Re: [SLUG] DSL / Linux Friendly ISPs?

2001-03-07 Thread Jeff Waugh

quote who="David Guest"

 And you can still get all the benefits of a fixed IP by adding a dynamic DNS
 service to the cheaper dynamic IP address.

Perhaps. Saying you can get "all" the benefits is a bit of a white lie
though.

Even given what you can achieve, I certainly wouldn't entrust anything
important to a dynamic DNS service.

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread David Kempe

 Look, I've seen this before. If you want to be employable, than you
 need to have the skills. Not knowing basics documentation stuff
 like Word is surefire way to get passed up. Anyhow theres my advice.

ROFL


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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread James Wilkinson

This one time, at band camp, Paul Cameron said:
 As well, I've had nothing but trouble with PDF's  using acroread
 on Linux as well as ghostview (which often pukes up PDF's)

Well maybe u shouldn't use the linux version as its crap! Use windows it
was written for it! honestly i dont understand if u want documentation
that is not man crap than use .doc!!!

"Hey there linux f00lz!  you sux0r!"  You're like a bull in a china
shop.

I am honestly sick of the linux lamers at work, they want to use their
own crazt abiword or man crap. It cant generate proper .doc files, so
where is the point? I tried to make for them for application documentate
software, but i can't appease those freakes.

Hello?  Is this a tr0ll?  Who wants Word .docs anyway, when there are
much better alternatives?

 It jus' ain't practical compared with ASCII and HTML.

Seem my previous stuff it you see Word exports html files!! Its damm
easy u just select if from the menu.

Ever run an HTML validator on your supposed 'HTML' output?

Look, I've seen this before. If you want to be employable, than you
need to have the skills. Not knowing basics documentation stuff
like Word is surefire way to get passed up. Anyhow theres my advice.

Using Word for documenting is hardly a 'skill', and any professional
documentor will be using tools like DocBook, or TeX, and generating
their documentation in something PORTABLE and USEFUL, unlike the
steaming crap that Word produces: i.e. *valid* HTML, PS, PDF, and many
others.

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Jeff Waugh

Oooh! A SLUG troll. It's been so long, so perhaps I'll bite.

quote who="Paul Cameron"

 Well maybe u shouldn't use the linux version as its crap! Use windows it
 was written for it!

Acrobat Reader for Windows was definitely written for Windows. Acrobat
Reader for Unix wasn't.

 honestly i dont understand if u want documentation that is not man crap
 than use .doc!!!

Perhaps recommending a true open standard such as Docbook, or even another
proprietary (yet more appropriate to the task) format such as FrameMaker
would be more sensible. Still groff and it's ilk have been used for years,
and man pages are a standard in their own right.

Word documents are a suboptimal solution in this case.

 I am honestly sick of the linux lamers at work, they want to use their
 own crazt abiword or man crap. It cant generate proper .doc files, so
 where is the point? I tried to make for them for application documentate
 software, but i can't appease those freakes.

Ask them to use Docbook. You'll be able to output RTF, HTML, text,
PostScript and PDF from an easily editable, standardised documentation
format.

 Seem my previous stuff it you see Word exports html files!! Its damm
 easy u just select if from the menu.

Reality: A friend recently asked if I'd read a chapter of his book (being
published soon, lots of Free Software plugs in it too), and given that his
publisher only accepted MS Word documents, he asked if I would prefer it in
HTML or DOC format.

Of course, I asked for the HTML. He saved it, and sent it to me. The
document was *enormous*, Netscape had a hernia rendering the stupid thing,
and upon further inspection, there were over 2000 lines of CSS at the
beginning.

  "Its damm easy u just select if from the menu."

You're hooked.

 If it's 15 years old and designed for really old computers then maybe
 upgrade. It surely is better.  Idiot.

Sure.

 Look, I've seen this before. If you want to be employable, than you
 need to have the skills.

The skills to enslave documentation in a proprietary format, without thought
for the future?

 Not knowing basics documentation stuff like Word is surefire way to get
 passed up.

You'll find a lot of people on this list who put their principles before
convenience. Many of them will also make the choice *not* to work with
proprietary software... Getting passed up for lack of Word skills is not
much of a concern at all.

 Anyhow theres my advice.

And such worthwhile advice it was.

- Jeff


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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Steve Kowalik

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:47:13AM +1100, James Wilkinson uttered:
 This one time, at band camp, Paul Cameron said:

 Using Word for documenting is hardly a 'skill', and any professional
 documentor will be using tools like DocBook, or TeX, and generating
 their documentation in something PORTABLE and USEFUL, unlike the
 steaming crap that Word produces: i.e. *valid* HTML, PS, PDF, and many
 others.

