that underscore (ie, _ ) is technically not a valid character in DNS, and thus should probably be avoided in hostnames. Not only just technically not valid, if you are using BIND (standard Linux named) then an underscore in a hostname will cause the name server to become non-authorative for the zone that the host is in. In technical terms this is "a bad thing". Putting "check-names warn;" or "check-names ignore;" in the relevant section in your named.conf will get around this. (I'd recommend using "warn" so you don't miss something more critical in your zonefile). From memory there's also a compile time option to make underscore valid (although I'd recommand using the config file rather than recompiling) Scott. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Machine Names
No No No No No!!! :-) http://www.debian.org/~branden/#i810 is all you will ever need. (Branden is Debian's X Maintainer...) -Thom At some point around Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 01:47:30 +1100, DaZZa said: On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Dan Treacy wrote: ObLinux: BTW if anyone has any secret simple solutions for the Debian/X/i810 secanrio please feel free to share :-) Use SuSE. :-) Both 6.4 and 7.0 support the i810 card. I think 6.3 does also, with a small upgrade to the X server. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- Thomas May Sys Admin, AMX Communications (T) +44 (0)20 7440 3955 (E) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W) http://www.amxstudios.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] remote printing acorss Internet, possible ??
Doesn't lpr or lprng work over the internet? Can't the clients just insert a hostname and then print to that, as long as the permissions are ok then it should work right? dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of tom burkart Sent: Monday, 9 October 2000 5:56 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] remote printing acorss Internet, possible ?? On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Ricky C wrote: we have a scanner that could send directly to an IP address. Is it possible to make it print to a printer across the Internet and behind a firewall ?? Yes it can be done - However if you want it done safely it is involved. In brief: You have to have a ssl (VPN) tunnel between the two gateways. Then you can do whatever you like over it. tom. Consultant AUSSECPhone: 61 4 1768 2202 339 Blaxland Rd., Ryde NSW 2112 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] remote printing acorss Internet, possible ??
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Dave Kempe wrote: Doesn't lpr or lprng work over the internet? Can't the clients just insert a hostname and then print to that, as long as the permissions are ok then it should work right? to make it print to a printer across the Internet and behind a firewall ?? Remember, you are trying to print over the internet BEHIND a firewall. If you desire to get rid of the firewall (effectively) and deal with the NAT problem then yes it will work. But seriously, you want that firewall there for a good reason: To protect your internal network - that is why it gets more complex. tom. Consultant AUSSECPhone: 61 4 1768 2202 339 Blaxland Rd., Ryde NSW 2112 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] fetchmail POP3 problem
I doubt it as fetchmail is running as root and can access all mail. I just don't know exactly what it means by "waiting for listener to respond". -Original Message- From: Thom May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 6:37 PM To: George Vieira Cc: Sydney Linux Users Group in Sydney (E-mail) Subject: Re: [SLUG] fetchmail POP3 problem Have to say, that sounds most like fetchmail is having trouble connecting to the Mail Transport (exim, sendmail, whatever) on the local machine to send the emails to the users. Can you check if it's running? -Thom At some point around Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 04:37:32 +1000, George Vieira said: Hi all, I'm not sure what's causing the problem but this is what's happening: I used to run `fetchmal -q 300` with a .fetchmailrc containing all the users and their required details. This worked fine and then one day stopped. If I use Outlook to fetch a POP3 directly from the POP3 server all is OK but fetchmail can't retrieve anything on any account. Here is a verbose output and where it stops at: fetchmail: 5.5.3 querying pop3.server.com.au (protocol POP3) at Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:35:09 +1100 (EST) fetchmail: POP3 +OK POP3 pop3.server.com.au v6.50 server ready fetchmail: POP3 USER georgev fetchmail: POP3 +OK User name accepted, password please fetchmail: POP3 PASS * fetchmail: POP3 +OK Mailbox open, 1 messages fetchmail: POP3 STAT fetchmail: POP3 +OK 1 348 fetchmail: POP3 LAST fetchmail: POP3 +OK 0 1 message for georgev at pop3.server.com.au (348 octets). fetchmail: POP3 LIST fetchmail: POP3 +OK Mailbox scan listing follows fetchmail: POP3 1 348 fetchmail: POP3 . fetchmail: POP3 TOP 1 fetchmail: POP3 +OK Top of message follows reading message 1 of 1 (348 octets) and just hangs there foreveruntil suddenly... fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for listener to respond. fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from pop3.server.com.au fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR) any ideas if this is the server or fetchmail? Server is RH5.2. Funny thing is that Outlook get mail fine.. thanks, George Vieira Network Administrator http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au PGP Fingerprint : 43DC 92AC 1A82 27B2 E97B 52F1 B60F 301A 38A9 A10C PGP KeyID:0x38A9A10C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- Thomas May Sys Admin, AMX Communications (T) +44 (0)20 7440 3955 (E) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W) http://www.amxstudios.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] remote printing acorss Internet, possible ??
