Re: [SLUG] scanning, 'copyshop' app ?
Voytek, Place youself in the disk group (after all, you can be a member of multiple groups). What are the permissions on the scanner? (`ls -l /dev/sg0`) - So long as the group can read from the device, all should be good (although write permissions may be needed as well) ... permissions should look something like -rwxrwx--- or -rwxrwxr-x the main part is the middle three bits to indicate group permissions. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/09/2003 09:15 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] scanning, 'copyshop' app ? Yes, you will need to chmod the actual device rather than the symlink. Best method, change the group and group permissions of the device, and ensure the user is part of that group. Mike the dev/sg0 (scanner) is owned by root:disk and /dev/ttyS1 (modem) by root:uucp and /dev/ttyS0 (aplm) by voytek:uucp should I just make a group, or which of existing groups should I use ? this machine will have no other shell users but me thanks Voytek -- 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] Postfix + amavisd + virtual hosts
Hi John, Absolutely, check the basic instructions - also check the the Sophos/Postfix web pages - and the page put forward by our own Mike McKana (sorry if I spelt your surname wrong Mike) If there are any further problems - let me know either via the list or directly Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 John Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/09/2003 12:46 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Postfix + amavisd + virtual hosts Hi all, One for the postfix gurus ... I have a mail server, running postfix, handling mail for the primary domain and several virtual domains. I want to setup amavisd (with clamav) to scan mail for only one of those domains. I've found lots of info on how to scan mail for all domains, but I've not been able to come up with a Google incantation to find any information on how to do it for just one (or maybe it's just not out there) :-( Is it possible to configure postfix to pass mail to amavisd for only one of its virtual domains, and if so, how (or where do I look to find out how)? Thanks, 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 - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] slug archive searching seriously broken
Is that for enhanced humans? ;) :) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/09/2003 08:38 PM To:Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] slug archive searching seriously broken On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 10:43:24 +1000 Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any good reason NOT to use htdig? It works fine on my sites... I haven't been happy with it in the past. namazu (which handles different document types, metadata, etc. very nicely, including mhonarc archives) gave awesome results, but doesn't seem to scale very well (known problem). I've been casting around for search engines recently. swish-e (Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced.) lookss pretty good. http://swish-e.org/ Matt -- 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] slug archive searching seriously broken
G'day... This has been happening for quite a while... To resolve the proble, why don't we just have a text-box linked to google that automatically adds the site:lists.slug.org.au in? (You could have the text being something to the order of Google search this mail archive) After all, this has been a longstanding problem. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Voytek Eymont [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/09/2003 07:08 AM Please respond to Voytek Eymont To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] slug archive searching seriously broken ** Reply to note from Michael Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 07 Sep 2003 15:09:34 +1000 Does anyone else use the slug archive searching? I've never had any luck with it. Nope. I gave up on it. Its logic for what it comes up with totally eludes me. I'm serious. Google finds slug posts easier amd more correctly than the slug archive searching does. (and I thought it was me, and, was too embarassed to admit ) ditto X 2 Voytek Eymont -- 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] Redhat 9 install
G'day... That could work, it'll manually tell the kernel how much memory your machine has. You may want to check the actual labelling of the kernel for the setup program though. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Chris Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/09/2003 10:05 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Redhat 9 install I'm no expert, but I thought there was an arguement you could pass to the boot loader to specify the ammount of memory the setup program should use I cant remember how to do it, but basically instead if just hitting enter when the cd-rom boots, i think you type something like linux mem=64 or something like that...check the help screen when the cd-rom boots. This MIGHT fix the problem. I have experienced similar problems to what your describing, but not because of alot of memory, it was because of faulty memory, so you might want to make sure your memory isn't ill. - Original Message - From: Edwin Humphries [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:50 AM Subject: [SLUG] Redhat 9 install After a cumulative 15 man-hours wasted time, we've finally found out there are known problems with installation on systems with useful amounts of RAM. We had a successful install on a 64Mb router/firewall, but when we try to install on a 512Mb system, the install kept coming up with CD read errors - on three separate sets of CDs and three separate systems. I understand that anaconda has memory management issues. So the question is: has anyone come up with a work-around for this? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Mail redirecting -