Wooo! Preach it, brother!
Indeed, the ^(*$)(#_ KRAP that Word calls HTML is laughable.
I _much_ prefer HTML, TeX or DocBook over a Word document anyway.

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Terry Collins

enterfornone wrote:

...snip

  Troll child :-(
 
 I think some of you zealots need to get out of this dreamworld.  Linux is
 not yet a significant player on the desktop.  Most people do need Work skills
 to be employable.

Work != Word skills.
 
 Besides, countering every anti-linux arguement with "troll" is very childish,

Aaah, another person with no understanding of statitics.


 I think Godwin's law needs to be updated to include troll along with nazi.

It also needs to be widely know. Point completely lost due to obscurity.

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Greg

This is a Linux list, isn't it?. 

Linux _is_ a "significant player on my desktop" as I choose not
to use windows or any of the proprietary crap it produces.

And I'm annoyed at people trying to force me to use M$ bloat,
something I thought I wouldn't see on this list.
 
enterfornone wrote:
 
 
 I think some of you zealots need to get out of this dreamworld.  Linux is
 not yet a significant player on the desktop.  Most people do need Work skills
 to be employable.

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RE: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Marty Richards

 Well maybe u shouldn't use the linux version as its crap! Use windows it
 was written for it! honestly i dont understand if u want documentation
 that is not man crap than use .doc!!!
 
 I am honestly sick of the linux lamers at work, they want to use their
 own crazt abiword or man crap. It cant generate proper .doc files, so
 where is the point? I tried to make for them for application documentate
 software, but i can't appease those freakes.

snip

 Look, I've seen this before. If you want to be employable, than you
 need to have the skills. Not knowing basics documentation stuff
 like Word is surefire way to get passed up. Anyhow theres my advice.
 
 Paul.

I hope you were smart enough not to use your real name on this post.
 
I wouldn't like to imagine what a potential employer will think when he does
a web search on your name and finds this drivel in the multiple SLUG
archives.

Best of luck. ;)

Cheers,
Marty

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[SLUG] Old LIbraries

2001-03-07 Thread Dean Hamstead

I dont suppose anyone has a nice quick way of
detecting and removing old library versions?

some fancy regex's or something?

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread enterfornone

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 07:51:53AM +1000, Greg wrote:
 This is a Linux list, isn't it?. 
 
 Linux _is_ a "significant player on my desktop" as I choose not
 to use windows or any of the proprietary crap it produces.
 
 And I'm annoyed at people trying to force me to use M$ bloat,
 something I thought I wouldn't see on this list.

I use Linux as a gateway/router.  I tend to use 2000pro as a desktop.

Each has it's place, nothing wrong with choosing the best tool for the 
job.

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[SLUG] WIRED_ Using only seven lines of Perl code...Descrambling DVDs just goteven easier...

2001-03-07 Thread Terry Collins

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42259,00.html?tw=wn20010307


Their "qrpff" program is a more compact cousin of the DeCSS utility that
eight movie studios successfully sued to remove from the website of 2600
Magazine. But unlike DeCSS, qrpff is abbreviated enough for critics of
the Motion Picture Association of America to include in, for example,
e-mail signature files -- and many already have. 


"I think there's some value in demonstrating how simple these things
really are and how preposterous it isto try to restrict
their distribution," says Winstein, a 19-year-old MIT sophomore computer
science major. 

Winstein says it's folly for MPAA and its allies to try to restrict a
526-character program that can be handed out on business cards. "I'm
showing the humor in trying to call these seven lines on a piece of  
paper a device," he says. 

The probable spread of qrpff on business cards, on T-shirts, and bumper
stickers closely resembles the distribution of encryption code in
signature files and T-shirts a few years ago. Such civil disobedience
flouted U.S. export laws in a kind of global keep-away game. 

Programmer Adam Back managed to squeeze the RSA algorithm into just two
lines of Perl. 

etc
 The code takes advantage of a Perl command
called eval, which evaluates the program text when it is
 executed: 


 In a brief filed last month, the Bush
administration sided with the movie industry against DeCSS, saying
 that software is not speech-protected by
the First Amendment but can be regulated like parts to a
 machine: "This function is entirely
nonexpressive, and thus does not warrant First Amendment
 protection." 

 U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled last
August that DeCSS was like a "common-source outbreak
 epidemic" that violated the law's
prohibition against circumventing copyright-protection technology. The
 DMCA prohibits anyone from publishing or
publicly distributing any hardware or software that "is
 primarily designed or produced for the
purpose of circumventing protection afforded by a technological
 measure that effectively protects a right
of a copyright owner." 