Doesn't lpr or lprng work over the internet? Can't the clients just insert a hostname and then print to that, as long as the permissions are ok then it should work right? It will - but are the people running the lpd on the printhost happy to open gaping holes in their firewall? ... in fact are they happy to place their server in their dmz fullstop? :) On another note - what is the priority in question - data privacy or avoiding the possibility of lpd and the printhost being exploited? A vpn is a Good Thing(tm) - although you have to have two compatible firewalls (and/or routers) that speak the same "vpn method" - one at each end - if you want to do it "properly".. it really all depends on what kind of networks are on each end and how sophisticated and paranoid they are. If you have a really simple network and not much in the way of network layering and firewalls etc and don't have ungodly amounts of paranoia, then it could be as simple as installing "free s/wan" on each box and pointing them at each other or setting up ipsec between the routers at each location (this is piss easy with most routers providing you have the right features).. but I still wouldn't call the network hideously safe if you can happily point boxes at each other with no silly firewalls or other "nuisances" in between. :) //umar. we have a scanner that could send directly to an IP address. Is it possible to make it print to a printer across the Internet and behind a firewall ?? Yes it can be done - However if you want it done safely it is involved. In brief: You have to have a ssl (VPN) tunnel between the two gateways. Then you can do whatever you like over it. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] remote printing acorss Internet, possible ??
Doesn't lpr or lprng work over the internet? Can't the clients just insert a hostname and then print to that, as long as the permissions are ok then it should work right? to make it print to a printer across the Internet and behind a firewall ?? Remember, you are trying to print over the internet BEHIND a firewall. If you desire to get rid of the firewall (effectively) and deal with the NAT problem then yes it will work. Security aside how about port forwarding? Is there anything special in the lpr protocol that prevents that sort of thing working? What ports does it use anyway? dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] remote printing acorss Internet, possible ??
