[SLUG] injecting mboxes into postfix
So, say I had a bunch of mbox files in /var/spool/mail which were left over from a mbox-Maildir conversion... how would I go about putting these messages back in the postfix queue so that postfix delivers them to the right place? Or should I not even try to bother because the envelopes have been lost at this point, and just formail+safecat them into the Maildirs? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://spacepants.org/jaq.gpg -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Anti-virus
For Windows I would reccomend you dont use norton. They now go by that wonderful concept of you purchase only three months of updates. Then we get in to great subscriptions - which only allow you to download updates for your current product. Symantec's products are now more resource-hungry than ever with the fancy interface. If you want a commercial a/v package I would reccomend VET @ www.vet.com.au (and yes, .au). It's got a nice clean interface with upgrades availible from the subscription price. As for Linux AV - look at RAV (Can buy @ everything linux), there's a free version of PandaAV. chris Thanks to all who replied. Much appreciated. Fil Original Message Subject: Anti-virus Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:00:41 +1100 From: Phil Scarratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Draxsen Technologies To: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all I need to install some sort of AV software on a network with Linux servers (RH7.3) (unfortunately) Windoze workstations. Will an AV solution on the Linux servers do or will the Windoze workstations need clients on them as well (eg Norton AV) as is my understanding? What are people doing in similar situations? Thanks in advance. Fil -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies IT Contractor/Consultant 0403 53 12 71 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] injecting mboxes into postfix
This one time, at band camp, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: So, say I had a bunch of mbox files in /var/spool/mail which were left over =66rom a mbox-Maildir conversion... how would I go about putting these messages back in the postfix queue so that postfix delivers them to the right place? Or should I not even try to bother because the envelopes have been lost at this point, and just formail+safecat them into the Maildirs? I ended up just doing the safecat thing. Meanwhile, I'm curious why my mail sent in us-ascii format got turned into quoted-printable somewhere (hence the =66 and a =20 in the message) but the content encoding in the header didn't change. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://spacepants.org/jaq.gpg -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Microsoft Tax
on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 02:22:03PM +1100, Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why take delivery of a box with the spam os on it? I bought my last two boxes without any software at all; and expect to continue purchasing that way Thats my thought too. If they wont sell you a box without and OS go else where. That's all well and good - but if you wont a decent laptop from a decent company with a good warranty (like dell provides) then you have to compromise. I don't know about you... But I wouldn't be caught buying some no name laptop that is going to fall apart a day after the warranty expires just because they wont sell me the machine without the OS I want on it. Yes your thoughts may be ok when buying a desktop machine - but certainly not for laptops. Regards, AW. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Audio out on two machines simultaneously
A hardware fix would be wiring your audio through the two unused pairs of your network cable. That would have nice hack value. Might be a bugger separating the pairs, though... A bigger bugger when you don't have wires to separate. He first mentioned the laptop is using WLAN :-) Cheers AW -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Anti-virus
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 05:30:25PM +1100, Phil Scarratt wrote: Thanks to all who replied. Much appreciated. I meant to add this earlier, but had to go out. If you're looking at amavis, it may be worth checking out the amavis-new project at http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ From the introduction there: amavisd-new is a high-performance and reliable interface between mailer (MTA) and one or more content checkers: virus scanners, and/or Mail::SpamAssasin Perl module. It is written entirely in Perl, assuring high reliability, portability and maintainability. It talks to MTA via (E)SMTP or LMTP, or by using helper programs. No timing gaps exist in the design, which could cause a mail loss. cheers, Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Microsoft Tax
Adam W wrote: on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 02:22:03PM +1100, Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why take delivery of a box with the spam os on it? I bought my last two boxes without any software at all; and expect to continue purchasing that way Thats my thought too. If they wont sell you a box without and OS go else where. That's all well and good - but if you wont a decent laptop from a decent company with a good warranty (like dell provides) then you have to compromise. I don't know about you... But I wouldn't be caught buying some no name laptop that is going to fall apart a day after the warranty expires just because they wont sell me the machine without the OS I want on it. Yes your thoughts may be ok when buying a desktop machine - but certainly not for laptops. Regards, AW. Fair point, but I know of at least one no name laptop which you could buy with no OS, extend the warranty to 3 years (on-site warranty) and still save a couple of hundred dollars over a laptop with M$ installed. It's a no name laptop but with 3 yr warranty, it's gotta be fairly safe. Also, I thought Dell were starting to offer no-OS machines? Maybe that's just on their servers. Fil -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Microsoft Tax
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:12:52PM +1100, Phil Scarratt wrote: Fair point, but I know of at least one no name laptop which you could buy with no OS, extend the warranty to 3 years (on-site warranty) and still save a couple of hundred dollars over a laptop with M$ installed. I've got to ask - who's that then ? cheers, Chris (who may be in the market for a laptop soon) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] injecting mboxes into postfix
I ended up just doing the safecat thing. out of interest what was it you did to get them into maildir format? dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Microsoft Tax