 2600, with the help of the Electronic
Frontier Foundation, has appealed its loss. 

 David Touretzky, a scientist in the
computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University who
 testified for the defense, has included
qrpff in his gallery of DVD descramblers. The gallery is designed to
 highlight the problem of dividing computer
code into expressive and functional categories: It includes
 descramblers written in C, Scheme, English,
and even haiku. 

 Last month, the MPAA demanded that
Touretzky take down his page. He responded: "I would like to
 know if it is the intent of the MPAA to
exert editorial control over scholarly publications by computer
 science faculty that deal with DeCSS, and
if so, exactly which sort of publications will the MPAA permit
 in the future, and which sort will result
in legal threats such as your letter of yesterday." 



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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Matthew Dalton

Paul Cameron wrote:
 I am honestly sick of the linux lamers at work, they want to use their
 own crazt abiword or man crap. It cant generate proper .doc files, so
 where is the point? I tried to make for them for application documentate
 software, but i can't appease those freakes.


A portion of the headers from Paul's message (with comments ;)

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Re: [SLUG] QMAIL SUPPORT

2001-03-07 Thread Terry Collins

david kwok wrote:
 
 Could anyone point me to any commerical support for Qmail?
 
 I have this error messages from my qmail server,
 "cname_lookup_failed_temporarily". The mail sent to remote location is
 therefore not working. The remote locations are aol and the like which use
 non-compliant DNS packet size. I have also install a patch and rebuild
 another one from scratch. The error messages appears as soon as I put the
 new server into action.
 
 Could anyone give me some assistance urgently?

Is this a reproducable error?
Is this at your end? (restart your DNS, check named files) or at the
remote end (wait until fixed)?

Has someone edited your named.domain file recently and not followed
proper layout, used wrong editor, misspelt a name?

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Martin

 Each has it's place, nothing wrong with choosing the best tool for the
 job.

exactly, which is why people bite when someone wades in with "MS rulez"
and "you must use Word"...

if the guy had mounted a well reasoned arguement i don't think people
would have been shouting "troll"

later
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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread enterfornone

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:32:32AM +1100, Martin wrote:
  Each has it's place, nothing wrong with choosing the best tool for the
  job.
 
 exactly, which is why people bite when someone wades in with "MS rulez"
 and "you must use Word"...
 
 if the guy had mounted a well reasoned arguement i don't think people
 would have been shouting "troll"

Even if there was a Linux WP that was better than Word, the fact still 
remains that if your job involves using a word processor, chances are you
will need to know Word.

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[SLUG] DOS end of lines w/- tomsrtbt

2001-03-07 Thread Geoffrey Robertson

I have a need to convert text files created with tomsrtbt to DOS
end of line format... using only tomsrtbt tools.

There is no unix2dos, Perl or tr available.

Unfortunately the usual sed s/$/x0d/ text.unix  text.dos
adds only literal x0d's to the line endings with tomsrtbt's sed.  :(

Also, the thing with the C-V C-^ RET produces a nice looking ^M's but
tomsrtbt barf's on them.

geoffrey

append clue here please...

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[SLUG] why so many nmbd processes?

2001-03-07 Thread Dave Fitch


why does a ps on my machine show these 2 nmbd process
that have been running since 1 March?

root  1776  0.0  0.9  2240 1236 ?SMar01   0:01 nmbd -a
root  1777  0.0  0.7  2160  944 ?SMar01   0:00 nmbd -a

nmbd and smbd are run from inetd, not as standalone
processes, here's the line from /etc/inetd.conf:

netbios-ns  dgram   udp waitroot/usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/nmbd 
-a

This machine is a samba server (obviously).

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Greg

The operative word here being "choose", a few years ago I tried 
Linux, using it for a year or so as server/gateway/router environment.
After having tried windoze at these tasks, Linux's superb 
performance prompted me to use it as my desktop environment, which 
has been improving at an astronomical rate, now I am at a stage where
I no longer _need_ M$ for anything, and this makes me happy, 
I'm sure I'm not alone.

True everything does have its place, but in my daily dealings with 
lusers they're typically a lazy/busy lot, troubled with driving the 
software and its bugs, with no regard for the OS at all.

The only reason i can see for keeping M$ in these environments, is 
"that's what the staff are comfortable with". 
A situation that may soon change?


enterfornone wrote:
 
 
 I use Linux as a gateway/router.  I tend to use 2000pro as a desktop.
 
 Each has it's place, nothing wrong with choosing the best tool for the
 job.