Alternatively, have .forward file Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Phil Scarratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/09/2003 12:22 PM To:Jared Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Mail redirecting - Check your /etc/aliases fileor it may be somewhere else depeding on distro Jared Pritchard wrote: hey ppl - our server redirects any email sent to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to my boss, but he wants it to come to me from now on, because the only thing that would ever come from root are basically any errors returned by cron etc. and I am the one that needs to know of those :) hehehe I'm sure this is easy, but I can't find a thing on it anywhere... any ideas? Jared Pritchard ' 02 6882 0288 6 02 6881 6318 * 0427 813 400 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The information contained in and accompanying this communication is strictly confidential and intended solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). The copyright in this communication belongs to Macquarie Telecom Pty Limited or one of its related entities. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please delete and destroy all copies and telephone Mactel on +61 6882 0288 immediately. You should not copy, disclose or distribute this communication without the authority of Mactel. Emails may be interfered with, therefore if you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email purportedly sent by Mactel please contact Mactel immediately. -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: Experience with emulators/Open Source Software
Adam, Set aside some time to play and experiment, don't leave stuff like this to be done just-in-time. Learning the various techniques and idiosyncricies takes a little bit. Set aside an evening or two to experiment first. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14/08/2003 10:44 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Experience with emulators/Open Source Software I sent this email through yesterday and when I didn't get any replies I checked the email I sent and it appears to have sent it as HTML even though I have plain text selected in outlook, so most likely you all ignored it...I appologize. Anyways I have sent it thoguh again, this time as text hopefully. Adam. - Hi All, Well after about a week of going back to Windows and trying all the open source software for windows that you kind people told me about, I have come to one conclusion...Windows is shit, and open source software built on shit unfortunately becomes shit by inheritance. My productivity has declined and after rebooting 3 times *today* alone I have decided to go back to linux and try this bochs emulator (wish I new about this earlier as I can't seem to justify $300 for a vmware licence to my management...why dont you just run windows??) I guess before I go ahead and install my 'pretty', I should ask how bochs runs (most likely with win98 as the guest) and have you had any issues with it? I tried getting it working on windows to attempt to run linux as the guest, but I couldn't seem to get it to read the CD at boot time (error code 0003). Am I likely to run into this problem again with installing windows as the guest? I have a feeling that I will get in the shit if I format and reinstall again only to find out that I can't get bochs to work running win98 and I dont then have access to the various windows software I need. Thanks, Adam. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Experience with emulators.
I'm amazed that people keep talking about vmware so much... :) Especially when there is the bochs project for free... in addition to the plex86 project... See http://bochs.sourceforge.net/ and http://plex86.sourceforge.net/ I use bochs to run MS Access for a uni project. WINE is the way to go though, as it runs MS Windows applications very quickly, whilst running a virtual machine (eg bochs, plex86, vmware, etc) is very resource intensive (less so with plex86) and quite slow - probably frustrating when wanting to use an app like CorelDraw. (It can be hard to draw with jerky mouse movements.) Not too mention that you must pay for vmware, in addition to paying for a MS Windows license. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Andar Broment [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/08/2003 05:46 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Experience with emulators. - Original Message - From: Mike MacCana [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Experience with emulators. On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 04:28:39PM +1000, Bill Bennett wrote: So, my question is: would it be possible to run CorelDraw for Windows through an emulator? Someone may have had direct experience with CorelDraw under WINE, so they can give you a direct answer. Otherwise, the answer is going to have to be suck it and see, where you install WINE and CorelDraw on top and try it out and see if it works. That way, the next person who asks on the SLUG list can get an expert opinion (yours). Bill may also find the trial version of Codeweavers Crossover Office (a Wine derivative used for running MS Office and various other Windows apps) worth a try too. www.codeweavers.com Mike I'm amazed noone's mentioned VMWare. Basically, you can actually run windows ITSELF in linux. as well as linux in windows. or OS2 in linux in win95 in Win98 in NT4 in XP, if you so prefer. XD www.vmware.com Muskie -- 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] Experience with emulators.