Pioneer Computers (http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au) in Alexandria. I've no idea what the laptops are like as I have never used them personally (or any laptop for that matter) but an extended warranty can give some peace of mind. Fil Chris Samuel wrote: On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:12:52PM +1100, Phil Scarratt wrote: Fair point, but I know of at least one no name laptop which you could buy with no OS, extend the warranty to 3 years (on-site warranty) and still save a couple of hundred dollars over a laptop with M$ installed. I've got to ask - who's that then ? cheers, Chris (who may be in the market for a laptop soon) -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies IT Contractor/Consultant 0403 53 12 71 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] injecting mboxes into postfix
quote who=David Kempe I ended up just doing the safecat thing. out of interest what was it you did to get them into maildir format? formail -s safecat $MAILDIR/tmp $MAILDIR/new $MBOX - Jeff -- I look forward to someday putting foo-colored ribbons on my homepage declaring 'port 25 is for spam', and 'just say no to the Spam Message Transmission Protocol!' - Raph Levien -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Microsoft Tax
Hmmm... I seem to remember reading a laptop review (PC Authority or APC) that said that Pioneer's build quality was quastionable for the price. =Pioneer Computers (http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au) in Alexandria. =I've no idea what the laptops are like as I have never used them =personally (or any laptop for that matter) but an extended =warranty can =give some peace of mind. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [slug] microshit tax
Ho Sluggers One thing to check with the acquisition of any laptops is that it will actually run on linux, some as I understand it have problems with video drivers. Regards, Nicholas Tomlin. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] usb and scsi
Hi All, I have two questions... 1. I am trying to mount my Fuji Finepix digital camera. I have installed the usb-storage module which in turn installed the scsi_mod module. The problem is that I am using a usb Intellimouse Explorer, and as soon as I turn on the camera my mouse starts going psycho, ie. the light flashes on and off, and the mouse cursor stops working while the light is off and usbmgr starts beebing continuously. The good news is that I can see my camera. Is there a way to limit the scope of the scsi/usb-storage drivers so that it only works for certain ports?? or is there some other way to get around this?? 2. I have tried getting my CD-RW to work a while back, installing the idescsi module, and everything was sweet. The problem is that I have a DVD ROM drive that obviously doesn't like the scsi emulation and will refuse to work (properly). I have tried a few things such as appending details in lilo to only make the burner scsi but nothing seemed to work. Could someone please give me some hints on how I can get around this one too?? Cheers, Adam. -- Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Microsoft Tax
Also, I thought Dell were starting to offer no-OS machines? Maybe that's just on their servers. Yeah this is their server models. Its actually the default option - they come with no OS unless otherwise stated. But no hope for the laptops/desktops going this way. Cheers AW -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Microsoft Tax
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 22:42, Jon Biddell wrote: Hmmm... I seem to remember reading a laptop review (PC Authority or APC) that said that Pioneer's build quality was quastionable for the price. Umm, I've got one. You get what you pay for (plus some in my judgement). The PIII is NOT a mobile PIII so you get very short battery life and a noisier than usual fan. On the upside, for just over $2K you get a beefed up very fast development/demo environment. Make sure where ever you go there is power! Linux: Loaded Mandrake 9.0, recognised everything except the winmodem off the bat. Got the winmodem working after some effort and lots of googling. Spec (Sep 2002 purchased) PIII 1.2Ghz, 512Mb, 20Gb, 14 TFT, sound, CD, LAN, WinModem, 2xUSB. Whats missing: PCMCIA. Do I miss it? No. My only issue is wifi but thats down the track. I can get a USB wifi gadget I guess. Oh, and yes, I did purchase with NO Windows installed. Yay. Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Can you help with this problem
Is anyone able to help with this problem? In a nutshell, a system is running Red Hat 7.1. I first used the game of Maelstrom as root, while I was checking the system. As a result, the game will not run for users. I was able to replicate the problem on another machine - same thing happened. If the first time Maelstrom is run, it is run as root, then it will not run for any users. Thankyou for your assistance. Peter C. Torning President ComputerBank New England Forwarded Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cbnsw-tech digest, Vol 1 #122 - 3 msgs Date: 13 Mar 2003 06:30:17 +1100 Send cbnsw-tech mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.cbnsw.org.au/listinfo/cbnsw-tech or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of cbnsw-tech digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Re: [cbnsw-members] Technical help - Maelstrom (Craige McWhirter) 2. Re: Re: [cbnsw-members] Technical help - Maelstrom (Craige McWhirter) 3. Pentium CPU's (Craig Warner) --__--__-- Message: 1 Subject: Re: [cbnsw-tech] Re: [cbnsw-members] Technical help - Maelstrom From: Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Torning [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: CBNSW Technical [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Date: 12 Mar 2003 17:58:33 +1100 --=-g6xpZLc60/W9XN0dv51T Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some more questions: - Are you running Debian? (if yes go to 2) - What Debian version (Potato, Woody, Sarge, Sid?) I've been unable to replicate this problem. On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 10:39, Peter Torning wrote: Under KDE.=20 =20 I opened a Terminal as a user.=20 =20 Then: cd /usr/bin=20 Then: Maelstrom=20 =20 It returned segmentation fault =20 I then changed to a su terminal and ran Maelstrom. It worked perfectly.=20 =20 Under Gnome=20 I opened a Terminal as a user.