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Andrew Reilly

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:02:47AM +1100, enterfornone wrote:
 Even if there was a Linux WP that was better than Word, the fact still 
 remains that if your job involves using a word processor, chances are you
 will need to know Word.

But there's nothing to know.  If your employer plops you down
in front of a machine that has Word on it, and tells you to
use it to write something, are you seriously suggesting that
the members of this list are rendered incapable of doing that
because they happen to prefer other writing methods, when given
their choice?

My employer's business runs entirely on Windows and MS-Office,
but that doesn't stop me from operating almost entirely without
them.  Most of my writing (90%, easily) is plain ASCII text
in either e-mail or source code.  I have not received a word
.doc file that I couldn't make sense of with StarOffice.
(Hell, strings|par|less usually does a fine job!)  Admittedly,
StarOffice takes a long time to load, so I usually take the
extra step of using StarOffice|print + ps2pdf to convert these
into PDF files, to save me some time in the future.

The guys in the office are gradually learning the bennefit of
putting documentation into PDF format anyway.  Word .doc files
just aren't portable enough (even between different versions of
Windows and Word) for their purposes.  The PDF files will always
look the same, and the recipient doesn't have to have exactly
the same setup as them.

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Michael Covi

but it's a microsoft product! Surely it's so easy to use you don't need
any prior experience! ;))

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, enterfornone wrote:

 Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 10:02:47 +1100
 From: enterfornone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.
 
 On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:32:32AM +1100, Martin wrote:
   Each has it's place, nothing wrong with choosing the best tool for the
   job.
  
  exactly, which is why people bite when someone wades in with "MS rulez"
  and "you must use Word"...
  
  if the guy had mounted a well reasoned arguement i don't think people
  would have been shouting "troll"
 
 Even if there was a Linux WP that was better than Word, the fact still 
 remains that if your job involves using a word processor, chances are you
 will need to know Word.
 
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Re: [SLUG] DOS end of lines w/- tomsrtbt

2001-03-07 Thread Ken Yap

|Unfortunately the usual sed s/$/x0d/ text.unix  text.dos
|adds only literal x0d's to the line endings with tomsrtbt's sed.  :(
|
|Also, the thing with the C-V C-^ RET produces a nice looking ^M's but
|tomsrtbt barf's on them.

bash$ echo foo | sed 's/$/^M/' | od -bc
000 146 157 157 015 012
  f   o   o  \r  \n
005

That ^M was typed in as C-V C-M. The trick is to quote the sub command
in sed.

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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Martin

 Even if there was a Linux WP that was better than Word, the fact still
 remains that if your job involves using a word processor, chances are you
 will need to know Word.

but you just said yourself that what you should use is "the right tool
for the job"...

don't you think it is a little short sighted to turn around and then say
"but you have to use MS because everybody does"... ??

to each his own, but i am quite happy not leaving my "tool" choices to
popularity contests...

later
marty

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RE: [SLUG] why so many nmbd processes?

2001-03-07 Thread Jill Rowling

And smbstatus says??
Also look out for local WINS and DNS 'doze boxen that tend to hand around
forever.
If you have configured your SAMBA as an NT server (not workstation) you will
also get pestered by 'doze boxen.
netstat -a should show their real connections, if they exist.
If they don't exist, try killing the offending procs and hope they don't
hang around again! :)

Regards,

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 -Original Message-
 From: Dave Fitch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

 why does a ps on my machine show these 2 nmbd process
 that have been running since 1 March?
 
 root  1776  0.0  0.9  2240 1236 ?SMar01   0:01 nmbd -a
 root  1777  0.0  0.7  2160  944 ?SMar01   0:00 nmbd -a
 
 nmbd and smbd are run from inetd, not as standalone
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Re: [SLUG] why so many nmbd processes?

2001-03-07 Thread Michael Covi


I believe inetd only responds to connections not broadcasts. nmbd needs to
deal with broadcasts so hence the need for the daemon to stay active?

It sounds good but maybe someone with more experience might be able to
confirm this?


On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Dave Fitch wrote:

 Michael Covi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  It is the netbios name resolution daemon. Part of samba. I think because
  you have 2 running you are running wins as part of your smb.conf
  configuration. 
 
 yes that's all correct, but why are they running all
 the time, not started and stopped automatically like
 other stuff run from inetd?
 
 Dave.


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[SLUG] Open Electronic Goverment update

2001-03-07 Thread Ron Skeoch

Dear Sluggers,

Having reviewed the correspondence exchanges over the last couple 
days I feel there is a need to get focus back

This exercise is not about what is best but ensuring that
individuals can use what they believe is best
without imposition from Government 

THIS IS ABOUT USING OPEN STANDARDS for electronic exchange 
 not just Linux though I do accept that open
 interchange will greatly help in linux acceptance.