G'day... You know you can always go to http://www.winehq.org/ and check out the application database CorelDraw 9 is listed as working and can be found at: http://appdb.winehq.com/appview.php?appId=440versionId=1095 Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/08/2003 04:37 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Experience with emulators. On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 04:28:39PM +1000, Bill Bennett wrote: So someone suggested that I use the CorelDraw for Windows using a Windows emulator. I'm not sure that I understand what an emulator does. What I've read about them suggests that they're Windows lookalikes, written for those that have pangs about what they forsook. (Sorry about that description, it wasn't meant to sound the way it does.) That description would more accurately fit window managers like FVWM95, which are written to look and feel like Windows. This lets those people who can't get their head around new interfaces to get the advantages of Linux. What you want is something like WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator - ironic, really) which is basically a compatibility layer for Windows programs to access the resources available under Linux. A windows program says I want to do such-and-such a thing, which it normally says to Windows. Instead, WINE hears the plea and translates whatever the windows program wants to do into what needs to be done under Linux to achieve the same effect. So, my question is: would it be possible to run CorelDraw for Windows through an emulator? Someone may have had direct experience with CorelDraw under WINE, so they can give you a direct answer. Otherwise, the answer is going to have to be suck it and see, where you install WINE and CorelDraw on top and try it out and see if it works. That way, the next person who asks on the SLUG list can get an expert opinion (yours). - Matt -- 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
[SLUG] fetchmail and Maildir format - oops!!!
G'day all... I've installed postfix + dovecot on a mailserver (using Maildir mailbox format). The domain MX record is in the process of being updated, and there is still mail for the organisation on another providers mailserver. I set up fetchmail (using pop3 protocol) to download the mail, but did not configure anything to allow delivery to the appropriate Maildir directory. (FWIW, the user has login shell set to /sbin/nologin - intention being a mail-only account.) After setting up fetchmail I then ran it (from root) in daemon mode, polling every five minutes. It had started to download mail when I realised my mistake and issued a `fetchmail -q` to kill the daemon process. A high number of messages were downloaded, and I'm not sure where they've been stored. /var/spool/mail/username seems to be an empty file. Any clues on how to recover the downloaded mail? (If possible?) Also, any clues on how this /should/ be done? Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] (?Courier?) IMAP + Postfix
Hey Stu, dovecot also does support maildir - it looks pretty good, think I'll give it a shot... Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Stuart Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/08/2003 12:14 PM To: cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] (?Courier?) IMAP + Postfix When I investigated this the other imap servers (ie other than courier) did not do Maildir. If this is not an issue then you're fine with wu-imap. Stu Kevin Saenz wrote: how about wu-imap? it comes with Redhat G'day all... I'm wanting to create an IMAP server that will play nicely with postfix, and am currently considering Courier. It's for a small organisation and network, on a RH9 server that does not have development tools installed (no gcc, etc). (FWIW, 900MHz Celeron hardware - not too grunty, especially with Gnome2 running on top of it.) I guess, I'm looking for a lightweight, robust, binary-distributed imap server. Courier looks great, only there isn't any RPMs available for it. I've downloaded the compressed archive for it, and gone to rpmbuild it, however I get these errors: # rpmbuild -ta courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721.tar.bz2 error: Failed build dependencies: openssl-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 gdbm-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 pam-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 fam-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 postgresql-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 openldap-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 mysql-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 openldap-servers is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 Argh! I don't want ldap, mysql, postgresql, fam, gdb, openSSL anyway! I'm worried if I install all those packages just to satisfy dependencies I'll actually have to install a far greater number of packages than the amount listed above. (I'm wanting to keep things compact here.) Any suggestion? I was hoping to go down the Courier+Maildrop+Postfix path, but I'm happy to have alternatives. TIA... Mike mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] (?Courier?) IMAP + Postfix
G'day... You might want to check ouu dovecot, which replaces (wu)imap in the next Red Hat Linux release. The .src.rpm would probably rebuild find on RHL 9. ... or I can just download the RH9 binary RPMS... :) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Image viewer with full-screen slideshow capability