=20 =20 Then: cd /usr/bin=20 Then: Maelstrom=20 It returned segmentation fault (core dumped) =20 Then, as under KDE, it worked perfectly when I went in as su. =20 Peter=20 =20 On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 23:15, Craige McWhirter wrote:=20 =20 What GUI environment is the user running? =20 What output is there when you run maelstrom from a terminal in said GUI environment? =20 =20 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 09:38, Peter Torning wrote: Request from CB New England. =20 We have delivered a computer to a family, however one of the games, Maelstrom, will not run as a for any of the users. It will only run= for Root. =20 This may or may not be because I used the game as Root (purely for testing purposes you understand). ;-) =20 The owner and the group is Root. =20 I changed this so that the owner and group is Games and then made a= ll users members of Games. However, it still will not run for users. =20 Does anybody have any suggestions? =20 Thankyou Peter C. Torning President CBNE --=20 Cheers, Craige. GPG Key fingerprint =3D C206 904F 5231 2F2E 8DAA F094 5879 71B5 0960 CF37 Computerbank NSW http://cbnsw.org.au/ --=-g6xpZLc60/W9XN0dv51T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+btqZWHlxtQlgzzcRAhrzAJ9TBLcjgIcwcFiRZPJzEtbnEdwUdACfULpb Cf0iiljjgyh3GdRScL8B2XY= =FJeX -END PGP SIGNATURE- --=-g6xpZLc60/W9XN0dv51T-- --__--__-- Message: 2 Subject: Re: [cbnsw-tech] Re: [cbnsw-members] Technical help - Maelstrom From: Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Torning [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: CBNSW Technical [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Date: 12 Mar 2003 23:00:47 +1100 --=-u9olifT0sXReGtO9VCJc Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unfortunately, my answer is run Debian. It's far too much effort to support anything outside Debian because there are far too many things that can wrong when you stray outside Debian's system management. Outside of re-installing the machine as Debian (there are very good reasons why Computerbank uses Debian - you've just come across one), your best bet would be to email the SLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 20:05, Peter Torning wrote: No, I am running Red Hat 7.1 =20 By the way, I was also able to replicate the problem on a second computer. =20 Peter C. Torning =20 =20 On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 17:58, Craige McWhirter wrote: =20 Some more questions: =20 - Are you running Debian? (if yes go to 2) - What Debian version (Potato,
Re: [SLUG] usb and scsi
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:35:02AM +1100, Adam Hewitt wrote: No idea on the camera, I'm afraid, but.. 2. I have tried getting my CD-RW to work a while back, installing the idescsi module, and everything was sweet. The problem is that I have a DVD ROM drive that obviously doesn't like the scsi emulation and will refuse to work (properly). I have tried a few things such as appending details in lilo to only make the burner scsi but nothing seemed to work. Could someone please give me some hints on how I can get around this one too?? Have you tried to make them both work with the SCSI emulation by adding hdx=scsi (where x is the ID of the DVD) to the existing hd?=scsi you've got for your CD-RW ? cheers, Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Can you help with this problem
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:09:53AM +1100, Peter Torning wrote: In a nutshell, a system is running Red Hat 7.1. I first used the game of Maelstrom as root, while I was checking the system. As a result, the game will not run for users. I was able to replicate the problem on another machine - same thing happened. If the first time Maelstrom is run, it is run as root, then it will not run for any users. One option may be to use strace or ltrace to watch the program run as a normal user and see if there's any files or devices it's trying to access and being told EPERM for ? For example: strace -f -o maelstrom.log /path/to/maelstrom Would log all the system calls from Maelstrom (and any forked processes) to the log file maelstrom.log. Good luck! Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Can you help with this problem
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 10:09, Peter Torning wrote: Is anyone able to help with this problem? In a nutshell, a system is running Red Hat 7.1. I first used the game of Maelstrom as root, while I was checking the system. As a result, the game will not run for users. I was able to replicate the problem on another machine - same thing happened. If the first time Maelstrom is run, it is run as root, then it will not run for any users. I'd start with rpm -qla '*maelstrom*' - see where it has stuff installed. Most likely there'll be something in /usr/share/games or something which needs to have permissions changed. Are you in the games group on this box? I don't think you can write high score files otherwise. HTH James. Forwarded Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cbnsw-tech digest, Vol 1 #122 - 3 msgs Date: 13 Mar 2003 06:30:17 +1100 Send cbnsw-tech mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.cbnsw.org.au/listinfo/cbnsw-tech or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of cbnsw-tech digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Re: [cbnsw-members] Technical help - Maelstrom (Craige McWhirter) 2. Re: Re: [cbnsw-members] Technical help - Maelstrom (Craige McWhirter) 3. Pentium CPU's (Craig Warner) --__--__-- Message: 1 Subject: Re: [cbnsw-tech] Re: [cbnsw-members] Technical help - Maelstrom From: Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Torning [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: CBNSW Technical [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Date: 12 Mar 2003 17:58:33 +1100 --=-g6xpZLc60/W9XN0dv51T Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some more questions: - Are you running Debian? (if yes go to 2) - What Debian version (Potato, Woody, Sarge, Sid?) I've been unable to replicate this problem. On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 10:39, Peter Torning wrote: Under KDE.=20 =20 I opened a Terminal as a user.=20 =20 Then: cd /usr/bin=20 Then: Maelstrom=20 =20 It returned segmentation fault =20 I then changed to a su terminal and ran Maelstrom. It worked perfectly.=20 =20 Under Gnome=20 I opened a Terminal as a user.