Remember, you are trying to print over the internet BEHIND a firewall. If you desire to get rid of the firewall (effectively) and deal with the NAT problem then yes it will work. I missed the beginning of the thread, but *are they* NATting or are they using real addresses behind the fw? Another question is - does the person in question have access to restructure the network fullstop? :) //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] fetchmail POP3 problem
Aha Damn firewall rules... OK. I got as far as opening up my INPUT and OUPUT rules to default as "ACCEPT" and it's now working but I don't know what's it trying to connect to or on..?? It's open for loop back (127.0.0.1) and inbound on port 25 so what else is missing..? -Original Message- From: Thom May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 6:37 PM To: George Vieira Cc: Sydney Linux Users Group in Sydney (E-mail) Subject: Re: [SLUG] fetchmail POP3 problem Have to say, that sounds most like fetchmail is having trouble connecting to the Mail Transport (exim, sendmail, whatever) on the local machine to send the emails to the users. Can you check if it's running? -Thom At some point around Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 04:37:32 +1000, George Vieira said: Hi all, I'm not sure what's causing the problem but this is what's happening: I used to run `fetchmal -q 300` with a .fetchmailrc containing all the users and their required details. This worked fine and then one day stopped. If I use Outlook to fetch a POP3 directly from the POP3 server all is OK but fetchmail can't retrieve anything on any account. Here is a verbose output and where it stops at: fetchmail: 5.5.3 querying pop3.server.com.au (protocol POP3) at Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:35:09 +1100 (EST) fetchmail: POP3 +OK POP3 pop3.server.com.au v6.50 server ready fetchmail: POP3 USER georgev fetchmail: POP3 +OK User name accepted, password please fetchmail: POP3 PASS * fetchmail: POP3 +OK Mailbox open, 1 messages fetchmail: POP3 STAT fetchmail: POP3 +OK 1 348 fetchmail: POP3 LAST fetchmail: POP3 +OK 0 1 message for georgev at pop3.server.com.au (348 octets). fetchmail: POP3 LIST fetchmail: POP3 +OK Mailbox scan listing follows fetchmail: POP3 1 348 fetchmail: POP3 . fetchmail: POP3 TOP 1 fetchmail: POP3 +OK Top of message follows reading message 1 of 1 (348 octets) and just hangs there foreveruntil suddenly... fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for listener to respond. fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from pop3.server.com.au fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR) any ideas if this is the server or fetchmail? Server is RH5.2. Funny thing is that Outlook get mail fine.. thanks, George Vieira Network Administrator http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au PGP Fingerprint : 43DC 92AC 1A82 27B2 E97B 52F1 B60F 301A 38A9 A10C PGP KeyID:0x38A9A10C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- Thomas May Sys Admin, AMX Communications (T) +44 (0)20 7440 3955 (E) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W) http://www.amxstudios.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Machine Names
at newcastle uni: spyder - web server alinga (local aboriginal name) - enormous sun box (it has the student accounts for the entire uni) jumbuck - database backed web learning tools, anything else homeless yakamoto - mail relay cc - mail host (just about to be decommissioned) later marty "I can't buy what I want because it's free. Can't be what they want because I'm me." - Corduroy, Pearl Jam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Talks for SLUG meetings (including this month's)
On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, Angus Lees generated: cfengine for maintaining config files, processes, etc on networks of machines - and how to use it and apt-get to do network-wide y2k upgrades without pressing a key ;) This sounds f'n useful. i'm keen for gus to do talk on this topic. -- No, I was looking for warez. The pornography was just a useful byproduct. -- Dave Coote -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Machine Names
On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, marty generated: spyder - web server Is it an alpha machine? -- No, I was looking for warez. The pornography was just a useful byproduct. -- Dave Coote -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Machine Names
