[SLUG] Increased Cyber Awareness
FYI. http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2001/01-020.htm -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/subba9/ GPG public key ID CCB7344E Key fingerprint = A8DD 4CBA 1E9B D962 A55B 2B55 BAFE 92C5 CCB7 344E -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian
On 0, Michael Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup is gone. No printcap file at all. Have looked for combinatios of printcfg printconfig etc commands in bins, looked on debian doc site, and SLUG archives retured 55 matches but didnt actually show any text (must be doing something wrong there). What do I apropos or man for the clue? I have problem in the printing area as well. One thing I noticed about printing in the Linux community, is that not too much importance is given to it, to make it simple. The reason M$ is liked by normal users is that they can easily print any document on their system. I know I did not answer your question, but this should be a concern for Linux promoters. If they want to gain serious ground on M$ then printing from Linux (distro independent) should be made transparent or obviously simple. My .02 cents -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/subba9/ GPG public key ID 27FC9217 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Linux Geeks Printing
I second Laurie's point. I guess most of the folks who jump on to the Linux bandwagon are only going with the hype in the media. It is not enough to create a server class operating system. Especially, when it come to dealing with documents. Even OS/2 (does it exist) made printing simple. End users (who are not techies) that I have talked to are begining to ask questions about Linux. My only selling point is that it is a server class OS. These are the people who would print tons of documents. Most of the computer users print documents and are not techies. Unless Linux makes it easy to print documents, it will not make much headway onto desktop environment. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/subba9/ GPG public key ID 27FC9217 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: Subba Rao, was Re: [SLUG] Large HD and VMWare's raw partitions
On 0, Mike Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There goes Subba again, posting the same question to SLUG, PLUG, Canberra, and who knows how many other lists. Do you just do this to Australia (he is in the US), or are you spamming lists all over the world? Google shows you in Canada and UK _local_ groups. Even if its only the above three, this shows a total lack of respect for the time of those who try to help. How much effort is totally wasted, because someone on another list has already answered? My apologies to everyone, who are offended by my posting to multiple groups. Since my postings are not related to any sale, I was under the impression that it would be ok to post a question to multiple groups. You can have my word that I will not post to multiple groups at once and I have never cross posted to multiple groups. Although, I live in the US, I do find very intelligent discussions in the Australian groups. I do not like to lurk but participate. Again, you have my word that I will not do multiple posts in your groups. I am particularly fond of the Sydney group for very healthy and active discussions. Thank you for understanding. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Large HD and VMWare's raw partitions
One of my Linux system has a slave disk which is 20GB. (0)root@myhost:/~# fdisk /dev/hdc The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2646. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help) (0)root@myhost:~/ The disk partitions at the begining of the disk are Linux ext2 filesystems. Four partitions at the end of the disk are FAT16/msdos. The DOS partitions have been defined in /etc/fstab but at bootup time, these file systems are not getting mounted. I cannot even mount them manually. When I tried to mount them, mount -t auto /dev/hdc5 /msdos then the filesystem is mounted as a ext2 filesystems. When I try to mount them as msdos filesystems, mount -t msdos /dev/hdc5 /msdos then the following message appears: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc5, or too many mounted file systems The goal is to create a raw partition for VMWare on the /dev/hdc5 partition and install NT over it rely on M$ systems. How can I create raw partitions for VMware on large HDs and mount them? Thank you in advance. Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
Hello
I have installed VMWare on my Linux (host). There are 2 seprate HDs on this
system. I have created raw disks to install the guest OSs. Win98 is installed
as a guest OS on one raw disk (/dev/hda5).
The problem now is with LILO. I have installed LILO on my /dev/hda MBR. Each
time I power on the VMWare, it goes to the LILO prompt. So I modified the
lilo.conf to provide Win98 as an option. At the VMWare LILO prompt I select
Win98 and then Win98 starts fine.
In the current LILO configuration, I have:
boot=/dev/hda
Can anyone recommend a better LILO and/or VMWare configuration? I prefer that
VMWare not to prompt me for the guest OS. I plan to install other Guest OSs on
other HD (/dev/hdb). How will the "boot" directive in lilo.conf, direct to the
other guest OSs on /dev/hdb1 or /dev/hdb2 etc?
Thank you in advance.