=20 =20 Then: cd /usr/bin=20 Then: Maelstrom=20 It returned segmentation fault (core dumped) =20 Then, as under KDE, it worked perfectly when I went in as su. =20 Peter=20 =20 On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 23:15, Craige McWhirter wrote:=20 =20 What GUI environment is the user running? =20 What output is there when you run maelstrom from a terminal in said GUI environment? =20 =20 On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 09:38, Peter Torning wrote: Request from CB New England. =20 We have delivered a computer to a family, however one of the games, Maelstrom, will not run as a for any of the users. It will only run= for Root. =20 This may or may not be because I used the game as Root (purely for testing purposes you understand). ;-) =20 The owner and the group is Root. =20 I changed this so that the owner and group is Games and then made a= ll users members of Games. However, it still will not run for users. =20 Does anybody have any suggestions? =20 Thankyou Peter C. Torning President CBNE --=20 Cheers, Craige. GPG Key fingerprint =3D C206 904F 5231 2F2E 8DAA F094 5879 71B5 0960 CF37 Computerbank NSW http://cbnsw.org.au/ --=-g6xpZLc60/W9XN0dv51T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+btqZWHlxtQlgzzcRAhrzAJ9TBLcjgIcwcFiRZPJzEtbnEdwUdACfULpb Cf0iiljjgyh3GdRScL8B2XY= =FJeX -END PGP SIGNATURE- --=-g6xpZLc60/W9XN0dv51T-- --__--__-- Message: 2 Subject: Re: [cbnsw-tech] Re: [cbnsw-members] Technical help - Maelstrom From: Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Torning [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: CBNSW Technical [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Date: 12 Mar 2003 23:00:47 +1100 --=-u9olifT0sXReGtO9VCJc Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unfortunately, my answer is run Debian. It's far too much effort to support anything outside Debian because there are far too many things that can wrong when you stray outside Debian's system management. Outside of re-installing the machine as Debian (there are very good reasons why Computerbank uses Debian - you've just come across one), your best bet would be to email
Re: [SLUG] Microsoft Tax
Also, I thought Dell were starting to offer no-OS machines? Maybe that's just on their servers. Technically, Dell's license with MS doesn't allow Dell to offer no-OS machines. Brilliantly, in markets where this matters Dell will sell you a machine with FreeDOS installed. Dell don't sell no-OS machines to the retail trade. They are simply on too low margins to deal with the inevitable support calls. They are happy to see this high-cost business go elsewhere. Hopefully the day will come when Dell will see profit rather than cost in offering a Linux distribution as a operating system choice across their retail desktop range. To Dell's credit, they have at least put their toe in the Linux desktop market, even if they then found sales too disappointing to continue. Yeah this is their server models. Its actually the default option - they come with no OS unless otherwise stated. But no hope for the laptops/desktops going this way. Not quite right. Dell will ship FreeDOS desktops and laptops in their sales programmes aimed at corporates and schools. If fact, they'll go further and install any image you supply. Under these programmes tech support is available for Windows images on all platforms and Red Hat Linux images on most platforms. Images for other OSs or other platforms will be installed but are not supported (that's right, there's no tech support for FreeDOS). What this means for you and me is that Dell tests Red Hat Linux on some of its desktop models. If you can work out whcih these are then you can but a Dell machine knowing that at least one Linux distribution will run on it and that the fixes for making RHL run on the machine are documented on the Dell website. Those fixes usually appear promptly in RHL releases and in the program source code. -- Glen Turner(08) 8303 3936 or +61 8 8303 3936 Australian Academic and Research Network www.aarnet.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Network card settings
Hi Sluggers, Does anyone know how to change your network card settings from auto to ( 10/100, full/half ) as the xircom pcmcia card does not auto negotiate with Cisco 4000 switch to well. Also the Cisco has spanning tree running. linux ver - Mandrake 8.1, module used - tulop_cb cb_enabler I am hoping there is a config file somewhere that I have missed. cheers Mark -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Python Interest Group: Appeal for speakers.
Hi everyone, This month's SLUG Python Interest Group will probably be held on Monday March 24, but before I can organise it, I need a speaker. Can anyone who could talk to us about Python or Python applications please email me? Thanks, Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Network card settings
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:33:23PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to change your network card settings from auto to ( 10/100, full/half ) as the xircom pcmcia card does not auto negotiate with Cisco 4000 switch to well. Also the Cisco has spanning tree running. There is the ifport command will configure a port to a specific setting, if you run it with no options it says: # ifport usage: ifport interface [auto|10baseT|10base2|aui|100baseT|##] it will also tell you what the port is set to, like so: # ifport eth0 eth00 (Auto) linux ver - Mandrake 8.1, module used - tulop_cb cb_enabler Hmm, I'm using Mandrake 9.0, but the nearest I have to that is a module called xircom_tulip_cb. You can find what parameters can be set on a module by using the modinfo command, so my system says: # modinfo xircom_tulip_cb filename:/lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/net/pcmcia/xircom_tulip_cb.o.gz description: Xircom CBE-100 ethernet driver author: Donald Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] license: GPL v2 parm:debug int parm:max_interrupt_work int parm:rx_copybreak int parm:csr0 int parm:options int array (min = 1, max = 4) parm:full_duplex int array (min = 1, max = 4) So that will let you set the duplex when the module loads, at least! To do that you will need to add the following line into /etc/modules.conf: options xircom_tulip_cb duplex=? You'd need to look at the documentation or source for the module to find what the various values of duplex match. good luck! Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March 28th 2003
I'm only sending this one to [EMAIL PROTECTED], announce subscribers probably consider themselves sufficiently spammed. This is the 4th notice to [EMAIL PROTECTED] of the upcoming AGM and committee election to be held at the end of March. 