The campaign is building up as the tax office have dug in 
the focus is now on the Federal government  and Media, 
yesterday Snr Alston was handed a formal letter.
Other members of the Government and opposition parties are being 
targeted WE will make it a political issue
This is an election year thank god. 

To date we have had 2 articles printed the latest being last Mondays 
Australian financial review.
Other media outlets look like taking up the issue!

For those who have not committed to the  Petition/Register/Charter,
I attach the latest copy 

Remember you can sign online at 
 http://www.muli.com.au/ato/atoindex.html

Drop into the SLUG stand at Linux business expo
or Fax or post to ourselves to cordite.
We assure you the data will be treated as confidential.

Contacting your local federal member as well would be appreciated.

The continuing saga of the 
"OPEN ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT" with Business and the people.
can be found in detail at
   http://www.muli.com.au/ato/atoindex.html


_

 Petition/Register/Charter

Item A;

We the undersigned strongly object to the Australian Tax Office's
failure to deliver on their written undertakings to provide a 
Linux/UNIX ECI interface and call on the Government to instruct 
the Australian Tax Office to provide a open solution.


Item B;

We also request the Government to LEGISLATE 
that all departments implement:

"OPEN ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT" with Business and the people.

That requires;

1.  All Government data and/or software provided 
via electronic format is able to be used from  
common operating systems and utilities, i.e.:

   - Microsoft Windows/NT
   - Unix/Linux
   - Macintosh
   - Other ? 

2.   Interactive network solutions to use open standards
 such as XML, SSL, HTML, HTTP 

3.   Downloaded documentation  to use open standards
 such as ASCII, HTML,XML, RTF, PDF ...  
 Note: MS Word  Wordperfect are not open standards

4.   That software solutions will utilise open standards,
 WITHOUT proprietary extensions. 

5.   The interface specification is an open publication.

6.   Where special readers, viewers or interactive solutions 
 are required, 
 - they will be made available to end-users 
   at no cost premium between operating systems.
 
7.   That the total data transferred via the utility should be 
 made known to the end user.
 
Company Name ACN   Contact 
  ( Email or real Name  address)

   ..      
 
   ..      
 
   ..      

 Ronald B. SKEOCH.
   Managing Director,  Muli Management Pty Ltd.  ABN 90 002 268 126
   Project Risk, Financial Accounts  Process Management software.
   Turn Key Linux Solutions, Development, Installation  Training. 
   Phone; 612 9487 3241, Fax; 612 9487 3583, Email; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   124  Fox Valley Road,  Wahroonga, NSW, 2076,  Sydney,  AUSTRALIA.

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RE: [SLUG] QMAIL SUPPORT

2001-03-07 Thread simon . elder

Hi ..

This is documented in the qmail FAQ. 

Find out about it here

http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/outgoing.html#cname-lookup


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2001 9:56 
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [SLUG] QMAIL SUPPORT
 
 
 Could anyone point me to any commerical support for Qmail?
 
 I have this error messages from my qmail server, 
 "cname_lookup_failed_temporarily". The mail sent to remote 
 location is 
 therefore not working. The remote locations are aol and the 
 like which use 
 non-compliant DNS packet size. I have also install a patch 
 and rebuild 
 another one from scratch. The error messages appears as soon 
 as I put the 
 new server into action.
 
 Could anyone give me some assistance urgently?
 
 My contact me on 02 99883805 or return mail to hotmail 
 account, my email is 
 not working, as you may be aware.
 
 Regards
 David Kwok
 __
 ___
 Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at 
 http://www.hotmail.com.
 
 
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Re: [SLUG] DOS end of lines w/- tomsrtbt

2001-03-07 Thread Geoffrey Robertson

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 11:21:37AM +1100, Ken Yap wrote:
 |Lovely on bash ; barfs on tomsrtbt ash?
 
 bash$ ash
 $ echo foo | sed 's/$/^M/' | od -bc
 000 146 157 157 015 012
   f   o   o  \r  \n
 005
 
 Maybe the tty driver you have in tomsbtrt doesn't have all the quoting
 features?  You should be able to enter C-M into a shell script though.


It'll help if I give you  a little detail:

/fl# echo foo | sed 's/$/^M/'
 sed: garbled command s/$/
/fl# 

geoffrey

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RE: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Jill Rowling

Indeed, most of the calls I get from users stems from their lack of training
with 'doze. They use M$ all day on their desktops but do not understand how
to do more than the average daily task.
It is a complete fallacy to assume that users will find Linux or M$ more or
less difficult to use than any other OS. Without training, the average user
is fairly lost. The other fallacy is to assume that all M$ offerings have
the same user interface. They don't. They may as well be running on
different OSs.

