Re: [SLUG] newbie: LDAP question on debian
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 04:06:04PM +1000, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:29, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 06:37:12AM +1000, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: In my debian, I couldn't find 'ldap.conf' file in my debian box. Is this will have a big impact on my server? The config file for the openLDAP utilities is kept in /etc/ldap/ldap.conf on Debian systems. i also checked that folder and I still cant find ldap.conf, even I do 'locate ldap.conf' If I create the file manually, will it have impact? As long as the syntax is right, it'll be OK. It should have been installed by libldap2, though. After running the LDAP server with slapd.conf, I was hoping that I can export my local groups and user into LDAP. But after I run the server and query from it, it looks like that I only have 3 organisation structure (ou): Admin, People, Roaming. The ou(s) are made from schema that we imported inside slapd.conf, and I think I import the necessary schema file already, at least the most common ones. For doing user/group serving, you'll need core, cosine, and nis. The OUs you need but don't have will (I think) be created by PADL's excellent migration tools (debian package 'migrationtools'). Failing that, they're pretty simple to add manually from the OUs you already have. I did import those schemas, but still, I only have 3 ous (Admin, Poeple, Roaming) and it makes me wonder why only those 3 came out. How to fix tap tap tap Is this thing on? As I said, the migration tools should take care of making the necessary OUs if they aren't already there. The OUs created already are those needed by the default Debian slapd config. this? If I create other ous manually, how can I do that? And how about ldapadd is your friend. man is your best friend. the schemas that I've imported in slapd.conf? What about them? schema != DN. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Gnuplot/Windowmaker weirdness
I haven't seen this before and it caused some grief before I tracked it down Running gnuplot - terminal x11 - on some physics data gave me a vertical axis labelled by Month rather than number. Repeated with some simple maths functions with the same result. This only happened in Windowmaker not Gnome. So I deleted xscreensaver from wm's autostart file (the most recent change) and it was fixed. Any ideas, this one's weird. Both recent versions on RH8 Laurie Savage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: Grey Nomads
Where in the US did you see the accustic coupler? or did you do a Google
www.connectglobally.com/telecoupler/tele_coupler.asp
let me know if you are going to get it and I will write you up some advice
about using them.
NOTE: it will not work on all pay phones at 28.8k... at musgrave on cape
york we were down to 2400b to get a connection.
Webcafes are good but if you are in a remote area they are either not there
or expensive. it depends on the ammont of time you are going to use it.
the telecoupler gets my tick of approval. :)
/dec
Gerald Catling writes:
On Saturday 16 August 2003 22:28, you wrote:
Gerald Catling wrote:
Hi To any Grey Nomads out there,
If there are any such ones, I would like to know how to keep in touch via
e-mail when you are on the move or in the back of nowhere in particular.
We are about to start out in a Winibago, and are not sure about e-mail
matters And a lot more non linux computer matters to boot
Unless you are really rich, which I guess you are since you can afford a
Winibago {:-), then you will probably want a free webmail address like
hotmail, (yahoo, etc), which you just access from internet cafes along
the way.
If one of the kids/family has one of those 10 email addresses per
account offers, some of these also offer web mail. e.g. my Swiftel adsl
account offers 5 email addresses with webmail access. This might be
better than a hotmail account.
Now, it you are rich, satellite phone connection back to a dial up ISP
is obviously the only way to go. {:-), but that would cost as much as
the winibago again.
To both, Terry and Declan
Thanks for the reply,
No we are not rich, selling house buying a Wini and do a lot of travelling.
When we are thinking of settling down again we shall be looking at settling
down once more somewhere in Qld between Noosa and some 3-4 hrs north.
We are totally new to this method of living and look forward to the change in
lifestyle.
It is just that it would be nice to keep in touch with freinds whilst roving.
The satellite phone is out since it cost such a lot for
connection+internet+download+phone+bits to enable connection to laptop.
The connection+internet+download woul constitute the buying a 2nd. Wini.
The phone companies know how to charge-that for sure.
Where in the US did you see the accustic coupler? or did you do a Google
search?