2003 Committee update: Current nominees: - Vice President: Jan Schmidt (nominated by Craige McWhirter, no second) At the Annual General Meeting, the President and Treasurer will present their reports for 2002, and the 2003 SLUG Committee will be elected. Summary: nominations for SLUG committee 2003 are now open and should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone standing for election or wanting to vote must pay membership fees for 2003 before or at the March meeting. SLUG membership: People wanting to vote in the elections, and people standing for a committee position, *must* become financial members of SLUG for the coming year. All existing SLUG memberships expire before the AGM. A full year of SLUG membership costs $25. This can be paid at any time from now until the AGM to the SLUG Treasurer, Jamie Wilkinson. (You can pay after the AGM too, for that matter, to the new treasurer, but you obviously will have missed voting.) Elections: All SLUG committee positions will become vacant before the AGM and a new committee will be elected. Nominations are now open and will close just before the election itself. Nominations should be sent to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. Nominations need to be seconded, which should also happen on [EMAIL PROTECTED] You should check with the nominee first to make sure they actually want to stand for election. Positions: - President: responsible for chairing committee meetings. Informal responsibilities include steering SLUG, and representing SLUG to the public and media. - Vice-president: The president's right-hand, left-hand, and other limbs as appropriate. - Secretary: Takes minutes at committee meetings, handles correspondence. - Treasurer: handles SLUG finances. The SLUG treasurer will need to be organised and capable of keeping correct records of income and expenditure. - Ordinary committee members: There are three ordinary committee members. The committee as a whole generally organises the monthly meetings and most other SLUG events. All committee members are expected to attend the monthly committee meetings. Committee meetings are usually held in an evening during the first week after the SLUG monthly meeting. Reminder: to run for committee, you must pay for a 2003 membership. You can do this at the AGM or before. 2002 committee: The 2002 committee, whose glorious reign ends at the AGM, is: - President: Jeff Waugh - Vice president: Craige McWhirter - Secretary: Peter Hardy - Treasurer: Jamie Wilkinson - Ordinary members: Tony Green, Jan Schmidt, Mary Gardiner Proxies: If you cannot attend the March meeting, you can appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf (the proxy can also vote on their own behalf). Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and tell them the name of the person who holds your proxy vote. Make sure you've paid for your 2003 membership if you do this! If you don't know anyone who can proxy for you, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the names of the nominees you wish to vote for, and a 2002 committee member will be your proxy. -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] WineX 3.0 Preview release available
Title: WineX 3.0 Preview release available Just a quick note, Winex have released a preview of Version 3, available to all members. The WineX 3.0 preview release marks the first recent release based on TransGaming's core development efforts on the main WineX development branch, rather than the 'stable' 2.0 branch. TransGaming's developers have added the key enabling technologies for the next generation of games, including many that were highly rated in the monthly polls, such as Battlefield 1942, Sim City 4, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and Dungeon Siege. Thank You Brett Olsen
Re: [SLUG] injecting mboxes into postfix
This one time, at band camp, David Kempe wrote: I ended up just doing the safecat thing. out of interest what was it you did to get them into maildir format? cd /var/spool/mail for i in *; do su -s /bin/bash - $i -c formail -s safecat Maildir/tmp Maildir/new /var/spool/mail/$i; done -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://spacepants.org/jaq.gpg -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March28th 2003
What happens if no one else is nominated? dave On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 14:13, Mary Gardiner wrote: 2003 Committee update: Current nominees: - Vice President: Jan Schmidt (nominated by Craige McWhirter, no second) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March 28th2003
On 13 Mar 2003 15:39:49 +1100 Dave Kempe wrote: What happens if no one else is nominated? dave Then Jan shall have full power over SLUG, and we shall become his evil minions with which he shall conquer the world and bend it to his terrible will. Please, we *need* more nominations. Stop the horror! :-) -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March 28th 2003
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:47:31PM +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: Then Jan shall have full power over SLUG, and we shall become his evil minions with which he shall conquer the world and bend it to his terrible will. Please, we *need* more nominations. Stop the horror! :-) I think it's OK. Noone takes a title like Vice President seriously. We all know that the VP is only there in case the President, uh, becomes seriously ill... -Mary [PS More SLUG horror stories to slug-chat. Thanks.] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March28th 2003
So the joke gets a serious answer and the serious questions gets a joke? :( dave On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 16:08, Mary wrote: I think it's OK. Noone takes a title like Vice President seriously. We all know that the VP is only there in case the President, uh, becomes seriously ill... -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March 28th 2003
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:09:52PM +1100, Dave Kempe wrote: So the joke gets a serious answer and the serious questions gets a joke? Serious answer to the question about what happens if there are no more nominations? I *think* it might mean we'd be unable to form a committee, and that would probably mean holding a general meeting every month until seven people finally got nominated for the seven positions. In the meantime, it would be rather hard to get cheques signed, although the monthly meetings could still be organised. I can check the consitution if people are really interested. But, the real situation is simply that nominations are not yet in high gear. The above scenario is the alarmist one ;) Also, for people who want to get involved: not all of the present committee intends to stand again, so SLUG will actually *need* fresh blood. Offer yourself up! -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March 28th 2003
quote who=Dave Kempe What happens if no one else is nominated? ... and the constitution says: If insufficient further nominations are received, any vacant positions remaining on the committee are taken to be casual vacancies. (Can't get to www.slug.org.au atm, so no link. Note that this is based on the copy of the constitution on my hard drive, which may not be canonical.) - Jeff -- We've got a great drummer and a great singer. Those are the key positions. When you find a singer and a drummer this good, you don't leave them. - Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March 28th2003
On 13 Mar 2003 16:09:52 +1100 Dave Kempe wrote: So the joke gets a serious answer and the serious questions gets a joke? :( I was getting there, honest. If there aren't enough nominations to fill all the vacancies, then further nominations are taken at the AGM. If there still aren't enough, then any unfilled positions become casual vacancies. Which means they can be filled at any general meeting, I believe. It's all outlined in the constitution, at http://slug.org.au/constitution.html -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Reminder: SLUG Annual General Meeting, Friday March 28th 2003
