Re: [SLUG] Re: Forum Software
> On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > > What are ppls recommendationd for forum/BB software to run under linux > > (PHP or Perl) > > > > So far I have looked at phorum and phpBB2, and both of them are screwed. > > Why do it half-arsed? Go with slash :-) > > Actually, I've never looked at any of these packages, including slash. I > have written an extensive one myself, but I don't think the company I work > for would like me giving it away :-) Depends really on whether you want a news/discussion site like slashdot or a plain discussion site. For the former I'd recommend postnuke above slash (see www.postnuke.com) because it's much easier to install and maintain. I'm told slash can handle a greater load, but most people don't get the traffic that slashdot does. For the latter, most people seem to use phorum or phpBB2 :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: netscape on sparc (debian)
> I'm also intending to try the latest version of mozilla - the > one in debian potato seems fairly out of date now, maybe it's > got better since then (hopefully!). The latest Mozilla will always be superior to the latest Netscape. Netscape is just an old Mozilla build with a bunch of AOL stuff added to it. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] newbie trying to secure his box
> The only effective solution I can think of is to have the web server > rewrite URL's that are known to indicate infected machines so they call a > cgi script. The cgi would then need to connect to another process which has > access to modify the ip tables in the kernel to block that IP address. This > would allow the first connection through but block the subsequent ones. Has > anyone tried this? Did you find software to do it or write it yourself? I've seen a script around that connects back to the attacking system and pops up a window on their screen telling them to fix their system. Another option is to write to the offenders ISP, who will often take them offline until they prove their system is clean (when I was working for an ISP we did this). -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] GPL, an argument .
> Hi all, > > After a long discussion with someone about the GPL and the open source > model of business, he raised a point which i cant find any very valid > argument, maybe you guys will be able to gimme your point on this: > > The idea is that developping free sofware leads the author to it's own > professional death: if the opensource movement works to it's extreme > extend, what will happens to the company that sell whatever proprietary > sofware ? It's faith is death or recycling. As most of the opensource > developpers are professionals, this directly leads them to a no job > future. The extended idea he raises is that developping an opensource > software simply cut any value of the work we do. > > My point of view is that the business model of a simple software > engineering company will have to move towards service integration and > consultancy, but this is true that in a way this movement may lead a major > change in the industry. RMS has an article on this somewhere, but the basic idea is that the majority of programmers are not employed creating retail proprietary software (ie for companies like MS), they are employed in things like service intergration/consultancy and supporting in house applications. Open source would lead to more of these programmers, not less, since companies are able to rely on their own programmers to support Linux rather than relying on MSs programmers to support Windows. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MCP Certifications & Employability
> Thanks to everybody that responded regarding Solaris, some interesting > views & information exchanged. I have today found out that I have not > obtained an interview for a trainee technician position in my town Dubbo > NSw. I have been advised that a Microsoft Certified Professional > qualification would be a positive step to improving my employability. > I'm a 41 years male with extensive banking, finance & sales experience > looking to retool into an IT career. I'm into year 2 of a Batch Of IT > (Via CSU), I've obtained credit passes in introductory Java & Database > subjects as well as passing introductory Internet, Communications subjects. Really depends on what sort of work you want to do. If you want to be a coder, the MCP will be useless. If you want to be a Windows admin, it's likely the degree will be useless. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] /proc/kcore
> but if you do it and it corrupts the screen so you can't read anything > anymore then a 'echo ctrl-v ESC c' (no spaces) will do the trick to reset it. I'll have to remember that. I usually more another binary file untul things are back to normal. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Election time...
> The search engine failed to find any links on 'open source', 'linux', > 'import replacement' or 'GNU'. > Is there any information on the Liberals policy toward replacing the > $15Billion IT deficit with open source products? I'm fairly sure that the IT deficit isn't a government deficit but a trade deficit. Not really the government's job to fix IMO, tho Pauline would probably tell you otherwise. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Email client recommendations
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Steven Blunt wrote: > : > :You can set up a local SMTP server which will hold mail until you next > :connect to the net. I'm fairly sure sendmail does this by default. > : > How do I do this? What server do I stipulate in the SMTP field? localhost or 127.0.0.1 or whatever your local machine is called. try telnet localhost 25 to see if it will respond -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Email client recommendations
> > * Display a group in the header as "Undisclosed Recipients" or "Members" > >instead of a list of recipients. (?) > > Not sure what you mean. Any client that has a bcc: field should do this. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Email client recommendations
> * be able to use sendmail rather than SMTP sever - ie prepare and send >offline for a later scheduled connection. >(Mahogany/Stuphead/Aethera/Evolution fail this one) You can set up a local SMTP server which will hold mail until you next connect to the net. I'm fairly sure sendmail does this by default. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Security Issue
> Greetings people, > > Quick question...for some reason, I can no longer run system commands from > a telnet session from my windows box on the RH7.1 box. > > I log in as me, su to root and things like fdisk and ntsysv now say bash: > command not found. > > Have checked perms and all are set to root with the appropriate eXecute access. > (All programs I'm trying to run exist too btw) :) > > Is there a switch that has been flicked somewhere along the line to stop > telnet (remote) consoles running these system-critical programs? echo $PATH and make sure /sbin and /usr/sbin are there? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Bandwith problems or server load
> It was interesting to note that only recently CNN canceled its subscription > to Akamai's services which are designed to help major websites handle the > load of providing full graphical and audio-visual content. Strangely, Google seems to have rolled back their cache to sometime in July/August for many websites (it was previously updating the cache for many sites daily). -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Replacing Windows!