Anyway please keep the info comming along, we will be getting the Wini mid
Oct. and starting out on Dec 1st this year. We have some time left to
discuss the best methods of keeping in touch--so please do
Gerald Shirley
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[SLUG] Transparent data sniffer
I need to configure a Linux box as a transparent data sniffer between an Internet connection router and the subnet hub/switch to which it is connected (see ASCII art below) Before: } +-+ } ++ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ | |--- } +-+ A B After: } +-+ } ++ +-+ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| sniffer |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ +|+ | |--- } | +-+ A C|D B E The requirement is that interface A must continue to think that is is still talking to the same addresses at B and the interfaces at B must continue to think they are talking to the address at A. IOW, interface D must mimic interface A and interface C must mimic interfaces B. Connection to the sniffer will be at interface E. This to enable a transparent man-in-the-middle data sniff. It's OK, it is for a legitimate purpose :) Does anyone have any pointers to this config. I believe it was discussed on SLUG a few years back, but I can't think where to start looking. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://www.lannetlinux.com -- Flatter government, not fatter government - Get rid of the Australian states. -- I before E except after C. We live in a weird society! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: [MURLUG]Transparent data sniffer
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Howard Lowndes wrote: I need to configure a Linux box as a transparent data sniffer between an Internet connection router and the subnet hub/switch to which it is connected (see ASCII art below) Before: } +-+ } ++ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ | |--- } +-+ A B After: } +-+ } ++ +-+ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| sniffer |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ +|+ | |--- } | +-+ A C|D B E The requirement is that interface A must continue to think that is is still talking to the same addresses at B and the interfaces at B must continue to think they are talking to the address at A. IOW, interface D must mimic interface A and interface C must mimic interfaces B. Connection to the sniffer will be at interface E. This to enable a transparent man-in-the-middle data sniff. It's OK, it is for a legitimate purpose :) Does anyone have any pointers to this config. I believe it was discussed on SLUG a few years back, but I can't think where to start looking. Seriously, why not make a cable with the TX pair disconnected and plug a single interface into the existing link and sniff it directly, or, if it is a HUB, simply plug into the hub? I understand your problem if you have a switch there, but the first suggestion covers that. RossW -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: Transparent data sniffer
what about a little 4 port hub and you can either cut the TX pair or dont assign an IP to the interface as below: } +-+ } ++ | |--- I'net }--| router |---|hub|-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ | | |--- } +---+ +-+ A |sniffer| B +---+ or you could plug it in to devivce 'b' if it is a hub. it is is a switch, you can still put the sniffer in device B, just set it as the defalt route for the subnet and forward from it to the router. This can be done ligit or via arp poisoning (people think switches protect them from sniffing... not so!) this is what I would recomend. } +-+ } ++ | |--|sniffer| I'net }--| router |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ | |--- } +-+ A B After: if you set it up as below you will have to setup forwarding etc.. = unecessary pain. /dec Howard Lowndes writes: I need to configure a Linux box as a transparent data sniffer between an Internet connection router and the subnet hub/switch to which it is connected (see ASCII art below) Before: } +-+ } ++ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ | |--- } +-+ A B After: } +-+ } ++ +-+ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| sniffer |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ +|+ | |--- } | +-+ A C|D B E The requirement is that interface A must continue to think that is is still talking to the same addresses at B and the interfaces at B must continue to think they are talking to the address at A. IOW, interface D must mimic interface A and interface C must mimic interfaces B. Connection to the sniffer will be at interface E. This to enable a transparent man-in-the-middle data sniff. It's OK, it is for a legitimate purpose :) Does anyone have any pointers to this config. I believe it was discussed on SLUG a few years back, but I can't think where to start looking. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://www.lannetlinux.com -- Flatter government, not fatter government - Get rid of the Australian states. -- I before E except after C. We live in a weird society! -- 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] Transparent data sniffer
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 18:14, Howard Lowndes wrote: I need to configure a Linux box as a transparent data sniffer between an Internet connection router and the subnet hub/switch to which it is connected (see ASCII art below) Install bridge utils. then configure a bridge on two ethernet interfaces on that box. Don't give the ethernet box an ip on the bridge or those ethernet interfaces. For management, you could have a third interface with an ip on it. CHeers, Rob -- GPG key available at: http://members.aardvark.net.au/lifeless/keys.txt. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Transparent data sniffer