Back to the topic: We should not be pushing for a special Linux interface
for BAS lodgement (that will only scare them); instead we should be pushing
for a STANDARD html interface for BAS lodgement that does not rely on
proprietary extensions that cause browsers to crash etc.

Regards,

Jill.
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 -Original Message-
 From: Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 True everything does have its place, but in my daily dealings with 
 lusers they're typically a lazy/busy lot, troubled with driving the 
 software and its bugs, with no regard for the OS at all.
 
 The only reason i can see for keeping M$ in these environments, is 
 "that's what the staff are comfortable with". 
 A situation that may soon change?


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[SLUG] Car Pool to Installfest?

2001-03-07 Thread Martin

hi guys

anyone going to the installfest from the inner west (i am at north
strathfield) and want to car pool?

later
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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread michaelf

 
 I use Linux as a gateway/router.  I tend to use 2000pro as a desktop.
 
 Each has it's place, nothing wrong with choosing the best tool for the 
 job.

Can't agree more...


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Re: [SLUG] QMAIL SUPPORT

2001-03-07 Thread michaelf

Tried patch;

http://www.ckdhr.com/ckd/qmail-103.patch

Cheers,
Michael

 
 I have this error messages from my qmail server, 
 "cname_lookup_failed_temporarily". The mail sent to remote location is 
 therefore not working. The remote locations are aol and the like which
 use  non-compliant DNS packet size. I have also install a patch and
 rebuild  another one from scratch. The error messages appears as soon
 as I put the  new server into action.



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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Jeff Waugh

quote who="Matthew Dalton"

 In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 05:44:37PM +1100
 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 ---
 
 I'm speechless! I am without speech!

What, you think Paul == Rick?

The 'from' line is continued on from the In-Reply-To, as Paul was only
responding to Rick's post.

Rick uses Netscape anyway. Softie. ;)

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[SLUG] Xfree User Problems

2001-03-07 Thread Scott Ragen

I try to login as a normal user into xfree, by typing either startx or X and
I get an error message of: Authentication failed - cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?

Only root can start XFree.
How do I assign Console Ownership/permissions to other users?
Oh I run Red hat 7.0 with XFree86 version 4.0.1a

Regards,

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[SLUG] What does Debian (Storm Linux) use for an XConfigurator/XF86Setup?

2001-03-07 Thread Terry Collins


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$_='while(read+STDIN,$_,2048){$a=29;$b=73;$c=142;$t=255;@t=map{$_%16or$t^=$c^=(
$m=(11,10,116,100,11,122,20,100)[$_/16%8])110;$t^=(72,@z=(64,72,$a^=12*($_%16
-2?0:$m17)),$b^=$_%64?12:0,@z)[$_%8]}(16..271);if((@a=unx"C*",$_)[20]48){$h
=5;$_=unxb24,join"",@b=map{xB8,unxb8,chr($_^$a[--$h+84])}@ARGV;s/...$/1$/;$
d=unxV,xb25,$_;$e=256|(ord$b[4])9|ord$b[3];$d=$d8^($f=$t($d12^$d4^
$d^$d/8))17,$e=$e8^($t($g=($q=$e147^$e)^$q*8^$q6))9,$_=$t[$_]^
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Re: [SLUG] Xfree User Problems

2001-03-07 Thread Michael Covi

Define a sudo for startx ?

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Scott Ragen wrote:

 Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 12:42:04 +1100
 From: Scott Ragen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [SLUG] Xfree User Problems
 
 I try to login as a normal user into xfree, by typing either startx or X and
 I get an error message of: Authentication failed - cannot start X server.
 Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
 
 Only root can start XFree.
 How do I assign Console Ownership/permissions to other users?
 Oh I run Red hat 7.0 with XFree86 version 4.0.1a
 
 Regards,
 
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[SLUG] Compatibility ad nauseum

2001-03-07 Thread David



On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Andrew Reilly wrote:

 On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:02:47AM +1100, enterfornone wrote:
  Even if there was a Linux WP that was better than Word, the fact still 
  remains that if your job involves using a word processor, chances are you
  will need to know Word.
 
 snip   Word .doc files
 just aren't portable enough (even between different versions of
 Windows and Word) for their purposes.  The PDF files will always
 look the same, and the recipient doesn't have to have exactly
 the same setup as them.
 