I guess the thing I'm really after is something that is equivalent of the shareware app (for MS Win) Acdsee. All the suggestions so far have been great - but haven't been able to beat the functionality I see in acdsee. I'll keep hunting... :) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Laurie Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject:Re: [SLUG] Image viewer with full-screen slideshow capability 25/07/2003 03:14 PM gqview is standard with Redhat and Mandrake distros, has some graphic file management utilties and is a GUI app if that is useful. On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Andrew McNaughton wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2003, Michael Kraus wrote: Subject : Re: [SLUG] Image viewer with full-screen slideshow capability Anyone know if there is an app around that will do the above? xv -wait 20 -maxpect file1 file2 file3 ... I'm sure there's plenty of solutions around, but xv is a bit of an old standard item. Andrew -- No added Sugar. Not tested on animals. May contain traces of Nuts. If irritation occurs, discontinue use. --- Andrew McNaughton In Sydney Working on a Product Recommender System [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +61 422 753 792 http://staff.scoop.co.nz/andrew/cv.doc -- Laurie Savage Physics/Maths/IT Teacher Pascoe Vale Girls' College Pascoe Vale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA -- 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] I killed gdm I think
Kevin, Is there an X display on vc 7? Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/07/2003 05:59 PM To:Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] I killed gdm I think If you've killed every instance of gdm, then follow the instructions in the log message... rm /tmp/.X0-lock Did that an still no gdm -- 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] free: osborne 486/66, several 486 mobos
You may wish to contact the guys from ComputerBank who also frequent this list and UG. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended DVD player (RH9)
Any particular reason for the Ogle preference? :) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Tony Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/07/2003 10:02 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Recommended DVD player (RH9) On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 09:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day all... Any recommendations regarding DVD playing under RH9? Ogle works really well for me. Also xine, though I prefer ogle. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Recommended DVD player (RH9)
G'day all... Any recommendations regarding DVD playing under RH9? Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended DVD player (RH9)
Got to ask... but none of these come with the standard RH9 install do they? (Haven't seen anything in the docos to say as much) Thanks heaps! Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/07/2003 11:44 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Recommended DVD player (RH9) quote who=[EMAIL PROTECTED] G'day all... Any recommendations regarding DVD playing under RH9? All of xine, mplayer and totem work well, but I like totem best - it uses the xine library to play media, but has a nicer interface. ogle works, but isn't as optimised, and only does DVD, whereas the others will do many media formats. J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you been half-asleep? Have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name... -Kermit the Frog (Rainbow Connection) -- 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] I killed gdm I think
Kevin, If you don't have gdm running, delete the file /tmp/.X0-lock (If that file isn't there to delete - can't help sorry - sounds like something may have gone awry in your upgrade - try reinstalling and/or upgrading gdm.) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/07/2003 02:51 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] I killed gdm I think Hi all, I don't know what happened I think I have downloaded the lasted Xfree86 for debian, now gdm will not work. Basically it's telling me that there is already one instance of gdm running on :0 enter yes if I want another port open. when I have a look at the gdm logs all I have is this. Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again if I kill all instances of gdm, I have no problem starting xdm can anyone help? Thanks -- 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] apt-get died on Monday....help!
G'day... james I now have apt/dpkg working again! YAY!! Try doing THAT with a screwed RPM james database etc! :P meta tag=flamesuit content=on I love both debian and RH - sorry, still have to bite... `rpm --rebuild-db` All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] I killed gdm I think
Assuming, of course, there isn't already an X session on display :0 for some reason or another :) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/07/2003 03:31 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] I killed gdm I think quote who=Kevin Saenz Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again if I kill all instances of gdm, I have no problem starting xdm can anyone help? If you've killed every instance of gdm, then follow the instructions in the log message... rm /tmp/.X0-lock Cheers, Jan. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ENOSIG -- 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
[SLUG] Good place to get RH9 in CBD or North Sydney
G'day... Can anyone recommend a good place to get RedHat 9 from in the CBD or North Sydney? TIA! Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Good place to get RH9 in CBD or North Sydney
NB. Doesn't need to be the Official Version (eg You Know Who or Linux 9 are fine) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22/07/2003 10:17 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Good place to get RH9 in CBD or North Sydney G'day... Can anyone recommend a good place to get RedHat 9 from in the CBD or North Sydney? TIA! Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- 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] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad?