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Howard Lowndes wrote: I need to configure a Linux box as a transparent data sniffer between an Internet connection router and the subnet hub/switch to which it is connected (see ASCII art below) Before: } +-+ } ++ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ | |--- } +-+ A B After: } +-+ } ++ +-+ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| sniffer |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ +|+ | |--- } | +-+ A C|D B E Use bridging on interfaces C D - don't give them IP addresses, just let them act as transparent devices - put an isolated IP address on interface E for management/data dumps. Take your sniffs from the raw device files on interface C D rather than the IP addresses. There are bridging utilities for Linux which should do it. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: [MURLUG]Transparent data sniffer
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Ross Wheeler wrote: On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Howard Lowndes wrote: I need to configure a Linux box as a transparent data sniffer between an Internet connection router and the subnet hub/switch to which it is connected (see ASCII art below) Before: } +-+ } ++ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ | |--- } +-+ A B After: } +-+ } ++ +-+ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| sniffer |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ +|+ | |--- } | +-+ A C|D B E The requirement is that interface A must continue to think that is is still talking to the same addresses at B and the interfaces at B must continue to think they are talking to the address at A. IOW, interface D must mimic interface A and interface C must mimic interfaces B. Connection to the sniffer will be at interface E. This to enable a transparent man-in-the-middle data sniff. It's OK, it is for a legitimate purpose :) Does anyone have any pointers to this config. I believe it was discussed on SLUG a few years back, but I can't think where to start looking. Seriously, why not make a cable with the TX pair disconnected and plug a single interface into the existing link and sniff it directly, or, if it is a HUB, simply plug into the hub? I understand your problem if you have a switch there, but the first suggestion covers that. But then it will have to have an IP address from the subnet, which will mean that it is not transparent. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://www.lannetlinux.com -- Flatter government, not fatter government - Get rid of the Australian states. -- I before E except after C. We live in a weird society! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Mathematical ammo in the OS war
http://plus.maths.org/issue25/news/programs/index.html Open wide... The open source community may now have more than ideology on their side, with researchers showing mathematically that their release early, release often software development model is the quickest way to bug-free code. ... In a paper http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306511 currently being refereed, Damien Challet and Yann Le Du from the University of Oxford characterised open source software as that developed in the bazaar style, and closed source as that created with the cathedral approach. They developed a mathematical model of how bugs, or errors in the software, are detected and resolved for the two types of software development. - Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Pty Limited -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: [MURLUG]Transparent data sniffer
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Howard Lowndes wrote: The requirement is that interface A must continue to think that is is still talking to the same addresses at B and the interfaces at B must continue to think they are talking to the address at A. IOW, interface D must mimic interface A and interface C must mimic interfaces B. Connection to the sniffer will be at interface E. This to enable a transparent man-in-the-middle data sniff. It's OK, it is for a legitimate purpose :) Seriously, why not make a cable with the TX pair disconnected and plug a single interface into the existing link and sniff it directly, or, if it is a HUB, simply plug into the hub? I understand your problem if you have a switch there, but the first suggestion covers that. But then it will have to have an IP address from the subnet, which will mean that it is not transparent. No, not at all. The BPF device can be put in promiscuous (sp?) mode, and will catch any data, regardless. tcpdump is your friend. I know *FOR AN ABSOLUTE FACT* (because I do it all day, every day) that I can put in an interface in Promisc mode and sniff all data, regardless of source and destination addresses (and often BOTH are different to the network address of the card used to sniff), and I can see *everything*. RossW -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Transparent data sniffer
Couldn't you make your sniffer box also act as your firewall (after all it's a Linux router/firewall)? Your after shot is similar to my network design. A is my internal interface for my ADSL Modem, C is my firewall external interface, E is to my DMZ and D points to my LAN. My DMZ contains Internet bound Servers, My LAN contains Beta servers and workstations. My firewall is running IPtables, and snort. I can run tcpdump off any interface. I need to configure a Linux box as a transparent data sniffer between an Internet connection router and the subnet hub/switch to which it is connected (see ASCII art below) Before: } +-+ } ++ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ | |--- } +-+ A B After: } +-+ } ++ +-+ | |--- I'net }--| router |-| sniffer |-| switch/hub |--- subnet } ++ +|+ | |--- } | +-+ A C|D B E The requirement is that interface A must continue to think that is is still talking to the same addresses at B and the interfaces at B must continue to think they are talking to the address at A. IOW, interface D must mimic interface A and interface C must mimic interfaces B. Connection to the sniffer will be at interface E. This to enable a transparent man-in-the-middle data sniff. It's OK, it is for a legitimate purpose :) Does anyone have any pointers to this config. I believe it was discussed on SLUG a few years back, but I can't think where to start looking. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://www.lannetlinux.com -- Flatter government, not fatter government - Get rid of the Australian states. -- I before E except after C. We live in a weird society! -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] up2date Problem !!