Hmm.. . the wonderfully portable Word: Macintosh word 6 files are not
readable by Windows Word 6, although WinW6 is readable by Mac97. Word 4 is
not readable by anything at all, I believe (UPGRADE! PAY!). I can't
remember the other combinations that don't work, although I know there are
some.

StarOffice reads all the word formats, both Mac and Win. But then again,
you don't have to pay for that, so it can't be any good.

Personally, I use Nisus Writer for my wordprocessing, but I don't imagine
anyone cares, and why should they? For the record, Nisus reads and writes
Word formats that all versions of Word will read ;-) Nisus Writer is also
cost free.

I figure that if you can't work out a wordprocessor in ten minutes, what
are you doing being PAID to sit in front of a computer anyway?


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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Rick Welykochy

Andrew Reilly wrote:

 (Hell, strings|par|less usually does a fine job!)  

'par' not found.


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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Matthew Dalton

Jeff Waugh wrote:
 
 quote who="Matthew Dalton"
 
  In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
  from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 05:44:37PM +1100
  Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  ---
 
  I'm speechless! I am without speech!
 
 What, you think Paul == Rick?

No, dude! I was speechless about the whole thing. I know what the
'In-Reply-To' line means.

 Rick uses Netscape anyway. Softie. ;)

Well, I'm using WinNT ATM, so of course I'm using Netscape as well. It's
the sanest choice in an insane world.


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Re: [SLUG] What does Debian (Storm Linux) use for an XConfigurator/XF86Setup?

2001-03-07 Thread Matthew Dalton

Terry Collins wrote:
 $_='while(read+STDIN,$_,2048){$a=29;$b=73;$c=142;$t=255;@t=map{$_%16or$t^=$c^=(
 $m=(11,10,116,100,11,122,20,100)[$_/16%8])110;$t^=(72,@z=(64,72,$a^=12*($_%16
 -2?0:$m17)),$b^=$_%64?12:0,@z)[$_%8]}(16..271);if((@a=unx"C*",$_)[20]48){$h
 =5;$_=unxb24,join"",@b=map{xB8,unxb8,chr($_^$a[--$h+84])}@ARGV;s/...$/1$/;$
 d=unxV,xb25,$_;$e=256|(ord$b[4])9|ord$b[3];$d=$d8^($f=$t($d12^$d4^
 $d^$d/8))17,$e=$e8^($t($g=($q=$e147^$e)^$q*8^$q6))9,$_=$t[$_]^
 (($h=8)+=$f+(~$g$t))for@a[128..$#a]}print+x"C*",@a}';s/x/pack+/g;eval

Ahem... yes.



Errr... where were we? Oh yes that's right - configuring X under Debian.

Debian Potato has 'anXious' which seems to be like a debconf-enhanced
xf86config or something. It's in the xviddetect package.


HTH
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Re: [SLUG] Open Government- No linux interface for BAS lodgement.

2001-03-07 Thread Jeff Waugh

quote who="Matthew Dalton"

 No, dude! I was speechless about the whole thing. I know what the
 'In-Reply-To' line means.

Sorry, had to ask. :)

I've been tipped off by an anonymous source that Paul - today's list
entertainment value - was in fact recovering from trying to get the docbook
tools working under Red Hat.

I understand completely. I had to do it once before, so I'm glad I can now
be just another nipple-sucking, spoon-fed Debian user.

 Well, I'm using WinNT ATM, so of course I'm using Netscape as well. It's
 the sanest choice in an insane world.

i hate all thess linux lamers who reackon that netscape is the be all and
end all of Email!! you shoud all eb useing Oetlook expsrss! and internet
explorrer! if you can't lern how to use these you are going to be paert odf
the technoloyg underclass! l4m3rs!

- Jeff


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Re: [SLUG] why so many nmbd processes?

2001-03-07 Thread Dave Fitch

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 11:07:00AM +1100, Jill Rowling wrote:
 And smbstatus says??

Samba version 2.0.7
Service  uid  gid  pid machine
--

No locked files

Share mode memory usage (bytes):
   1048464(99%) free + 56(0%) used + 56(0%) overhead = 1048576(100%) total

 Also look out for local WINS and DNS 'doze boxen that tend to hand around
 forever.
 If you have configured your SAMBA as an NT server (not workstation) you will
 also get pestered by 'doze boxen.
 netstat -a should show their real connections, if they exist.
 If they don't exist, try killing the offending procs and hope they don't
 hang around again! :)

ok...

Dave.

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Re: [SLUG] why so many nmbd processes?

2001-03-07 Thread Michael Covi

As soon as theres any traffic on that port they will fire up and stay
there straight away. It's nothing to worry about it's normal behaviour.