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:19:08PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Dave Kempe What happens if no one else is nominated? ... and the constitution says: If insufficient further nominations are received, any vacant positions remaining on the committee are taken to be casual vacancies. Can the committee appoint people to casual vacancies, or do they require a little election? [To those with a long memory: yes, I authored most of the recent changes to the constitution, no, my memory is not as long as yours ;)] Anyway, better than my casual analysis suggested. The world as we know it shall continue largely unchanged, except for supplying Jan with more nubile young food. -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
Hi, Have you checked the various VPN HOWTOs in /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en ? HTH Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Phil Scarratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/03/2003 04:32 PM To: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN Hi all Sorry to interrupt all this talk about nominations Anyone know a good howto or pointers on setting up a VPN from Win32 clients to Linux server? I'm currently looking at setting up an IPSEC/L2TP tunnel but am having trouble getting IPSec to work. I tried to follow instructions at both http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/install.htm and http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/freeswan-l2tp.html to no avail as yet. I get packets arriving at the eth interface but not ipsec0 interface (tcpdump). No packets are being dropped or rejected but the logs say the following: Mar 13 16:25:39 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: unable to locate my private key for RSA Signature Mar 13 16:25:55 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: Peer ID is ID_DER_ASN1_DN: 'C=AU, ST=NSW, O=Draxsen, CN=rivendell' The error looks like an obvious oversight somewhere but I can't find it? Is there a better way? (apart from not using M$ OS at all that is). Thanks for any tips or info. Fil -- Phil Scarratt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:32:27PM +1100, Phil Scarratt wrote: Anyone know a good howto or pointers on setting up a VPN from Win32 clients to Linux server? I'm currently looking at setting up an I can't offer any suggestions to fix your particular problem, other than to point you at a couple of VPN references that you may already know about. There's a book called Building Linux VPNs which I bought recently. I haven't read it all yet, but what I have read is pretty good. I used it to set up ppp over ssh a couple of days ago: http://www.buildinglinuxvpns.net/ Then there's the VPN FAQ at: http://vpn.shmoo.com/vpn/FAQ.html and other VPN info at: http://vpn.shmoo.com/ Cheers, John -- whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key id: 0xD59C360F http://kirriwa.net/john/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
There's a book called Building Linux VPNs which I bought recently. I haven't read it all yet, but what I have read is pretty good. I used it to set up ppp over ssh a couple of days ago: Just on this topic of VPN's. I have been meaning to ask everybody. How secure are VPN's in terms of packet sniffers/encryption etc. The company that I work for has decided to use citrix Nfuse or whatever the S^#@ is! Because they argue that using a VPN is insecure - I totally disagree with this, as I know massive multi-national corporations use these and rely on these. And as if these companies would use this if it was insecure. This isnt to say we havent got VPN access - they have set up a win2k server to do this, though they make everyone use citrix nFuse(over a 128bit SSL connection), and only special people (like me :) get to use a VPN. Personally I hate citrix - VPN for remote access is 100 times quicker and more convenient (for the laptop user)! Cheers, And TIA for your comments. Adam W. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] WineX 3.0 Preview release available
Hi Guys, Sorry about that :-) Transgaming can be found at www.transgaming.com, some screenshots can be found in the games database : http://www.transgaming.com/dogamesearch.php?keywords=search=Searchworking= 0order=working A bit of NFO, WineX is a project that was originally based on Wine, which focuses on DirectX and other gaming technologies. I use WineX, to ease my Windoze gaming fix, typically I can install the game from WineX, get a Desktop Icon and click the shortcut, just like any windows game, but with no windows at all ! Guess I just assumed you had all been using it since version 1 :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2003 4:18 PM To: Brett Olsen Subject: Re: [SLUG] WineX 3.0 Preview release available Screenshots...? URI...? Thanks Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Brett Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/03/2003 02:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] WineX 3.0 Preview release available Just a quick note, Winex have released a preview of Version 3, available to all members. The WineX 3.0 preview release marks the first recent release based on TransGaming's core development efforts on the main WineX development branch, rather than the 'stable' 2.0 branch. TransGaming's developers have added the key enabling technologies for the next generation of games, including many that were highly rated in the monthly polls, such as Battlefield 1942, Sim City 4, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and Dungeon Siege. Thank You Brett Olsen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