Hi: up2date won't work anymore on my Red Hat 7.2 box. I have pasted the error below. How do I fix this ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpms]# /usr/sbin/up2date Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/sbin/up2date, line 18, in ? from up2date_client import clap File /usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/clap.py, line 7, in ? import popt ImportError: No module named popt [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpms]# Cheers. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Terminated RPM database
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 15:07, Richard Neal wrote: James Gregory wrote: So, it's taken a while but I've finally managed to break an rpm database. Properly. Symptoms: Well have you tried deleting all of the rpm's that are conflicting and running rpm --rebuilddb I've run rpm --rebuilddb. I don't know how to find these conflicting rpms though -- what do you mean? Since this morning I've done some more tinkering. It seems to me that it is almost certainly a case of me missing some DSA public keys: [EMAIL PROTECTED] james]$ rpm -qf `which python` error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#1580 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 70771ff3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] james]$ rpm -qf --nosignature `which python` python-base-2.3-2mdk That is, this problem only shows itself when I ask rpm to verify signatures (the default action since 4.1). I figured it was a database problem since I didn't realise that rpm does signature checks on all operations now. The whole dbiterator, skipping header, error thing said database to me. PS dont use rpm --force unless you like to break your rpm database Why is that? My understanding was that --force merely turns off some tests to say whether or not the package is to be installed (stuff like whether the package is already installed). I didn't think it did anything to damage the integrity of the package database. Thanks for your help, James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] up2date Problem !!
quote who=Louis Selvon up2date won't work anymore on my Red Hat 7.2 box. I have pasted the error below. How do I fix this ? ImportError: No module named popt Make sure you have the python-popt (or similar) package installed. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ Money can't buy me grok. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] altering video card for X from command line
** Reply to note from Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15 Aug 2003 17:27:50 +1000 thanks for the tips, video card got reconfigured automagically on power up, and, required no re-config with new hardware Voytek Eymont -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Mathematical ammo in the OS war
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 19:03, Rick Welykochy wrote: http://plus.maths.org/issue25/news/programs/index.html Open wide... The open source community may now have more than ideology on their side, with researchers showing mathematically that their release early, release often software development model is the quickest way to bug-free code. ... In a paper http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306511 currently being refereed, Damien Challet and Yann Le Du from the University of Oxford characterised open source software as that developed in the bazaar style, and closed source as that created with the cathedral approach. They developed a mathematical model of how bugs, or errors in the software, are detected and resolved for the two types of software development. Some thoughts, without disagreeing with the study. a) OpenSource is becoming more prevalent. This means that there are a lot more open source projects competing for the time of programmers. b) In turn there are more programmers working on open source, however the quality must be going down as more of the average programmers join the fray. Kind of destroys the quality programmer theory. The final comment on the article is that it misses the distance from bug introduction to bug notification, this time is very short. For gcc I was able to identify the problem within 2 weeks and it was therefore easy to locate the ultimate source of the problem in all the changes, imagine the proposed 18 month star office update cycle. (Mind you the more important outcome was an 8 line test program that ensures that my particular bug never haunts gcc again, extreme programming anyone.) -- Thanks KenF OpenOffice.org developer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MySQL PHP cannot load MySQL extension
** Reply to note from Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03 Aug 2003 07:46:36 +1000 did you install php using rpms from redhat? you might be missing php-mysql rpm. Kevin, I found my problem, missing 'extensions=mysql.so' in php.ini (as well as php-mysql, it seems php-mysql is not installed as default) thanks for you help Voytek Eymont -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Linux and the future?
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 10:44, Dan Banyard wrote: It would be great to get some comments from anyone out there? RedHat have a product to sell - that doesn't mean you need it. Unless you need some of the *specific* features of RedHat Enterprise, I'd ignore it. That said, if you are looking for 24x7 support, and the like - that costs no matter what OS you have. Cheers, Rob -- GPG key available at: http://members.aardvark.net.au/lifeless/keys.txt. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Linux and the future?
