Re: [SLUG] Oh Complier ... where out thou?
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 09:37, John Clarke wrote:
[nice summary snipped]
To add a new directory into $PATH:
PATH=$PATH:/new/directory
export PATH
or:
PATH=/new/directory:$PATH
export PATH
depending upon whether you want it to be searched first or last.
I've found it best to drop PATH changes into /etc/profile.d.
For example /etc/profile.d/openoffice.sh
#
# Add OpenOffice Betas to command search path before production
binaries.
if [ -r /etc/local/addpath.sh ]
then
. /etc/local/addpath.sh
[ -d /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/program ] \
PATH=`addpath front /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/program
${PATH}`
export PATH
fi
where addpath is
#!/bin/bash -c 'echo Use source rather than running exit 1'
#
# addpath.sh -- define addpath(), which adds an element to a path.
#
# addpath()
# Add an element to a path, but only if that element is not already in
the path.
# $1 = front or rear, case-sensitive.
# $2 = element.
# $3 = path.
# Returns new path.
#
# Examples:
# PATH=`addpath front /sbin ${PATH}`
# CLASSPATH=`addpath rear jext.jar ${CLASSPATH}`
function addpath() {
# Field seperator for paths is a colon, this should be local
# to this function or it will have side effects upon the caller.
local IFS=:
# Set (value 0) if element $2 is found in path #3, unset (value 1)
otherwise.
local found=1
# Current element being examined.
local p
# Check parameters.
[ -z ${1} ] return 1
[ -z ${2} ] return 1
# Trivial case.
# Path $3 is empty, so element $2 will be sole element in new path.
[ -z ${3} ] echo ${2} return 0
# Check for trailing parameters, these might be present through a
# error in failing to quote a path with spaces.
[ ${#} -ne 3 ] return 1
# Set found if element $2 is in path $3
for p in ${3}
do
if [ ${p} == ${2} ]
then
found=0
fi
done
# Is element already in path?
if [ $found -eq 0 ]
then
# Yes. Path $3 is unaltered.
echo ${3}
else
# No. Add element $2 to front or rear of path $3.
if [ ${1} == front ]
then
echo ${2}:${3}
elif [ ${1} == rear ]
then
echo ${3}:${2}
else
# $1 is not front or rear.
return 1
fi
fi
return 0
}
# EOF
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[SLUG] installing Tcl
hello, i have RH9 install on my PC. it has been running fine for the last several months. i am now attempting to install Expect. in order for that to happen i need to install Tcl. i have found the Tcl/tk rpm files on the install disks which i have attempted to install using the RPM package manager. however, i am having no end of problems. #rpm -ivh tcllib-1.3-88.i386.rpm the above produces the following message (in brief): error: failed dependencies tcl is needed by tcllib-1.3-88 i am no expert in package managers but i am reading this as if the package that i am installing requires itself to be installed, but because it isn't installed it can't install itself - a dog chasing its own tail? is someone able to assist me with this dilemma? many thanks, Luke The information contained in this e-mail message and any accompanying files is or may be confidential.If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, reliance,forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail or any attached files is unauthorised.This e-mail is subject to copyright. No part of it should be reproduced,adapted or communicated without the written consent of the copyright owner.If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail, or telephone and delete all copies.Fairfax does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached files. Internet communications are not secure, therefore Fairfax does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or attached files. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] installing Tcl
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 06:56:48PM +1000, Lucas King wrote: i have RH9 install on my PC. it has been running fine for the last several months. i am now attempting to install Expect. in order for that to happen i need to install Tcl. i have found the Tcl/tk rpm files on the install disks which i have attempted to install using the RPM package manager. however, i am having no end of problems. #rpm -ivh tcllib-1.3-88.i386.rpm That's tcllib, not tcl. tcllib will need tcl, but I don't think that tcl needs tcllib. It certainly doesn't on RH7.3 (I have both expect and tcl installed, but not tcllib). tcl is needed by tcllib-1.3-88 i am no expert in package managers but i am reading this as if the package that i am installing requires itself to be installed, but A simple misreading, that's all. You tried to installed tcllib, which needs tcl (look for tcl-8.3.5-88.i386.rpm on your RH9.0 CDs). 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] Re: Verisign wildcard DNS hijacks .net and .com for advertising purposes
$author = Ian Wienand ; True -- i didn't realise this. For those interested, seems to be a requirement of RFC974. I wonder what prompted the author to give the 'benefit of the doubt' to servers with no MX records? Historical reasons? it's basically a graceful faliure mode in the absence of MX records. marty -- No GUI for you! Use lynx!!!, Come back, One year! /avant -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Verisign wildcard DNS hijacks .net and .com for advertising purposes
$author = Ian Wienand ; although there is a dummy SMTP server at that IP, I'd say that is there because if it wasn't, other than getting an error you'd get timeouts. But futher, there is no MX record so mail should never get that far. if there is a typo in your zone file then the following might happen: query REAL-DOMAIN.COM MX return TYPO-ERROR.COM query TYPO-ERROR.COM A return VERISIGN-IP-ADDRESS this also breaks tests used in antispam configurations (ie. postfix's reject_unknown_sender_domain) marty -- Can't buy what I want because it's free. Can't be what they want because I'm me. Corduroy - Pearl Jam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Verisign wildcard DNS hijacks .net and .com for advertising purposes