G'day GripZ... err Grant and all... Actually it's the MYOB locking methodology rather than the MS Windows behaviour ... Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Grant Parnell - EverythingLinux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/07/2003 01:26 PM To:Stuart Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad? Just out of curiousity, are you using the vnet setup or the other one? I think for this situation the Win4Lin would probably benefit from having it's own IP address. At least it's something to try to benchmark. A quirky alternative might be to smbmount the relevant directory on the server itself but I'm thinking this won't help since it's the Window's locking behaviour you're trying to trigger but you never know till you try. On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Stuart Guthrie wrote: Just wondering if anyone else has a major performance issue with running Win4Lin Server edition (within that MYOB Premier Accounts). I'm accessing a samba network drive from within the copy of win4lin so that the MYOB data can be shared across a company. This works OK for Win98 clients accessing the data, speed is OK. From Win4Lin, it sucks. Performance is about 1/5 the speed or worse. Accessing MYOB data directly from Win4Lin to file on same Linux Box is as fast as I could expect. Unfortunately, this will not allow the MYOB data file to be shared with the other users. Only accessing via MS Networking will allow this and that slows it down big time. I've also emailed support @ Netraverse but so far (ie 3 days ago) no response. As an alternative, has anyone tried crossover office with MYOB in Network 'file share' mode? Stu -- ---GRiP--- Grant Parnell - senior consultant EverythingLinux services - the consultant's backup tech support. Web: http://www.everythinglinux.com.au/services We're also busybits.com.au and linuxhelp.com.au. Phone 02 8752 6622 to book service or discuss your needs. -- 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
[SLUG] Video cards
Anyone have any advice regarding the Creative 3D blaster series of graphic cards? Any ones that are particularly good or any that are unsupported under Linux? What video card would most people recommend these days for use under Linux? (Ok... so I guess that depends on purpose right...) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Samba Query
Craig, Apologies for the delay - crazy day yesterday and had pressing work matters. Ok... What group and group permissions are set on the filesystem for the /home/shares/shared directory? You may also want to set the directoryz mask and create mask options to set the group permissions to rwx as well... Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Craig Mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/07/2003 12:24 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:Sydney Linux User Group [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Samba Query Mike, I didn't have a force group set, however I do now and the issue is still happening --- snippet of /etc/samba/smb.conf [shared] path = /home/shares/shared comment = General Documents user = @employee,@accounts,@admin write list = @employee,@accounts,@admin force group = employee -- end snippet Looks right according to my google and man page research. Thoughts? | Yes, but do you have the force-group option set in your smb.conf ? :) | All the best... | Mike I'd wager the file is being created with permissions for user A to rw and user B to ro. Assumed this might be the case.not 100% sure on how to go about rectifying the situation tho. Any tips/pointers? Check the UNIX permissions on the files and the groups which User [AB] belong to. Happening to members of the same group. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] A GhostView question.
`echo $DISPLAY` Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Bill Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/2003 04:03 PM Please respond to wbennett To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] A GhostView question. In answer to Peter's question: I'm doing this from a terminal interface. Unsure of how to determine $DISPLAY When I type in xterm I am told: xterm Xt error: Can't open display: Bill Bennett. =+- =+- Are you doing this within X ? What's the value of $DISPLAY ? =+- Can you do =+- xterm =+- and what does it say when you try? =+- =+- -- =+- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au =+- You are lost in a maze of BitKeeper repositories, all slightly different. =+- =+- -- =+- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [Debian-au] Re: [SLUG] Debian SIG Location..
So long as they always remains in the prescence of a responsible adult... Check the signage of the area if unsure... Warmest regards Mike - Bartending Certificate, RSA and RCG. (Just in case I decide that IT isn't lucrative for me anymore...) ;) --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 moise lim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/07/2003 12:40 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [Debian-au] Re: [SLUG] Debian SIG Location.. On Tuesday 08 July 2003 02:46 am, Anand Kumria wrote: If anyone is interested in doing a (educational) pub crawl around Sydney to find a suitable location, let me know. seeing as i have been d/l'g the 4 debian ISOs over the last coupla nites (yes .. i have a slow connection) i think i still have enuff in me to put my hand up again for a bit more pain and suffering for this worthy cause ... 'slong as the time is ok .. advance notice will be appreciated... personally .. i have no probs with the WBH .. it was fairly easy to get to as i have a car.. plus i m not a regular attendee.. yet for those who work .. and have important gear to lug around and protect .. i m not too sure how any other venue would be different .. i mean .. things will still have to be kept locked in the boot of the car (undesirable but lots safer than leaving them in open view) .. and/or things will have to be carried around and brought into the meeting place (wherever that maybe) of cos i m not sure how much stuff folks carry around with them when they go to work... my own case feels like it is 20 kgs sometimes (when i do carry it around ...mmm must weigh it one day .. will get a chance next week ) .. underaged parties who r interested in debian can usually get into specified areas of most licensed premises if they are under supervision ... and a meeting spot like that at the WBH would most probably fall into that category ... i think .. any legal opinions on that from anyone?? or is one necessary??? :)) my 2c worth :) m -- 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] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad?