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Re: [SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
On 0, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who="Subba Rao" In the current LILO configuration, I have: boot=/dev/hda Can anyone recommend a better LILO and/or VMWare configuration? But of course! :) I prefer that VMWare not to prompt me for the guest OS. I plan to install other Guest OSs on other HD (/dev/hdb). How will the "boot" directive in lilo.conf, direct to the other guest OSs on /dev/hdb1 or /dev/hdb2 etc? Change this to boot=/dev/hda1, so that it's only the partition that knows about Linux. Then, install GAG to your MBR for normal OS switching - it's tiny, graphical, and perky. It's also Free Software. You can find GAG on Freshmeat. Thank you for replying. I want the system to boot up with the default system being Linux. When I start VMWare and select Win98 (/dev/hda5) configuration, I would prefer that it goes straight to the Win98 partition, avoiding the LILO or GAG boot managers. Is that possible? -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Apache/Proxy not caching Linux client
I am using Apache 1.3.14 on Linux. The proxy module has been configured for caching. When I access from Windows boxes, the proxy module seems to be caching the permitted sites. When I revist the sites, the pages are served from the cache. When I try to go to the same sites from the Linux system (which is hosting the Apache server), the server connects to the actually site. In the browser I do have proxy pointing to port 80 on "hostname". I have changed it to fully qualified hostname and that does not stop the server from reloading the page. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? How can I make Apache proxy to serve the Linux clients from the proxy cache? Thanks in advance. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Samba - veto files directive
On 0, Patrick Mougin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, The syntax is as follows, veto files = /.*/ Here's a possible solution: if that is a regex you're trying to specify, i can see the problem. Basically, if you type just .* for the regex, it'll match _every_ file it comes into contact with. An alternative to try out would be this: veto files = /^\..*/ That should match a dot at the beginning of the line and then anything else for the rest. Thanks for replying. I did the following, hide dot files = yes veto files = /.?*/ and it works. This hides the dot files and allows me to write to the Samba server. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Samba - veto files directive
Hi, I have used the "veto files" flags for my users home directory shares. The syntax is as follows, veto files = /.*/ This is to hide all the dot files in the samba client. I stoped and restarted samba and sure enough the dot files do not get listed. One problem that has showed up is, when I try to save a file from the samba client (windows system) to the samba server, I get the "Error Copying File" message box, "Cannot copy xyz:A file with the name you specified already exists. Specify a different filename" This happens to any file that I am trying to move to the samba server. I have already tried "hide dot files" directive and that does not hide the files. Is there any other directive that should be used along with "veto files" directive? Thanks in advance. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Qmail directory ownerships
I have been using David Sill's qmail startup script until now. I started tweaking this script, since I have upgrade my distro. Now, I have all my qmail system setup the way it was. According to David's startup script, we would be using the "supervise" to run the tcpserver. These are the following directories that were created to support this script. /var/supervise/qmail/send /var/supervise/qmail/smtpd /var/log/qmail/send /var/log/qmail/smtpd What should be the owner.group settings for this directory be? The current settings are the following, drwxr-x--- 3 root qmail4096 Aug 15 13:40 /var/supervise/ drwxr-xr-x 6 qmaill qmail4096 Aug 15 13:41 /var/log/qmail/ When I start David's script, I get the following error messages. * Send Agent Started... multilog: fatal: unable to switch to current directory: access denied * Network Agent Started... multilog: fatal: unable to switch to current directory: access denied Done. Thanks for any help. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] sendmail replacement
On 0, Russell Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ; i want to get rid of sendmail and put in an easier to configure ; equivelant. i also want to transfer the current emails that are read ; through sendmail. ; ; so, can anyone suggest an easy to configure, secure, imap, email server ; other than sendmail? http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html http://www.glasswings.com.au/qmail/top.html http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~dsill/lwq.html Another addition to the above list of URLs. http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/OS/Qmail.html Hope that will get you started smoothly into Qmail. Good Luck. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] procmail searching the body of mail
Hi,
I am trying to look for some keywords in my mail. I have tried the
following receipe and it does not seem to be working.
:0 B
* (procmail|xyz.com)
{
Perform from action.
}
Is this the right way to look for keywords in the email?
At the begining of the receipe, does it matter ":0 B" or ":0B"?
Thanks for any help.