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 21:17, Martin wrote: it's basically a graceful faliure mode in the absence of MX records. Somewhat more - it means that if you send mail to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', it will, by default, be delivered to that specific machine. MX records then allow the consolidation of mail services, where appropriate. 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] Re: Verisign wildcard DNS hijacks .net and .com for advertising purposes
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 21:21, Martin wrote: this also breaks tests used in antispam configurations (ie. postfix's reject_unknown_sender_domain) So, any bets on how much the spammers paid verisign to do this? 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
[SLUG] Too early for easy PDA Linux installs?
Hi All, I have an ACER n20w palm computer and given that I'm running Linux on my laptop, I want to be able to run Linux on my palm. I was hoping there was a cut down Redhat distro or something similar. Also, where would I find sync software and the like. Lastly, will Windows CE and Redhat sync if the palm remains on the windows OS and how does one install a cradle under Evolution (the piolt settings didn't seem to work). As this is all for work and work is HEAVILY MS Orientated (read, Microsoft = $$$ therefore we support Microsoft), I need this to beeasy to install, use and demonstrate and fully Microsoft/Palm OS friendly. And no, I don't know anything about Palms, but am learning as fast as I can. Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Too early for easy PDA Linux installs?
quote who=mick I have an ACER n20w palm computer and given that I'm running Linux on my laptop, I want to be able to run Linux on my palm. I was hoping there was a cut down Redhat distro or something similar. Also, where would I find sync software and the like. handhelds.org - you usually end up using a cut down version of Debian with PDAs, but it's not like anyone *really* wants to look at the ugly OS under the sexy PDA environments (GPE, Qtopia, OPIE). ;-) Lastly, will Windows CE and Redhat sync if the palm remains on the windows OS and how does one install a cradle under Evolution (the piolt settings didn't seem to work). Well, fortunately you're not using a Palm, it's a Windows CE PDA. Palm is a brand name, which makes things somewhat confusing. What you've got uses an Intel XScale CPU, which can run Linux's ARM port. Here's a link: http://tuxmobil.org/pda_linux_xscale.html It's highly unlikely that you'll find anything that usefully syncs Windows CE based PDAs with FOSS applications, although things may have changed since last I looked. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ http://www.xach.com/debian-users-are-beatniks.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] CUPS Printing Garbage
Hi All, I'm running CUPS on a RedHat 7.3 box. The printer in question is a HP OfficeJet Pro 1150 Colour (non-postscript printer). I've setup 2 queues. One is a Raw queue (for Windows printing via IPP) and another queue using a PPD file for Linux printing. The Windows printing by IPP works fine, however the Linux printing doesn't. If I type: # echo foo | lpr .. then it prints to the Raw queue and that comes out OK. Of course sending a postscript file to the Raw queue prints out the postscript raw data. If I then type: # echo foo | a2ps -P HPOJ1150C_DRV .. it prints out garbage. Not postscript data but actual garbage for many many pages. I'm using CUPS version 1.1.17-13. Before I installed foomatic, I had a different problem where I would send the driver queue a print job and it wouldn't print and /var/log/cups/error_log reported Exec format error. I've since installed foomatic and at least it prints, but it's nothing but garbage as per the above description. Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Gonzalo -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Athlon not cool in Linux
Hi all Linux runs the athlon 1.2GHz in this box to a steamy 46.5C , while in w'doz with CPUCool is a much cooler 32C. Without CPUCool, w'doz runs at ~same temp as linux: 46.4C. This is with kernel compiled for athlon from 2.4.19-16mdk, and with no load. I thought linux put the processor into automatic halt when there are no processes running. maybe I missed something when configuring to compile the kernel. this is done in w'doz by inserting Hex EB into PCI register 52 how can this be achieved in Linux with athlon processor so my box can be cool now summer is coming up fast? TIA Russell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Free Antivirus @ http://www.grisoft.com/ Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.518 / Virus Database: 316 - Release Date: 11/09/03 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Samba PDC with windows XP