Thanks for the acknowlegement Stu, MYOB can be a tad tricky because of that... I find the create-mask, directory-mask and force-group options of the MYOB setting to be useful. (Unsure that group permissions are set correctly.) Once you know it though, it's a breeze... Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Stuart Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/07/2003 07:24 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad? Thanks Mike In summary. Mike's point fixed this problem and now the multi-user access to MYOB is faster under Win4Lin than from a Win98 PC. This I like. The problem was back to good old permissions. It's still a bit unclear why Samba which assigns file permissions as the user logged on was different to the user logging on directly and assigning file permissions from win4lin. I've redefined the umask so that it will not happen again. Stu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stuart, If you're accessing the data file locally, check that the permissions for the files and directories are the same as if from samba. MYOB achieves filesharing of data files via lockfiles, if one user logs into MYOB (creates a lockfile), and the other user can't read or modify that lockfile they will not be able to use the same MYOB data file under MYOB. I hope this is clear, and from the looks of things, its probably what's happening. (Ie. you access locally and it locks other users out as they don't have the priveleges to read/modify the lockfile.) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 *Stuart Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED]* Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/07/2003 04:35 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad? Just wondering if anyone else has a major performance issue with running Win4Lin Server edition (within that MYOB Premier Accounts). I'm accessing a samba network drive from within the copy of win4lin so that the MYOB data can be shared across a company. This works OK for Win98 clients accessing the data, speed is OK. From Win4Lin, it sucks. Performance is about 1/5 the speed or worse. Accessing MYOB data directly from Win4Lin to file on same Linux Box is as fast as I could expect. Unfortunately, this will not allow the MYOB data file to be shared with the other users. Only accessing via MS Networking will allow this and that slows it down big time. I've also emailed support @ Netraverse but so far (ie 3 days ago) no response. As an alternative, has anyone tried crossover office with MYOB in Network 'file share' mode? Stu -- 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] Converting courier-imap Maildir to Cyrus Maildir structure
Erm... (Forgive my ignorance if I'm wrong...) Don't Courier, Cyrus and Maildrop all use the same format - ie the Maildir format. (Courier made Maildrop which can be used with Cyrus, right?) Have you copied the dirs, and taken a shot at seeing if they just work? Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/07/2003 02:39 PM To:Gonzalo Servat [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Converting courier-imap Maildir to Cyrus Maildirstructure I dont know about the Maildirs but I think you will find that it is actually the client that knows whether the mail has been read or not. I remember formatting my PC and reinstalling before and when I checked my mail they were all unread. Adam. On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 14:28, Gonzalo Servat wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know of a way to convert Courier-IMAP Maildirs (including folders) to Cyrus Maildir? Cyrus uses numbers for each message (ie 1. 2. 3.) so renaming them is trivial, but does Cyrus then simply scan the folder for all emails when a user logs in or do you have to run some command to re-write the Cyrus index files for that folder? I guess converting folders and the rest wouldn't be too hard either using Perl. I'm trying to switch to Cyrus without causing any disruption (eg, I don't want emails to appear as 'new' next time the user logs in) Thanks in advance. Regards, Gonzalo -- 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] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad?
Stuart, If you're accessing the data file locally, check that the permissions for the files and directories are the same as if from samba. MYOB achieves filesharing of data files via lockfiles, if one user logs into MYOB (creates a lockfile), and the other user can't read or modify that lockfile they will not be able to use the same MYOB data file under MYOB. I hope this is clear, and from the looks of things, its probably what's happening. (Ie. you access locally and it locks other users out as they don't have the priveleges to read/modify the lockfile.) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Stuart Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/07/2003 04:35 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad? Just wondering if anyone else has a major performance issue with running Win4Lin Server edition (within that MYOB Premier Accounts). I'm accessing a samba network drive from within the copy of win4lin so that the MYOB data can be shared across a company. This works OK for Win98 clients accessing the data, speed is OK. From Win4Lin, it sucks. Performance is about 1/5 the speed or worse. Accessing MYOB data directly from Win4Lin to file on same Linux Box is as fast as I could expect. Unfortunately, this will not allow the MYOB data file to be shared with the other users. Only accessing via MS Networking will allow this and that slows it down big time. I've also emailed support @ Netraverse but so far (ie 3 days ago) no response. As an alternative, has anyone tried crossover office with MYOB in Network 'file share' mode? Stu -- 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] Newbie here.. a few basic dumb questions.