My concern with the PPTP path is the reported security issues: # Flawed encryption mechanism -- non-random keys, session keys weak hash of user password, key lengths too short (non-configurable) # Bad password management in mixed Win95/NT environment; static passwords easily compromised # Vulnerable to server spoofing attacks because packet authentication not implemented, easy denial-of-service attacks even inside firewalls # MS claims cryptographic weaknesses not yet exploited Fil Kevin Saenz wrote: When I was playing with windows and Linux VPN I was using PPTP the connectivity is seamless. I think if you are using Windows standard VPN software then I would be inclined to point you to use PPTP kernel patch. You don't need to add any third party software to Windows. PPTP has pretty good docs on how to install PPTP on to Linux and get the server up and running. Also making Linux a PPTP/VPN server is a piece of cake. Hi all Sorry to interrupt all this talk about nominations Anyone know a good howto or pointers on setting up a VPN from Win32 clients to Linux server? I'm currently looking at setting up an IPSEC/L2TP tunnel but am having trouble getting IPSec to work. I tried to follow instructions at both http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/install.htm and http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/freeswan-l2tp.html to no avail as yet. I get packets arriving at the eth interface but not ipsec0 interface (tcpdump). No packets are being dropped or rejected but the logs say the following: Mar 13 16:25:39 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: unable to locate my private key for RSA Signature Mar 13 16:25:55 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: Peer ID is ID_DER_ASN1_DN: 'C=AU, ST=NSW, O=Draxsen, CN=rivendell' The error looks like an obvious oversight somewhere but I can't find it? Is there a better way? (apart from not using M$ OS at all that is). Thanks for any tips or info. Fil -- Phil Scarratt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:55:16PM +1100, Adam W wrote: Just on this topic of VPN's. I have been meaning to ask everybody. How secure are VPN's in terms of packet sniffers/encryption etc. The company This is a how long is a piece of string question. It all depends upon the encryption used, the strength of the keys and key management, authentication and access control and the security of the VPN server and client. The weakest point is probably the client machine. How many users (especially Windows users) secure their machines? Cisco's VPN client (and maybe others) blocks *all* external network access to the machine it's running on as a protection against an attack on the VPN via a remote client. Read through some of the info on the VPN site (http://cpn.shmoo.com/) for more detailed explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of various VPN solutions. This isnt to say we havent got VPN access - they have set up a win2k server to do this, though they make everyone use citrix nFuse(over a 128bit SSL connection), and only special people (like me :) get to use a VPN. You can run your VPN over SSL so you can tell the PHBs that it's as secure as Citrix :-) There's a chapter on ppp over ssl in the Linux VPN book I referred to earlier. I haven't read it all, but from what I have read it appears that ppp over ssh is easier to setup and troubleshoot and at least as secure. Cheers, John -- whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key id: 0xD59C360F http://kirriwa.net/john/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:55:16PM +1100, Adam W wrote: Just on this topic of VPN's. I have been meaning to ask everybody. How secure are VPN's in terms of packet sniffers/encryption etc. The company Secure for whom against what and where exactly? VPNS protect against people sniffing the traffic, but they're a bit of a worry if they terminate inside your lan. Then you're at the mercy of the weakest security at the client's end. [ .. ] And as if these companies would use this if it was insecure. Larf!! Seriously, there's a lot of detail to be filled in here before anyone can see whether it is or isn't secure. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
At 04:55 PM 13/03/03, Adam W sent this up the stick: Just on this topic of VPN's. I have been meaning to ask everybody. How secure are VPN's in terms of packet sniffers/encryption etc. The company that I work for has decided to use citrix Nfuse or whatever the S^#@ is! Because they argue that using a VPN is insecure - I totally disagree with this, as I know massive multi-national corporations use these and rely on these. And as if these companies would use this if it was insecure. A IPSEC VPN seems to be most secure out of these technologies, when I worked for a large ISP we used to implement them (with 3DES encryption and key regeneration every hour). Since the actual keys aren't transmitted, they can't be sniffed. They were a nice cash cow for us, being a managed service and all. However, you still want a firewall or the like protecting the VPN box, if the VPN box is compromised, then the whole VPN is compromised too. cheers, rob -- It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. This is random quote 724 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:14:58PM +1100, Phil Scarratt wrote: My concern with the PPTP path is the reported security issues: It's actually MS's implementation that's flawed rather than PPTP itself. However, the most likely reason for using PPTP is Windows clients and that means MS's implementation. Bruce Schneier has analysed it and found it to be severely flawed, and recommends IPSEC instead. That's good enough for me. From http://www.counterpane.com/pptp-faq.html: 3. How bad is it? Very. Microsoft PPTP is very broken, and there's no real way to fix it without taking the whole thing down and starting over. This isn't just one problem, but six different problems, any one of which breaks the protocol. Cheers, John -- whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key id: 0xD59C360F http://kirriwa.net/john/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
I think that was with pptp2 and that was patched 6 months ago. I am pretty sure of that because with 2k is using pptp3 My concern with the PPTP path is the reported security issues: # Flawed encryption mechanism -- non-random keys, session keys weak hash of user password, key lengths too short (non-configurable) # Bad password management in mixed Win95/NT environment; static passwords easily compromised # Vulnerable to server spoofing attacks because packet authentication not implemented, easy denial-of-service attacks even inside firewalls # MS claims cryptographic weaknesses not yet exploited Fil Kevin Saenz wrote: When I was playing with windows and Linux VPN I was using PPTP the connectivity is seamless. I think if you are using Windows standard VPN software then I would be inclined to point you to use PPTP kernel patch. You don't need to add any third party software to Windows. PPTP has pretty good docs on how to install PPTP on to Linux and get the server up and running. Also making Linux a PPTP/VPN server is a piece of cake. Hi all Sorry to interrupt all this talk about nominations Anyone know a good howto or pointers on setting up a VPN from Win32 clients to Linux server? I'm currently looking at setting up an IPSEC/L2TP tunnel but am having trouble getting IPSec to work. I tried to follow instructions at both http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/install.htm and http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/freeswan-l2tp.html to no avail as yet. I get packets arriving at the eth interface but not ipsec0 interface (tcpdump). No packets are being dropped or rejected but the logs say the following: Mar 13 16:25:39 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: unable to locate my private key for RSA Signature Mar 13 16:25:55 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: Peer ID is ID_DER_ASN1_DN: 'C=AU, ST=NSW, O=Draxsen, CN=rivendell' The error looks like an obvious oversight somewhere but I can't find it? Is there a better way? (apart from not using M$ OS at all that is). Thanks for any tips or info. Fil -- Phil Scarratt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