Dear All I have setup samba that suppose to be a PDC Controller I have setup according to the Manual and the http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tutorials/samba which are good tutorials here are all the list of all my smb.conf [global] workgroup = mynetwork netbios name = debianserver server string = %h server (Samba %v) ; load printers = yes ; printcap name = /etc/printcap ; printing = bsd ; guest account = nobody invalid users = root log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 ; syslog only = no syslog = 0 security = user encrypt passwords = true ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m socket options = TCP_NODELAY local master = yes os level = 64 domain master = yes preferred master = yes ; wins support = no ; wins server = w.x.y.z dns proxy = no ; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast ; preserve case = yes ; short preserve case = yes unix password sync = true passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . ; pam password change = no ; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup %f %m %s; rm %s' obey pam restrictions = yes ; winbind uid = 1-2 ; winbind gid = 1-2 ; template shell = /bin/bash domain logons = yes logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U logon drive = H: logon home = \\%L\%U\.profile logon script = netlogon.bat add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 1000 -s /bin/false -M %u [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /home/samba/netlogon guest ok = yes writable = no share modes = no write list = yosep [documentation] comment = Samba server's documentation writable = no public = yes path = /usr/share/doc [storage] comment = Samba server's application writable = yes public = no create mode = 0775 browseable = yes [application] comment = Samba server's application writable = yes public = no create mode = 0775 browseable = yes [profiles] path = /home/samba/profiles writeable = yes browseable = no create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 I have update the xp local security policy and update the registry and the problem is when I tried to changed the workgroup into the domain mynetwork. login box has been displayed and I type the user and the password said the access denied and I check the log for the log.windowsclient the log said windows$ cannot be found now I added the windows$ they said multiple conection has been detected or access denied the user cannot be found my windows computer name is windowsclient is anyone know how to fix the problem ? many thanks in advance __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Verisign wildcard DNS hijacks .net and .com for advertising purposes
here's an interesting take on it from the mimedefang mailing list: (this thing is the talk of the town...) On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 10:20 PM, David F. Skoll wrote: For now, I suggest just waiting and seeing. Once a large number of spammers start sending mail from faked domains, the machine 64.94.110.11 will be rather busy (to put it mildly) handling all the bounces. Verisign have more-or-less set themselves up for a distributed DoS attack with this move. it all sounds very messy, but, i'm wondering... how was it allowed to happen? ..S. On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 09:33 PM, Robert Collins wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 21:21, Martin wrote: this also breaks tests used in antispam configurations (ie. postfix's reject_unknown_sender_domain) So, any bets on how much the spammers paid verisign to do this? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: CUPS Printing Garbage
Replying to my own message... :) There are two possible drivers you can use with CUPS for my printer; cdj850 or cdj550. I kept using the 850 one. I just tried the 550 and it worked fine so all is well. Thanks anyway :) Regards, Gonzalo -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Font problem
* Adam Bogacki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: (Missing character set ISO8859-1) Warning: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-* I'd also like to load ISO8859-1 font to give me Polish accents ... Hey Adam, 1) Get more fonts. My dpkg --get-selections shows xfonts-100dpi install xfonts-75dpi install xfonts-75dpi-transcoded install xfonts-a12k12 install xfonts-artwiz install xfonts-base install xfonts-cjk deinstall xfonts-cmex-big5p install xfonts-cyrillic install xfonts-efont-unicode install xfonts-gimpers deinstall xfonts-greek-ph-75dpiinstall xfonts-greek-ph-scalable install xfonts-intl-arabicinstall xfonts-intl-european install xfonts-intl-phonetic install xfonts-pex install xfonts-scalable install xfonts-terminus install xfs-xtt install 2) the 'ucs' package (not debian) adds many of the extra glyphs needed for European and other languages to the fixed font. Ucs can be obtained from http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs-fonts.html, and if you run one of the included scripts will break down the huge unicode fixed font into separate encodings, which is helpful if you want to read or write in just part of the total set. 3) Add the ucs font directory to your XF86Config-4 as in:- Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ FontPath /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType I've put the ucs directory where the other fonts are in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts, but put the directory at the top of the files section so that its version on the fonts is selected first by the font server. 4) Run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales' and add locales like en_AU-UTF-8 or en_US-UTF8 as well as pl_PL and pl_PL-UTF8. You probably have en_AU or en_US at the moment as your locale. (Check with 'locale'). You may well wish to keep it that way, but when you write in Polish you could start an xterm (or better, uxterm) and type 'LANG=pl_PL' to get a Polish environment just in that terminal. This set-up works OK for me, with one minor glitch. Realplayer doesn't like the helvetica font which ucs provides. So to start up rvplayer, I get rid of the ucs fonts by temporarily blocking them out with 'xset -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs'. Start rvplayer and then restore the ucs directory by reissuing the command with a plus sign '+fp'. I think that's more to do with Realplayer being non-free and RH-centric, rather that with the actual font set-up I have. Czesc, Mykolaj (accents omitted). -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Too early for easy PDA Linux installs?