For one of my clients, the Australian Ultralight Federation, the machines are named after some of the more classic ultralights scout, stratos, skydart, drifter, kitten, tweetie, jeep, ... On a more prgamatic base though I use the format [client abbreviated initials][city location]pc[a sequential number] thus for client XYZ located in Albury: xyzaypc1, xyzaypc2,... and for the same client in Melbourne: xyzmlpc1, xyzmlpc2,... -- Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates http://www.lannet.com.au On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Dan Treacy wrote: All entries gratefully accepted. :-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Machine Names
That's sacrilige, naming a Win box after Tat; one performs, the other doesn't. -- Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates http://www.lannet.com.au On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Dave Kempe wrote: Tho I gotta admit i slipped a bit and named a win9x machine i was working on Tatiana, after the now famous pole vaulter - oh baby! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Talks for SLUG meetings (including this month's)
I cant do a talk myself.. as I really don't know enough to do one.. which in my mind is a Very Good Reason (tm) not to get up and make a complete fool of myself at a SLUG meet. Anyhow I do have some suggestions I'd love to hear as talks and they come direct from what I've seen on this mailing list over the past 2-3 months: 1) Firewalls How to set them up Why you need them What methods you can use What ports should be open for what services and what games? Masq and other fun things to do with a firewall 2) VPN How to set it up How to use it Why you might use one Benefits and Costs in a personal or business realm 3) SSH How it works How to use it 4) common partitioning questions how partitioning works in Linux filesystems and why we use the mounting system why have separate filesystems at all? Doesn't it work fine in Windows? what the fstab file is and how to read it Lilo 5) Samba How it works how it works with Windows How to set it up So if anyone is keen to talk on these topics (as well as what 'Gus suggested.. they sound kewl) rather than telling me to go RTFM here is one vote to having even simple or common concepts as talks - because I think it gets forgotten that not everyone is a linux-guru or einstein and I think there might be a few people out there who would also like some of the basics covered in a talk every so often. Surely someone out there knows enough about these topics to hold my attention for 30 minutes? Right? throw down the challenge Aaron ** -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Driver for D-Link NIC
I have a D-Link DFE-530TX NIC, which is supported by the newer versions of the via-rhine driver. The driver included with the 2.2.17 kernel does not recognise the card. Right now I'm running 2.4.0-pre9, but would prefer 2.2, at least until 2.4 becomes stable. Looking at the webpage, I need version 1.07 or later. The 2.2.17 kernel ships with 1.01. I've download the newest version (1.08) of via-rhine.c from www.scyld.com/pub/network/, but the compile fails with the following message: peter@littlegeek:~/src$ gcc -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c via-rhine.c via-rhine.c:91: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory via-rhine.c:112: pci-scan.h: No such file or directory via-rhine.c:113: kern_compat.h: No such file or directory via-rhine.c:118: warning: #warning You are using an old kern_compat.h version. This is where my meagre knowledge of C dries up. Am I going to be able to use this driver with 2.2? Cheers, Peter PGP signature
RE: [SLUG] fetchmail POP3 problem
The problem was something to do with localhost (127.0.0.1). For some unknown reason it didn't take effect or was in the wrong place or something. I had played around and then it worked. Basically fetchmail tried to deliver the mail locally on 127.0.0.1 but the firewall rejected it... hmmm.. good lesson to learn. thanks for the help to all. thanks, George Vieira Network Administrator http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au PGP Fingerprint : 43DC 92AC 1A82 27B2 E97B 52F1 B60F 301A 38A9 A10C PGP KeyID: 0x38A9A10C -Original Message- From: tom burkart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:36 AM Cc: Sydney Linux Users Group in Sydney (E-mail) Subject: RE: [SLUG] fetchmail POP3 problem On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, George Vieira wrote: Aha Damn firewall rules... Firewalls are good ;-) OK. I got as far as opening up my INPUT and OUPUT rules to default as "ACCEPT" and it's now working but I don't know what's it trying to connect to or on..?? Try using iplog - this logs icmp, tcp and icmp packets. It's open for loop back (127.0.0.1) and inbound on port 25 so what else is missing..? POP is on port 110. I suspect you need to modify some of the rules... tom. Consultant AUSSECPhone: 61 4 1768 2202 339 Blaxland Rd., Ryde NSW 2112 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommend ISP?