quote who=John Clarke It's actually MS's implementation that's flawed rather than PPTP itself. However, the most likely reason for using PPTP is Windows clients and that means MS's implementation. Lots of people are still using PPTP for Win9x clients, because that's all they have... However, MS now has a very easy to use IPSEC client implementation for Win9x that works reasonably well. Far, far better (on the server end, client end, and for general security) than PPTP! :-) - Jeff -- It's only ironic because it's true. - Reflexive irony, overheard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
I haven't any luck getting native mode l2tp to work on win2k. we use netscreen remote instead - www.netscreen.com with a high degree of success. 100 user license is around $500 its based on the safenet ipsec client. works well - easy to deploy and support dave On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 16:32, Phil Scarratt wrote: Is there a better way? (apart from not using M$ OS at all that is). -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
Thats all well and good if you have a routable address range, if you are just getting one public address statically from your service provider then you are stuck with 1) a firewall on the same box as the vpn is terminated or 2) no firewall at all. The reason for this is that IPSEC cannot be nat'ed, so you would need to have a firewall--DMZ--VPN Termination box. IPSEC would definitely be the best choice provided you are willing to either sit down and really find out what makes it tick. The freeswan implimentation is crap, the underlying software is quite good, but the 'scripts' which attempt to make things easier, dont, and it needs a lot of work. As far as security goes, back orifice on any windows machine running a vpn client or citrix is still going to give someone access to the internal network. If you want complete security pull the plug on your computer, after all locks were invented to keep the honest people out. Cheers, Adam. However, you still want a firewall or the like protecting the VPN box, if the VPN box is compromised, then the whole VPN is compromised too. -- Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
BTW, you are probably better off gettign everything working with a pre-shared key first and then trying certificates. The certificates just add an extra element that you may not want to deal with on your first time round... Adam. On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 16:32, Phil Scarratt wrote: Hi all Sorry to interrupt all this talk about nominations Anyone know a good howto or pointers on setting up a VPN from Win32 clients to Linux server? I'm currently looking at setting up an IPSEC/L2TP tunnel but am having trouble getting IPSec to work. I tried to follow instructions at both http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/install.htm and http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/freeswan-l2tp.html to no avail as yet. I get packets arriving at the eth interface but not ipsec0 interface (tcpdump). No packets are being dropped or rejected but the logs say the following: Mar 13 16:25:39 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: unable to locate my private key for RSA Signature Mar 13 16:25:55 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: Peer ID is ID_DER_ASN1_DN: 'C=AU, ST=NSW, O=Draxsen, CN=rivendell' The error looks like an obvious oversight somewhere but I can't find it? Is there a better way? (apart from not using M$ OS at all that is). Thanks for any tips or info. Fil -- Phil Scarratt -- Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
My understanding is that PSK is not possible with Win2K Fil Adam Hewitt wrote: BTW, you are probably better off gettign everything working with a pre-shared key first and then trying certificates. The certificates just add an extra element that you may not want to deal with on your first time round... Adam. On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 16:32, Phil Scarratt wrote: Hi all Sorry to interrupt all this talk about nominations Anyone know a good howto or pointers on setting up a VPN from Win32 clients to Linux server? I'm currently looking at setting up an IPSEC/L2TP tunnel but am having trouble getting IPSec to work. I tried to follow instructions at both http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/install.htm and http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/freeswan-l2tp.html to no avail as yet. I get packets arriving at the eth interface but not ipsec0 interface (tcpdump). No packets are being dropped or rejected but the logs say the following: Mar 13 16:25:39 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: unable to locate my private key for RSA Signature Mar 13 16:25:55 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: Peer ID is ID_DER_ASN1_DN: 'C=AU, ST=NSW, O=Draxsen, CN=rivendell' The error looks like an obvious oversight somewhere but I can't find it? Is there a better way? (apart from not using M$ OS at all that is). Thanks for any tips or info. Fil -- Phil Scarratt -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies IT Contractor/Consultant 0403 53 12 71 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Nominations
Hi all, I paid my membership fee at the last SLUG meeting and would like to nominate all the current office holders for their current positions: - President: Jeff Waugh - Vice president: Craige McWhirter - Secretary: Peter Hardy - Treasurer: Jamie Wilkinson - Ordinary members: Tony Green, Jan Schmidt, Mary Gardiner Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +---+ The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak. - author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] BIG IMAGES
Hi all, I have some images, they are gifs, and they're approximately 14000 pixels square. I'd really like to view them, and ideally perform transformations such as scaling to a less insane size. What can do this? I suspect part of the problem is that the gif needs to be decompressed. If someone can suggest something that will convert a gif to something else for big files, that would be a great start. Programs that crash so far: gimp gqview convert eog Thanks, James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