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 08:31, Jeff Waugh wrote: Lastly, will Windows CE and Redhat sync if the palm remains on the windows OS and how does one install a cradle under Evolution (the piolt settings didn't seem to work). Well, fortunately you're not using a Palm, it's a Windows CE PDA. Palm is a brand name, which makes things somewhat confusing. What you've got uses an Intel XScale CPU, which can run Linux's ARM port. Here's a link: http://tuxmobil.org/pda_linux_xscale.html It's highly unlikely that you'll find anything that usefully syncs Windows CE based PDAs with FOSS applications, although things may have changed since last I looked. Expanding a bit, Palm, Inc. is a company. Palm OS is the operating system their PDA's use. Also Handspring, Sony and some others use the Palm OS on their hardware platforms. I don't know if anyone's put GNU/Linux on a Palm hardware platform, but then, there's not so much need perhaps. Palm OS is fast and lite - designed to get the job done. If you switch from one Palm OS app to another, the first one is saved. This doesn't happen with WinCE. Having a GNU/Linux computer in that small form factor might be useful for other than PDA reasons, I suppose. Palm PDA's sync easily with Evolution/Jpilot/GnomePIM etc. 'cause someone wrote the channels to do it. The latest Palm OS 5 runs on ARM processors, so perhaps the port you mention runs on them now. Cheers, Bret -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Slug, Brit and Madonna rehearsed it! CJCgRdwY4TNvxEOet0yO0tgYj3RIM7qp
Title: Britney Spears went nuts.. totally! So you watched the MTV VMA. Yes they frenched, we all saw it. But have you seen the *real* thing? Madonna and Britney rehearsed their kiss half a dozen times, under very tight security. And yes, they planned to show way more skin than MTV allowed them to do in the actual show. Thank God we have the rehearsal footage! SEE BRITNEY MADONNA'S NUDE KISSING! SEE BRITNEY MADONNA'S NUDE KISSING! Totally free - 1 day free trial - If you cancel within 24 hours you pay $0.00. C'mon, if this isn't fair then I don't know what is! You don't like our footage you pay nothing! No strings attached! 100 % discreete secure! WATCH ALL THE CRAZY FOOTAGE FOR $0.00 - YES IT'S FREE! Offer valid until Nov 15, 2003. Restricted to persons 18 years or older (21 in the US states of TX, SC and MI). rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] dlt[32] rndlt[32]rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] dlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] rndlt[32] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Athlon not cool in Linux
Russell Davie wrote: Linux runs the athlon 1.2GHz in this box to a steamy 46.5C This is hot? My athlon (xp1600+) consistantly runs in the mid to high fifties and creeps into the high sixties and (rarely) low seventies on a hot summers day (on Windows XP also). This is despite having a larger heatsink and fan fitted to the cpu and having extra case fans fitted. I was reassured that these temps are ok, is this the case? cheers, Brad -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Emacs custom languages
Hi all, Anyone know how to write a syntax checker for a new language under emacs? I want to use emacs to write code in a custom language (called Interactive Audio Scripting - IAS). I have designed the language written an interpreter for it, but would like emacs to do some syntax highlighting for me. Have checked the emacs site general google search shows up nothing. Any clues? Thanks Andy -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Athlon not cool in Linux
Russell Davie wrote: Linux runs the athlon 1.2GHz in this box to a steamy 46.5C This is hot? My athlon (xp1600+) consistantly runs in the mid to high fifties and creeps into the high sixties and (rarely) low seventies on a hot summers day (on Windows XP also). This is despite having a larger heatsink and fan fitted to the cpu and having extra case fans fitted. I was reassured that these temps are ok, is this the case? These temperatures are within acceptable operating temperatures. Check here, http://www.heatsink-guide.com/maxtemp.htm You may need to know about measurements corrections here, http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/2623 7.PDF Oscar Plameras http://www.acay.com.au/~oscarp/disclaimer.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Samba PDC with windows XP
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, pesoy misak wrote: login box has been displayed and I type the user and the password said the access denied To add a computer to a domain, you need the permission of a domain admin account - or, on a Linux box, the root user. Add the machine to the domain as root (with the password you set via `smbpasswd root') and then see if you're successful. Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] installing Tcl