Quoting Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Guys and Gals, Can anybody recommend a reliable Sydney based ISP who provides an account with no download limits. Time limits/hourly charges would be acceptable if necessary. I'd suggest you look at First Link Internet Services (www.fl.net.au) - I've been with these guys for almost 5 years and they offer good service. Jon Thanks, Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Driver for D-Link NIC
I've never had any problem with the card, using the via-rhine module shipped in the standard kernel. I've never had to compile the module separately, even with early 2.2 kernels. I just have "alias eth0 via-rhine" in my modules.conf. HTH. Wrote Peter: This is where my meagre knowledge of C dries up. Am I going to be able to use this driver with 2.2? -- Cantanker / -/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Talks for SLUG meetings (including this month's)
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Aaron Binns wrote: 1) Firewalls 2) VPN 3) SSH 4) common partitioning questions 5) Samba Sounds like you guys have topics for years to come... :-) A lot of these can be rather involved - you would be up for lots of 30 min talks! I can answer some of those questions - sadly the friday night timeslot doesn't suit me... tom. Consultant AUSSECPhone: 61 4 1768 2202 339 Blaxland Rd., Ryde NSW 2112 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Machine Names
I'm not exactly sure what Alinga is these days, but I don't know that I'd call it an "enormous" Sun box (If it's got less than about 30 CPUs then it doesn't clasify as enormous)! However I can still remember being very impressed by it many years ago when it was something like a quad processor Sun 630MP with about 64 megs of memory! ahhh... you missed the upgrade then... ;) i did have the specs lying around somewhere, but from memory the new setup had more processors and, more importantly, a gig or so of ram... cc - mail host (just about to be decommissioned) The very imaginative "Computer Cluster", made up of a couble of Vax machines (it's good to see they are still just about to decommission it - they have been for about 4 years now :) they have to pull the plug now, they got themselves on the news and in the papers about it. ;) later marty "I can't buy what I want because it's free. Can't be what they want because I'm me." - Corduroy, Pearl Jam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] fetchmail POP3 problem
The problem was something to do with localhost (127.0.0.1). For some unknown reason it didn't take effect or was in the wrong place or something. I had played around and then it worked. Basically fetchmail tried to deliver the mail locally on 127.0.0.1 but the firewall rejected it... hmmm.. good lesson to learn. here's my favourite localhost story, taken from: http://www.antionline.com/archives/text/gtmhh/vol2.html MUHAHAHA TIP: Want to yank someone's chain? Tell him to ftp to 127.0.0.1 and log in using his or her own user name and password for kewl warez! My ex-husband Keith Henson did that to the Church of Scientology. The COGs ftp-ed to 127.0.0.1 and discovered all their copyrighted scriptures. They assumed this was on Keith's computer, not theirs. They were *so* sure he had their scriptures that they took him to court. The judge, when he realized they were simply looping back to their own computer, literally laughed them out of court. For a hilarious transcript or audio tape of this infamous court session, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's Keith's email address. My hat is off to a superb hacker! Stuart. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Finding a Yopy
I've been hunting where to find a Yopy in Aus. Samsung aren't bringing it in yet so I was hoping someone had an idea? For the curious: http://www.sem.samsung.co.kr/eng/product/digital/pda/ Cheers, Craige. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] fetchmail POP3 problem
there are a bunch of domains (eg www.porn.org) that resolve to 127.0.0.1 to make this joke funnier :) On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 11:59:16PM -, Stuart Cooper wrote: here's my favourite localhost story, taken from: http://www.antionline.com/archives/text/gtmhh/vol2.html MUHAHAHA TIP: Want to yank someone's chain? Tell him to ftp to 127.0.0.1 and log in using his or her own user name and password for kewl warez! My ex-husband Keith Henson did that to the Church of Scientology. The COGs ftp-ed to 127.0.0.1 and discovered all their copyrighted scriptures. They assumed this was on Keith's computer, not theirs. They were *so* sure he had their scriptures that they took him to court. The judge, when he realized they were simply looping back to their own computer, literally laughed them out of court. For a hilarious transcript or audio tape of this infamous court session, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's Keith's email address. My hat is off to a superb hacker! Stuart. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- enterfornone - insert clever comment here http://www.enterfornone.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Viewing output of mutiple tty's via telnet