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[SLUG] printcap settings and Windows printer
Hello, I have installed a HP Deskjet printer on a Windows boxen which is networked to the Linux box. Currently my samba settings do allow Linux disk shares to be accessed from Windows. Before further dwelling into samba settings, the howto docs indicate that I have to complete the printcap settings. I have made the following entries in these files: --- /etc/printcap === # # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. # All rights reserved. # # @(#)etc.printcap5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 # # Remote Deskjet Printer connected to Windows lp|deskjet:\ :lp=:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/indra:\ :rm=windows.mydomain.com:\ :rp=deskjet:\ :sh:sf:mx#0:\ :pl#66:pw#80: /etc/hosts.lpd === # # hosts.lpd This file describes the names of the hosts which are # allowed to use the remote printer services of this # host. This file is used by the LPD subsystem. # windows # End of hosts.lpd. --- At this point, when I try to print a file to "deskjet" printer on "windows" I get the following output. $ lpr -Pdeskjet profile $ lpq -Pindra -l connection to windows.mydomain.com is down I can connect to the windows.mydomain.com box. It responds to ping requests. What other settings need to be done to be able to print to this deskjet printer connected to the Windows box? I would appreciate, if you could share your configuration information for a similar setup. Thank you in advance. Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Procmail and default mailbox??
I have upgraded procmail to 3.15 and when I type "procmail -v" I get the following output. Your system mailbox:/var/spool/mail/subb3 In my $HOME/.procmailrc, I do have the following entries, PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/local/bin:. MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir DEFAULT=$MAILDIR LOGFILE=procmail.log LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmail During procmail compilation, I did not see any option that would allow me to set my system mailbox to $HOME/Maildir. Can this be done? -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] automating 'next' in gdb dubugger
It has been a long time since I have used the gdb dubugger. I am steping through a large program and would like to automate the 'next' command from breakpoint A to breakpoint B. How can I automate the 'next' command in this case? TIA. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Finding out the library versions
Hi, I am trying to upgrade some libraries and would like to find out what version is installed on my system. I have tried the "strings" command but am getting more confusing version numbers for each file. The "ldd" and "ldconfig" command did not help that much. How do I find out what version of library is on my system? Thanks for any help. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ = Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. = http://www.smcinnovations.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] fvwm 2.3.20 install and config files
Hello, I just got done compiling and installing FVWM2 2.3.20. The module path is /usr/X11R6/libexec/fvwm/2.3.20/ . In the past (2.2.x and before) the FVWM had a configuration file in $HOME, either (.fvwmrc or .fvwm2rc). The new installation does not seem to be using the file I originally had, i.e. $HOME/.fvwm2rc. 1. Where is the FVWM2 reading the configuration file from? 2. Why does FVWM does not start from XDM but works fine from GDM? The "fvwm2" binary is installed in /usr/X11R6/bin. My distro is Slackware 7.1. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ = Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. = http://www.smcinnovations.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] PPP and ip-up
My PPP connection is working fine. However, when it runs, it executes ip-up script twice. I am not able to figure out why it is running twice. The man pages for pppd did not help. Any pointers on how to fix this minor issue appreciated. Thank you in advance. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ = Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. = http://www.smcinnovations.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Virtual desktops in GNOME
I am pretty new to GNOME. My .xinitrc has gnome-session at the end. What I am looking for is virtual desktops (like I had in FVWM2). I would like that available on the desktop or in the panel(if that's what it is called) on the bottom. Where can I find some sample configurations on how to setup virtual destops in GNOME? Thank you in advance. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ = Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. = http://www.smcinnovations.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] XDM and xinitrc
I use XDM to start my X-Window sessions. My window manager is FVWM2. I have $HOME/.fvwm2rc which is being read when FVWM starts. I have my .xinitrc in $HOME, which is not being read. I have some customizations which are not being executed. When I try to modify the global xinitrc, then after login I get one xclock, the wallpaper and nothing else. What should I do or check to get $HOME/.xinitrc to be executed? Thank you in advance. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ = Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. = http://www.smcinnovations.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] BASH command return value
My PS1 prompt has the following string, PS1='($?)\u@\h:\w =' In this case, when my command fails the BASH variable $? value is displayed in my prompt. What is happening is that a command return value stays there until an new command is issued. A newline for the shell will still return the previous $? value. $? value is never reset until a new command is issued. (0)subb3@myhost:~ = (0)subb3@myhost:~ = lssdfh == This is no command (258)subb3@myhost:~ = (258)subb3@myhost:~ = (258)subb3@myhost:~ = (258)subb3@myhost:~ = ls file listing (0)subb3@myhost:~ = When I change the PS1 sring to, PS1='($?)`whoami`@\h:\w =' The return value for $? is immediately displayed in the next prompt. (0)subb3@myhost:~ = (0)subb3@myhost:~ = lssdfh (258)subb3@myhost:~ = (0)subb3@myhost:~ = (0)subb3@myhost:~ = ls file listing (0)subb3@myhost:~ = ls o ls: o: No such file or directory (1)subb3@myhost:~ = In BASH, why does the "\u" and "whoami" make a big difference for the $? value in PS1 string? The BASH version is 2.04. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ = Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. = http://www.smcinnovations.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