many thanks, it worked. regards, Luke John Clarke wrote: On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 06:56:48PM +1000, Lucas King wrote: i have RH9 install on my PC. it has been running fine for the last several months. i am now attempting to install Expect. in order for that to happen i need to install Tcl. i have found the Tcl/tk rpm files on the install disks which i have attempted to install using the RPM package manager. however, i am having no end of problems. #rpm -ivh tcllib-1.3-88.i386.rpm That's tcllib, not tcl. tcllib will need tcl, but I don't think that tcl needs tcllib. It certainly doesn't on RH7.3 (I have both expect and tcl installed, but not tcllib). tcl is needed by tcllib-1.3-88 i am no expert in package managers but i am reading this as if the package that i am installing requires itself to be installed, but A simple misreading, that's all. You tried to installed tcllib, which needs tcl (look for tcl-8.3.5-88.i386.rpm on your RH9.0 CDs). Cheers, John The information contained in this e-mail message and any accompanying files is or may be confidential.If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, reliance,forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail or any attached files is unauthorised.This e-mail is subject to copyright. No part of it should be reproduced,adapted or communicated without the written consent of the copyright owner.If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail, or telephone and delete all copies.Fairfax does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached files. Internet communications are not secure, therefore Fairfax does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or attached files. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH
FYI: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:44:19 -0400 From: CERT Advisory [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH Original release date: September 16, 2003 Last revised: -- Source: CERT/CC A complete revision history can be found at the end of this file. Systems Affected * Systems running versions of OpenSSH prior to 3.7 * Systems that use or derive code from vulnerable versions of OpenSSH Overview There is a remotely exploitable vulnerability in a general buffer management function in versions of OpenSSH prior to 3.7. This may allow a remote attacker to corrupt heap memory which could cause a denial-of-service condition. It may also be possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code. I. Description A vulnerability exists in the buffer management code of OpenSSH. This vulnerability affects versions prior to 3.7. The error occurs when a buffer is allocated for a large packet. When the buffer is cleared, an improperly sized chunk of memory is filled with zeros. This leads to heap corruption, which could cause a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability may also allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability is described in an advisory from OpenSSH http://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv and in FreeBSD-SA-03:12: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:12. openssh.asc Other systems that use or derive code from OpenSSH may be affected. This includes network equipment and embedded systems. We have monitored incident reports that may be related to this vulnerability. Vulnerability Note VU#333628 lists the vendors we contacted about this vulnerability. The vulnerability note is available from http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/333628 This vulnerability has been assigned the following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) number: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0693 II. Impact While the full impact of this vulnerability is unclear, the most likely result is heap corruption, which could lead to a denial of service. If it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code, then they may be able to so with the privileges of the user running the sshd process, typically root. This impact may be limited on systems using the privilege separation (privsep) feature available in OpenSSH. III. Solution Upgrade to OpenSSH version 3.7 This vulnerability is resolved in OpenSSH version 3.7, which is available from the OpenSSH web site at http://www.openssh.com/ Apply a patch from your vendor A patch for this vulnerability is included in the OpenSSH advisory at http://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv This patch may be manually applied to correct this vulnerability in affected versions of OpenSSH. If your vendor has provided a patch or upgrade, you may want to apply it rather than using the patch from OpenSSH. Find information about vendor patches in Appendix A. We will update this document as vendors provide additional information. Use privilege separation to minimize impact System administrators running OpenSSH versions 3.2 or higher may be able to reduce the impact of this vulnerability by enabling the UsePrivilegeSeparationconfiguration option in their sshd configuration file. Typically, this is accomplished by creating a privsep user, setting up a restricted (chroot) environment, and adding the following line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config: UsePrivilegeSeparation yes This workaround does not prevent this vulnerability from being exploited, however due to the privilege separation mechanism, the intruder may be limited to a constrained chroot environment with restricted privileges. This workaround will not prevent this vulnerability from creating a denial-of-service condition. Not all operating system vendors have implemented the privilege separation code, and on some operating systems it may limit the functionality of OpenSSH. System administrators are encouraged to carefully review the implications of using the workaround in their environment and use a more comprehensive solution if one is available. The use of privilege separation to limit the impact of future vulnerabilities is encouraged. Appendix A. - Vendor Information This appendix contains information provided by vendors for this advisory. As vendors report new information to the CERT/CC, we will update this section and note the changes in the
Re: [SLUG] Athlon not cool in Linux