We have several unix server here at work run several processes in different tty's with different logins. The application output is sent to the tty the process is running in. When accessing the systems locally it's an easy matter to switch between teh different screens with ctl-alt-F*, but is there any equivilent that can be used over telnet? - Doug -- _ Network Operations Engineer - Big Pond Advance Satellite Ericsson Australia - Level 5, 184 The Broadway, Sydney 2000 Ph: +61-416-085-390 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Talks for SLUG meetings (including this month's)
Angus Lees wrote: mod_perl how to do any server side web stuff, the Right Way. (or .. "what php will never do" ;) anyone actually interested in any of them? Given that in a few weeks I will be contracting a developer to implement a web-front to a database prob using PHP/mySQL/Apache I'd be interested in the mod_perl stuff. Mike -- Michael Lake University of Technology, Sydney Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 02 9514 1724 Fx: 02 9514 1628 URL: http://www.science.uts.edu.au/~michael-lake/ Linux enthusiast, active caver and interested in anything technical. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Driver for D-Link NIC
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 10:53:11AM +1100, Adrian van den Dries wrote: I've never had any problem with the card, using the via-rhine module shipped in the standard kernel. I've never had to compile the module separately, even with early 2.2 kernels. I just have "alias eth0 via-rhine" in my modules.conf. The 100M versions of the card need the newer driver which only ships with 2.4. It may ship with some distributions if the distro has specifically compiled the right version in. HTH. Wrote Peter: This is where my meagre knowledge of C dries up. Am I going to be able to use this driver with 2.2? -- Cantanker / -/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- John -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Driver for D-Link NIC
Wrote John: The 100M versions of the card need the newer driver which only ships with 2.4. It may ship with some distributions if the distro has specifically compiled the right version in. Perhaps that explains the 'poor' performance of that card. It's a 10/100 but I guess it's only being driven at 10Mbps. Is this correct, because as I said, I've never had 'trouble'? Peter, is it the standard kernel module that isn't recognizing your card? How's your modules.conf? -- Cantanker / -/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Firewalling/Masqing (Was: Re: Talks for SLUG meetings)
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 08:44:38AM +1000, Aaron Binns wrote: 1) Firewalls How to set them up Why you need them What methods you can use What ports should be open for what services and what games? Masq and other fun things to do with a firewall Having just setup a masquerading firewall, I think I'd be prepared to contribute to such a talk. I don't know if I could hold your (or most SLUGger's attentions) for 30 minutes, just offer my newbie-ish perspective. So if anyone is keen to talk on these topics (as well as what 'Gus suggested.. they sound kewl) rather than telling me to go RTFM here is one vote to having even simple or common concepts as talks - because I think it gets forgotten that not everyone is a linux-guru or einstein and I think there might be a few people out there who would also like some of the basics covered in a talk every so often. Agreed. Surely someone out there knows enough about these topics to hold my attention for 30 minutes? Right? throw down the challenge Aaron ** -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug PGP signature
[SLUG] default run level - SuSE 7.0
OK, I know this was done recently, and the solution supplied worked up to SuSE 6.4, but... I can;t seem to apply it to SuSE 7.0. So - does anyone know how to configure it so that SuSEconfig doesn't reset the default run level to 3 every time you make a system change? Note - only version 7 - the fix previously stated works fine for 6.3. Thanks. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Irix media
I've just tried setting up linux on my old SGI indy. Unfortunately in the process I've managed to stuff up somewhat badly my existing irix partition. To compound the matter, the current version of linux for sgi needs irix to bootstrap the set up. To compound the matter further, I have misplaced my irix 5.3 CDs. I've called SGI but they want $192.50 to replace them. This seems somewhat steep so I thought I would ask the all knowing population of SLUG if they can recommend a cheaper source for the replacement media. Thanks, Dave. -- David Zverina Alt Key Pty. Ltd. http://www.altkey.com PO Box 3121, Parramatta, 2124, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Irix media
Sorry to be a pain, but I think you'll find it's $2.50 for the media and $190 for the IRIX software license. It might be cheaper to look for those disks... That's probably why SGI are selling systems with Linux instead! (I got a similar answer from Sun regarding their OS disks). Regards, Jill. ___ Jill Rowling Snr Design Engineer Unix System Administrator Electronic Engineering Department, Aristocrat Technologies Australia 3rd Floor, 77 Dunning Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax:(02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Zverina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] snip I have misplaced my irix 5.3 CDs. I've called SGI but they want $192.50 to replace them. This seems somewhat steep so I thought I would ask the all knowing population of SLUG if they can recommend a cheaper source for the replacement media. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