On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Dave Fitch wrote:

 Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 15:41:39 +1100
 From: Dave Fitch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [SLUG] why so many nmbd processes?
 
 On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 11:07:00AM +1100, Jill Rowling wrote:
  And smbstatus says??
 
 Samba version 2.0.7
 Service  uid  gid  pid machine
 --
 
 No locked files
 
 Share mode memory usage (bytes):
1048464(99%) free + 56(0%) used + 56(0%) overhead = 1048576(100%) total
 
  Also look out for local WINS and DNS 'doze boxen that tend to hand around
  forever.
  If you have configured your SAMBA as an NT server (not workstation) you will
  also get pestered by 'doze boxen.
  netstat -a should show their real connections, if they exist.
  If they don't exist, try killing the offending procs and hope they don't
  hang around again! :)
 
 ok...
 
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[SLUG] Demand Dialing

2001-03-07 Thread Michael Sztachanski

Guys,

how do get ppp to "Dail ON DEMAND"?

i.e when someone activates their browser.

cheers

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Re: [SLUG] Demand Dialing

2001-03-07 Thread Terry Collins

Michael Sztachanski wrote:
 
 Guys,
 
 how do get ppp to "Dail ON DEMAND"?
 
 i.e when someone activates their browser.

Well, a few months ago, you would use diald, which could respond to
demand or times.
I don't know what the latestst is.


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$m=(11,10,116,100,11,122,20,100)[$_/16%8])110;$t^=(72,@z=(64,72,$a^=12*($_%16
-2?0:$m17)),$b^=$_%64?12:0,@z)[$_%8]}(16..271);if((@a=unx"C*",$_)[20]48){$h
=5;$_=unxb24,join"",@b=map{xB8,unxb8,chr($_^$a[--$h+84])}@ARGV;s/...$/1$/;$
d=unxV,xb25,$_;$e=256|(ord$b[4])9|ord$b[3];$d=$d8^($f=$t($d12^$d4^
$d^$d/8))17,$e=$e8^($t($g=($q=$e147^$e)^$q*8^$q6))9,$_=$t[$_]^
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[SLUG] ISDN / DSL

2001-03-07 Thread Mike Holland

On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Jeff Waugh wrote:

ISDN

Installation: $BigBread
Hardware: $DoleOutTheDosh

Not if you use onramp home highway. Similar cost to two POTS lines.

Call costs: $PrettyPenny

Unless you use data-over-voice for untimed local calls.

Speed: Shite

For what? 128k low-latency for home. Or 2Mb/s broadband.
 
Speed: Crankenhausen (if the carrier can actually keep their network up)

Bitte? It runs at "hospitals" speed? Is that good or bad? :)
 

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[SLUG] seeking Xconfig file for Compaq Laptop

2001-03-07 Thread Hall Murray



Hello there,

Joined this group yesterday in the hope that 
someone can assist me in getting XFree86 going on my Laptop. From the 
little I have learnt over the past week since buying a copy of Redhat 7.0 from a 
news agent, I have gathered that I need a config file for XFree86 4.0.1-1 for my 
machine:

-Compaq Pressario 1600-XL 140

-Video Card: Trident Cyberblade i1 AGP 
(51)

-Screen: TFT LCD 800 x 600

Please don't advise me to go to the Linux for 
Laptops site, 'cause I already have. It ain't there.

Hope you can help...

Cheers, Hall Murray





[SLUG] Staroffice and 2.4.2 kernel

2001-03-07 Thread Jean-Yves Provost

Hi all,

I have an interresting problem where by,

When I'me running my newly compiled 2.4.2 (no patch) kernel, I'm unable
to open a specific word
document with StarOffice 5.2.

Only problem is that it hangs my machine pretty bad.

on the 2.2.17 kernel I get en error in staroffice but my machine does
not hang. - A
Fatal error occurred - then Star Office closes down.

I'm more that happy to provide a copy of the .doc file and of the
.config file used for the 2.4.2 kernel compil.

any feedback welcome.


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[SLUG] Re: Demand Dialing

2001-03-07 Thread Michael Sztachanski

It's ok guys, used the standard ppp stuff with a little adjustment. Works 
great!!!

regards

M

At 06:57 PM 08-03-01 +1100, John Morrissey wrote:
Dial on Demand - easy
Go  to the link below, dowload the iso, burn cd, install and it works
(based on RH ofcourse)

Cheers
John
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

  http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/e-smith/e-smith-4.1/iso

Michael Sztachanski wrote:

  Guys,
 
  how do get ppp to "Dail ON DEMAND"?
 
  i.e when someone activates their browser.
 
  cheers
 
  M
 
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