Oscar Plameras wrote: Russell Davie wrote: Linux runs the athlon 1.2GHz in this box to a steamy 46.5C This is hot? My athlon (xp1600+) consistantly runs in the mid to high fifties and creeps into the high sixties and (rarely) low seventies on a hot summers day (on Windows XP also). This is despite having a larger heatsink and fan fitted to the cpu and having extra case fans fitted. I was reassured that these temps are ok, is this the case? These temperatures are within acceptable operating temperatures. Check here, http://www.heatsink-guide.com/maxtemp.htm You may need to know about measurements corrections here, http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/2623 7.PDF Oscar Plameras http://www.acay.com.au/~oscarp/disclaimer.html Thanks Oscar. cheers, Brad -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Athlon not cool in Linux
Brad Kowalczyk wrote: Oscar Plameras wrote: Russell Davie wrote: Linux runs the athlon 1.2GHz in this box to a steamy 46.5C This is hot? My athlon (xp1600+) consistantly runs in the mid to high fifties and creeps into the high sixties and (rarely) low seventies on a hot summers day (on Windows XP also). This is despite having a larger heatsink and fan fitted to the cpu and having extra case fans fitted. I was reassured that these temps are ok, is this the case? These temperatures are within acceptable operating temperatures. Check here, http://www.heatsink-guide.com/maxtemp.htm You may need to know about measurements corrections here, http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/2623 7.PDF Oscar Plameras http://www.acay.com.au/~oscarp/disclaimer.html Thanks Oscar. cheers, Brad you also might want to try http://vcool.occludo.net/VC_Linux.html it worked on my old motherboard. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Athlon not cool in Linux
Andrew Walker wrote: Brad Kowalczyk wrote: Oscar Plameras wrote: Russell Davie wrote: Linux runs the athlon 1.2GHz in this box to a steamy 46.5C This is hot? My athlon (xp1600+) consistantly runs in the mid to high fifties and creeps into the high sixties and (rarely) low seventies on a hot summers day (on Windows XP also). This is despite having a larger heatsink and fan fitted to the cpu and having extra case fans fitted. I was reassured that these temps are ok, is this the case? These temperatures are within acceptable operating temperatures. Check here, http://www.heatsink-guide.com/maxtemp.htm You may need to know about measurements corrections here, http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/2623 7.PDF Oscar Plameras http://www.acay.com.au/~oscarp/disclaimer.html Thanks Oscar. cheers, Brad you also might want to try http://vcool.occludo.net/VC_Linux.html it worked on my old motherboard. also try http://www.nt.phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp/shimizu/download/FVCool103.tar.gz seemed to work on my new motherboard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Athlon not cool in Linux
On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 12:10, Andrew Walker wrote: SNIP 50 Lines of reply also try http://www.nt.phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp/shimizu/download/FVCool103.tar.gz seemed to work on my new motherboard 50 uncut lines to 2 lines of new posting. PLEASE CUT DOWN YOUR QUOTING QUOTA -- Tony Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] two intractable problems
For the benefit of the hair of future generations, moving the cable modem and the power point it plugs into away from the PC in question appears to have fixed the problem. Why it wasn't a problem for the first 18 months of operation remains a mystery to this reporter. Does Debian radiate more than Red Hat? Thanks, Bret On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 00:35, Felix Sheldon wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 13:50, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: The other problem is much weirder. The desktop machine kills the cable modem connection when it's powered up. Even when there's no ethernet cable connecting it to the modem. Didn't used to. It's worked for almost 2 years on that setup, and now it's killing it. Windows or Linux. Pulling the machine into another room and powering it up there seems not to kill the modem, so power is all I can think of, but that's ridiculously inconvenient in his house - the cable goes into the computer room. Has anyone seen such behavior? Could be radio interference from that PC. Are all it's covers on? You could try running an extension power lead from the other room to test the theory. If the 'cable' internet is running coaxial cable, it should be fairly safe from interference, but maybe a connection is loose, or the cable modem itself is not very well shielded. -- Felix Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] realtek 8169 gigabit nic
Has anyone gotten one of these cards to work properly in linux on a via motherboard? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: Font problems