I think those prices for RedHat (read the fine print) are for a certain number of hours of support contract. The basic Red Hat system is about $39.95 with no support whatsoever. With the SuSE boxed set, again you get a certain amount of support from their support centre, and again you can get just the CDs with no support for a low cost. If your company has its own IT support, there is probably no reason to supplement it with pre-paid support. However if you were embarking on a new installation for your company, and you actually needed that support line, then you might weigh up that cost against hiring someone to do the same thing. It's a business decision - in both cases you get the same physical software. You can buy the books separately if you like. I found the information in the boxed set SuSE helpful for a first time, however the on line help with the standard CD distro is pretty easy to follow. I've been reading the Debian READMEs and they seem pretty straightforward, too, for something with no apparent support (yeah, and a cast of thousands...). So I think it depends on your experience. Probably for a business you would want to have a separate new machine setup for the upgrade, get everything working on that, then swap it over with the present live system. In business, it is a bad idea to just rely on one computer and hope an upgrade works. Doesn't matter if it's Linux or Windows or whatever. Business continuity comes first. Regards, Jill. -Original Message- From: Dan Banyard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 18 August 2003 10:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] Linux and the future? Hi, I would like to try and get some opinion on the future of Linux. I have been using SuSE Linux for over 3 years now for my business. I am currently configuring a new server on which I will host my web server, email and other vital components. I am happy with SuSE (I currently use v7.2) and have been looking into the latest version. I am now confused as to what SuSE (and RedHat) are offering as they both seem to have moved to either a desktop version for home use (pricing in at around $120 for the box set) or an Enterprise version for business use (pricing in at around $4500). I have been reading through the marketing type blurb on their websites and from what I can tell if you have a business critical system the only choice is to purchase the Enterprise grade system. So I am faced with the decision of the standard version SuSE or the Enterprise version and the enormous price difference. I have technology/software based company which is not an enterprise level business with massive IT budgets for software - but I do not want have my business system supported on a desktop product. Where does a small business go? Surely this is not the future for Linux as wasn't this the whole point of Linux in the first place? It would be great to get some comments from anyone out there? Regards. Dan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] sendmail request
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 07:37:02PM +1000, Jim Lemon wrote: I, like many others, am stuck with a sendmail problem. I realise that this is probably OT, but can anyone suggest where I could ask what is probably a risibly simple question about sendmail? It's not OT. This list isn't just for discussions about the Linux kernel, it's also for apps which run on Linux. Ask your question here, there are a few of us who know sendmail. 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
[SLUG] New Nigerian SCAM
/. has a nice little article on the Nigerian-SCO scam. it's worth a quick read. -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Linux and the future?
Dan Banyard said: I have been using SuSE Linux for over 3 years now for my business. I am currently configuring a new server on which I will host my web server, email and other vital components. I am happy with SuSE (I currently use v7.2) and have been looking into the latest version. I am now confused as to what SuSE (and RedHat) are offering as they both seem to have moved to either a desktop version for home use (pricing in at around $120 for the box set) or an Enterprise version for business use (pricing in at around $4500). I have been reading through the marketing type blurb on their websites and from what I can tell if you have a business critical system the only choice is to purchase the Enterprise grade system. RedHat enterprise has a longer support cycle than their desktop edition. Two years versus six months if I recall correctly. Certain hardware may only support the enterprise edition. The drivers are released as binary kernel modules compiled against the RedHat enterprise kernels. Third party apps may also support enterpise edition only. These could probably be made to run on RedHat 7.x but you'd be stuffed trying to get support from the company for this. RedHat enterprise also has a proprietery IP load balancing service as well as HA clustering. -- Cult - A sociotype of an auto-toxic meme-complex, composed of membots and/or memeoids. Memetic Lexicon : http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MEMLEX.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Request for help with mousedrake