> Hello all, > > I'm trying to replace winblows with Linux, and doing quite well, so > far. My major requirement is handling email. I'm using Slackware 8.0 > and I've got ppp (connecting to my ISP, www.sunink.com) and the email > retrieval bit working well using fetchmail, and the sending seems to > work (which is sendmail, I think but I haven't touched that, I think > fetchmail setup configured something there to make it work). I'm > using mutt as my email client, and I can send myself email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (which eventually turns up back on my linux box as new > mail) and my hotmail account, but I also tried sending an email to > this list and it got unceremonious kicked because whatever it is that > receives the mail at slug.org.au tries to validate the sender (or the > senders domain, I'm not sure) which it sees as [EMAIL PROTECTED], > which is what I called my linux box, and which I guess doesn't really > exist on the net?! > > Not sure where to go from here ... am currently seaching google for > windows to linux howtos, but I thought I'd try here too. > > Any ideas/pointers/suggestions? It's because the list sees the SMTP envelope address and not the address in the header. One workaround is to give your machine the domain sunink.com, not sure if there's a better way. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] KDE 2.0
If you can find the source RPMS you can compile by typing rpm --rebuild package I could only find RedHat 7 SRPMS which were not compatible with the version of rpm on my system (rh6.2). I think a new Mandrake will be out soon which will contain KDE2 so it might be worth waiting for that. On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 11:33:46PM +1100, Rebecca Richards wrote: > Guys, > > Has anyone had any success on installing KDE2 onto a Mandrake system? > > I'm trying to install it onto my Mandrake 7.1 build, and am finding lots > of dependency issues, relating to the fact that the Mandrake packages > are built from a 7.2beta Mandrake build. I'm finding that I would have > to upgrade _lots_ of packages to the beta versions in order to resolve > the dependencies. > > The other idea is to compile from sources, but I'm not sure how easy > this would be. > > Any ideas or suggestions? > > Cheers, > -- > Rebecca Richards, CCSA CCSE, Unix/Security Consultant, e-Secure Pty Ltd > "Secure in a Networked World" Phone: (02) 9438 4984 Fax: (02) 9438 > 4986 > Suite 201, 2-4 Pacific HighwayMobile: 0412 823 206 > St Leonards NSW Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ACN 068 798 194 http://www.e-secure.com.au > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- enterfornone - insert clever comment here http://www.enterfornone.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] running c++
sounds like a path thing. try ./a.out On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 09:54:59PM -0700, computer computer wrote: > > i have just installed redhat7 on my machine. i wrote a small prog in > c++. it compiled good but when i tried to run it using a.out, i got the > message a.out command not known. i tried to search the man pages about > the a.out, i got the message no man page for a.out. i like to tell you > i am very familiar with c++ but i do not know why it did work on rh7. > my prog name is prog.c. a.out is generated after the compilation. do > you know what i do wrong? > thank > -- > computer computer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email > (212) 894-3702 x8264 - voicemail/fax > > > > __ > FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. > Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- enterfornone - insert clever comment here http://www.enterfornone.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] dvd
I'm thinking of getting a dvd-rom. Last time I looked up on the subject Linux dvd players were software only and you needed a hefty box to get decent performance. Have things changed at all? Anyone got suggestions on brands or whatever? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [definitely OT] i7 Dots
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 08:13:16PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Um, humourously enough, I was just told (in a completely unrelated context) > that the winning lotto numbers were a straight, and a whole bunch of people > had the million split. > > Questions: a) Who plays these things anyway? and >b) Who would bet on a straight? > a guy i work with (to answer a) bets on straights to reduce the chance of sharing the prize should a straight appear but no longer :) -- enterfornone - insert clever comment here http://www.enterfornone.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Linux Certification
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 10:09:40PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Stephen Mills wrote: > > > > Ive done the RHCE - yes you must know RPM, I can't go into too much detail > > (or Redhat will give me a boot up the behind) but if you know your Linux > > very well, you shouldnt have much trouble > > > RedHat will do WHAT? Most certifications require you to sign an NDA so you don't go telling people what's in the exam. -- enterfornone - insert clever comment here http://www.enterfornone.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