Thanks, ... more or less following your instructions ... Tux:# find -name xlsfonts -print ./home/cyberia/X11R6/bin/xlsfonts ./usr/X11R6/bin/xlsfonts Tux:/usr/X11R6/bin# vi xlsfonts [a lot of '@' characters in blue, presumably denoting binaries and ...] xlsfonts [Incomplete last line} 55lines, 16008 characters grepping it gave me nothing [... nix ... nada ...] Tux:/usr/X11R6/bin# grep -i helvetica xlsfonts [nothing] Tux:/usr/X11R6/bin# grep -i fixed xlsfonts Re. the 'Files' section of my XF86Config-4 see below ... Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled EndSection I am not sure how to determine which modules are being loaded ... ~# chkfontpath -l ~# chkfontpath: command not found Tux:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi# ls ... give me *heaps* of fonts including helvetica and courier Tux:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts# ls 100dpi 75dpi Speedo Type1 encodings fonts.cache-1 misc util ... therefore there are font files in these directories. Finally, my bootlog includes ... Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: ^[]RSetting up general console font... findfont: No such file or directory Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: Cannot open font file `iso15-16'. Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: failed. Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: Setting up per-VC fonts: /dev/tty1, findfont: No such file or directory Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: Cannot open font file `iso15-16'. Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: /dev/tty10, findfont: No such file or directory Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: Cannot open font file `iso15-16'. Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: /dev/tty11, findfont: No such file or directory Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: Cannot open font file `iso15-16'. .. and so on through all /dev/tty* Just install more fonts as one poster suggested is not the answer. I await your advice. Cheers, Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: Font problem
... just to add that apt-get install chfontpath findfont E: Couldn't find package chkfontpath and E: Couldn't find package findfont ... what would be the correct pkg ? Also, Tux:/# find -name ~/.gtkrc -print Tux:/# Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Samba PDC with windows XP
pesoy misak wrote: Dear All I have setup samba that suppose to be a PDC Controller I have setup according to the Manual and the http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tutorials/samba which are good tutorials here are all the list of all my smb.conf [global] workgroup = mynetwork netbios name = debianserver server string = %h server (Samba %v) ; load printers = yes ; printcap name = /etc/printcap ; printing = bsd ; guest account = nobody invalid users = root log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 ; syslog only = no syslog = 0 security = user encrypt passwords = true ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m socket options = TCP_NODELAY local master = yes os level = 64 domain master = yes preferred master = yes ; wins support = no ; wins server = w.x.y.z dns proxy = no ; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast ; preserve case = yes ; short preserve case = yes unix password sync = true passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . ; pam password change = no ; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup %f %m %s; rm %s' obey pam restrictions = yes ; winbind uid = 1-2 ; winbind gid = 1-2 ; template shell = /bin/bash domain logons = yes logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U logon drive = H: logon home = \\%L\%U\.profile logon script = netlogon.bat add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 1000 -s /bin/false -M %u [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /home/samba/netlogon guest ok = yes writable = no share modes = no write list = yosep [documentation] comment = Samba server's documentation writable = no public = yes path = /usr/share/doc [storage] comment = Samba server's application writable = yes public = no create mode = 0775 browseable = yes [application] comment = Samba server's application writable = yes public = no create mode = 0775 browseable = yes [profiles] path = /home/samba/profiles writeable = yes browseable = no create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 I have update the xp local security policy and update the registry and the problem is when I tried to changed the workgroup into the domain mynetwork. login box has been displayed and I type the user and the password said the access denied and I check the log for the log.windowsclient the log said windows$ cannot be found now I added the windows$ they said multiple conection has been detected or access denied the user cannot be found my windows computer name is windowsclient is anyone know how to fix the problem ? many thanks in advance you need to disconnect any mapped network drives before attempting to do so -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies IT Contractor 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] Re: Font problems
On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 13:16, Adam Bogacki wrote: Thanks, ... more or less following your instructions ... Tux:# find -name xlsfonts -print ./home/cyberia/X11R6/bin/xlsfonts ./usr/X11R6/bin/xlsfonts Sorry, I should have been a bit clearer; I meant running the command xlsfonts. :-) On my machine, I can do: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xlsfonts | grep -i fixed -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-jisx0208.1983-0 -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-110-100-100-c-160-jisx0208.1983-0 *page of similar output snipped* fixed [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I am not sure how to determine which modules are being loaded ... The Module section of your XF86Config. Perhaps it would be easiest if you either posted your config to the list, or stick it on a website somewhere and link to it? Finally, my bootlog includes ... Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: ^[]RSetting up general console font... findfont: No such file or directory Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: Cannot open font file `iso15-16'. Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: failed. Thu Sep 18 02:32:08 2003: Setting up per-VC fonts: /dev/tty1, I think that's to do with setting up console fonts, not X. X should be logging startup messages in /var/log/XFree86.0.log -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Monthly Meeting Friday 26 September 2003