Hello All, Can I ask for your help in setting up a mouse in Mandrake 9.0? Sounds simple, but... My PS/2 mouse stopped working on my AMD400 (5-6 years old) with Mandrake 9.0 and Windows 95 installed (I have actually used Linux exclusively for over a year now, but have not bothered to remove Win95). The mouse did not work in Win95 either, so I replaced it (the mouse). Still no mouse in either OS. My guess is that the PS/2 mouse port on the motherboard may be damaged, the machine is old and has been moved many times (although I am willing to listen to alternative theories!) So, I dug out an old Microsoft serial mouse. It works in Win95, but sadly not in Mandrake. I ran harddrake2 and mousedrake, and the XF86Config-4 and XF86Config files reflect that (contents below), but still no mouse. Help! Another thing: I have Mandrake 9.1 on a much newer machine at work (6 months old). I took out the PS/2 mouse from it and tried the same serial mouse, and on bootup Mandrake 9.1 detected the new hardware, configured it and it worked. This could be due to the newer machine, or 9.1, or both. I would be very grateful for any assistance or suggestions. Regards, Bill Chivers Relevant contents of XF86Config-4: Section ServerFlags AllowMouseOpenFail EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol Microsoft Option Device /dev/ttyS0 (I tried ttyS1) Option Emulate3Buttons Option Emulate3Timeout 50 EndSection Section ServerLayout InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer EndSection ... and XF86Config: Section ServerFlags AllowMouseOpenFail EndSection Section Pointer Protocol Microsoft Device /dev/ttyS0 (I tried ttyS1) Emulate3Buttons Emulate3Timeout 50 EndSection - William J. Chivers Lecturer in Information Technology School of DCIT Faculty of Science and Information Technology University of Newcastle---Ourimbah Campus PO Box 127, Ourimbah, NSW 2259 Australia phone: +61 2 4349 4473 fax: +61 2 4348 4145 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] New Nigerian SCAM
here is the like on the Nigerian scam http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/03q2/nigerian-sco.html Kevin Hi kev, Where is it? Dinesh. /. has a nice little article on the Nigerian-SCO scam. it's worth a quick read. -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Sony Vaio PCGV505GP and Linux
Hi all, I'm curious if anyone has had any experience with this specific model of the Sony Vaio (http://www.sony.com.au/vaio/products/index.cfm?catid=19479prodid=PCGV5 05GP) and Red Hat (or other distros). I've found a lot of Sony/Linux info on the web but not for this specific model. Things look promising for the whole V505 range, but before a purchase I thought I would check with the experts. August -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Sony Vaio PCGV505GP and Linux
Hi August, I have extensive experience with an earlier model, PCG990FX (I think) In brief: You need to make sure the Linux kernel has ACPI support built in, else you may cook the laptop. In long: The SONY laptops do not have any APM (Advanced Power Management) (legacy stuff) but rather, use the newer and better ACPI stuff. see google for acronym breakdown and groovy details on it. ACPI replaces APM (and does more). Importantly it runs your fans. ACPI is most often (and with my model SONY laptop) software controlled. ie: if you don't have the software running to manage the ACPI messages etc, your fans won't turn on. and you will cook the laptop, When I purchased my Sony Vaio, the kernel (2.4) did not have ACPI support built in, but there is was/is a very good project happening at http://acpi.sf.net such that ACPI support is built into 2.5 and thus the new (yet to come) 2.6. So .. get a distro that has patched the kernel with ACPI support (any of the kernels 2.4.x pretty much onwards have ACPI support or can be patched for it. There are differences with the http://acpi.sf.net patches and the default 2.5 kernel tree ACPI support (minor i think, just ACPI moves quicker then good stuff get's merged in, not too sure really, just noticed it was different, and that acpi.sf.net was putting out patches for kernels with ACPI support already in it. The mailing list linux-sony @ (something) is the BEST place for all these gritty details. Your model may have a US equivalent and thus you can base a lot of the research of that. On another note: Sony didn't support Linux when I bought mine, but such a nice laptop and good price I did not care 1 bit. and it runs real well!. HTH. On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:20:18 +1000, augusts wrote Hi all, I'm curious if anyone has had any experience with this specific model of the Sony Vaio (http://www.sony.com.au/vaio/products/index.cfm?catid=19479prodid=PCGV5 05GP) and Red Hat (or other distros). I've found a lot of Sony/Linux info on the web but not for this specific model. Things look promising for the whole V505 range, but before a purchase I thought I would check with the experts. August -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- ramon buckland www.thebuckland.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Sony Vaio PCGV505GP and Linux
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 01:43:16PM +1000, ramon buckland wrote: The mailing list linux-sony @ (something) is the BEST place for all these gritty details. http://returntonature.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-sony 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