Sydney Linux Users' Group Monthly Meeting: September When: Friday, September 26, 6:30pm - 9:00 pm Where: UTS Broadway - http://www.slug.org.au/events/uts.html SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring general talks, special interest talks and SLUGlets. Open to the public and free of charge. The rooms this month are 1.04.06 - the entry level of building 1 at UTS. See the map link above. (Room 2.04.11 for SLUGlets) General Talk Daniel Morrison - Xbox - Bill Gates' Gift To Linux, or, Why Microsoft Want To Lose Money. An overview of the 007 / FreeX / Mechassault hacks, mod chips, the development of the Xbox, practical applications for your Xbox beyond multiplayer Halo, and how to turn your Xbox into a home media centre. The Technical Talk is yet to be confirmed. As usual, SLUGlets will be running in a nearby room during the 2nd half of the meeting for those who do not wish to attend the technical talk. Suggestions and offers for SLUGlets gratefully accepted by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6:30pm: Doors Open 6:45pm: The Usual Suspects QA - Introduction to SLUG + What has Linux done for/to me lately? + SLUG News Discussion 7:15pm: General Talk Daniel Morrison - Xbox - Bill Gates' Gift To Linux, or, Why Microsoft Want To Lose Money 8:00pm: Break Refreshments in the foyer, for a small covering charge. 8:20pm: Split into two groups for: - A Technical Talk - topic yet to be confirmed. - SLUGlets: quick talks and discussion of Linux and Free Software. Dinner Dinner at Spice Boys (Indian), $20 per head. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Declan Ingram wrote: CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH Original release date: September 16, 2003 Last revised: -- Source: CERT/CC A complete revision history can be found at the end of this file. Systems Affected * Systems running versions of OpenSSH prior to 3.7 * Systems that use or derive code from vulnerable versions of OpenSSH Thanks for the note some general questions about security updates: 1: what is the thinking about running apt-get update, upgrade as a cron in order to make sure that I don't miss any security updates? 2: how do I figure out the version number of ssh there doesn't seem to be a -v option of anything equally sensible :( 3: how hard it is to mirror the security changes locally so I can avoid downloading them for each box. Is there a how-to? I have three machines running woody. thanks... David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, David wrote: 2: how do I figure out the version number of ssh there doesn't seem to be a -v option of anything equally sensible :( Telnet to the ssh port just like everyone else out there will be doing. Andrew -- No added Sugar. Not tested on animals. May contain traces of Nuts. If irritation occurs, discontinue use. --- Andrew McNaughton Currently in Boomer Bay, Tasmania [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +61 422 753 792 http://staff.scoop.co.nz/andrew/cv.doc -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 02:30:02PM +1000, David wrote: 2: how do I figure out the version number of ssh there doesn't seem to be a -v option of anything equally sensible :( There is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ssh -V OpenSSH_3.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090602f Not being a debian user I can't answer your other questions, other than to say that I'm not a fan of automatic updates. Regularly downloading updated packages is fine (I do it daily), but do any updates manually. 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] Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2003-24 Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 02:30:02PM +1000, David wrote: 1: what is the thinking about running apt-get update, upgrade as a cron in order to make sure that I don't miss any security updates? just make sure your sources.list only has security lines. main lines are ok as well on stable as nothing is meant to change. but any other third party or unstable/testing sources and you may wake up t to find stuff broken :) 2: how do I figure out the version number of ssh there doesn't seem to be a -v option of anything equally sensible :( you probably want sshd -V 3: how hard it is to mirror the security changes locally so I can avoid downloading them for each box. Is there a how-to? There is apt-proxy - bit strange to setup at first. useful once it works. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Samba PDC with windows XP
tyhpe net use /delete * at the cmd prompt to do that. You might have hidden connections as well dave On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 01:42:26PM +1000, Phil Scarratt wrote: you need to disconnect any mapped network drives before attempting to do so -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] gnome-core uninstallable --bug?
... seems to be a bug in the file-roller install. Ideas anyone ? Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Setting up file-roller (2.4.0.1-1) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/file-roller.postinst: line 6: 858 Segmentation fault s crollkeeper-update -q dpkg: error processing file-roller (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-core: gnome-core depends on file-roller (= 2.0.4); however: Package file-roller is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-core (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