G'day... Re: 3. Is your current directory set in your path? If not you'll need to supply a path to the executable Ie. Instead of executing `a.out` you will need to execute `./a.out` or `/path/to/a.out` gcc will produce files with the execute bit set. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 L . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/07/2003 09:14 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Newbie here.. a few basic dumb questions. Hi, I appreciate the help. I am running Redhat 6.0. Gnome Enlightenment. 1) I know that I must run pump to get my machine to look for a DHCP server to get it's IP address. I also know that I must put this pump /sbin/ifup to make it run automatically, but I am not sure exactly where to place it to ensure that it is run for all occasions. 2) I have a Compaq Qvision 172 monitor and a SiS2326 video chipset. However, the screen still looks somewhat bulky and not as hi-res as I would have expected. Is there any way to find out exactly what I can do? 3) I tried just a basic Hello world C prog to test out gcc and g++ however, when I try to run the a.out, it won't recognise it as an executable. Do I need to link this file in some way? I've tried using chmod to force it to be executable but to no avail. Thanks in advance. L. http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. -- 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] I Need Help Please.
Ken Another question is the gateway would this need to be configured as is Ken same as machine IP - 192.168.0.1 - even in the example of what can go in Ken the gateway IP block via help block? Err... no if the machine is the gateway itself leave it blank or put in the address of the gateway/router as supplied by your ISP. (If they haven't leave it blank.) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian SIG Location..
G'day... Mary's experience isn't unsuprising. Woolloomooloo has a high number of vagrants living in and around the area. The closest train station is Kings Cross. To get from the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel to the train station, you are forced to walk through this area and the walk is about fifteen minutes uphill often where it isn't well lit and there aren't many other people around. Going to another train station or next point of public transport you also need to walk for a similar period of time, often through parts where you don't really see many other people. (Read propensity for danger late at night.) I'm pretty damn confident walking the streets of Sydney at any time - but I wouldn't really recommend this area to be doing that in. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Mary Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/07/2003 01:01 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Debian SIG Location.. On Mon, Jul 07, 2003, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Matt Hope I'm interested if anyone has any comments about the current venue (good or bad), and any possible alternative suggestions. WBH is great, and fulfills all the criteria, IMHO: I've heard these critiques elsewhere: - not overly safe at night - under 18s can't attend I've walked to WBH exactly once at night, and it's not an experience I'm that keen to repeat (not that anything terrible happened). I don't attend DebSIG and I'm not all that likely to become a regular, so take these for what they're worth :) -Mary -- 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] linux gateway
G'day Shaun, Here's a good way that removes almost any required thought on behalf of the user - if they're smart enough to log in they can use this method. * Create a user called internet with an appropriate password. * Write a script that turns ppp on or off controlled by a menu (as well as a quit or log out function). * Place the script in an appropriate place eg. /usr/bin/internet.sh * Make sure it's owned by root and has the permissions rwxr-xr-x * In /home/internet create a .xsession file which has the line (and only the line): /usr/bin/gnome-terminal Now, all they have to do is log into the box via whatever method (xdm/gdm, console, ssh, telnet, etc) and they'll be able to control the internet connection easily. **NB: Make sure the machine is firewalled so that someone externally can't log in as this user. An example script of what I've set up for a similar scenario - only for administration - follows: ===BEGIN=== # # File: admin.sh # Author: Michael Kraus - 0414 712 705 # Date: 5th March, 2002 # Usage: Use as script, or as shell replacement # Purpose: Backup and admin purposes # CHOICE= while [ $CHOICE != 3 ] do echo echo 1. Backup data echo 2. Change users password echo 3. Quit / Logout echo echo -n Enter choice: read CHOICE if [ $CHOICE = 1 ] then mt rewind tar cvpf /dev/st0 --label=Backup on `date +%d%B%Y` /home/share mt rewoffl elif [ $CHOICE = 2 ] then echo echo Current users: echo -- cat /etc/samba/smbpasswd | cut -f1 -d: | grep -v # echo echo -n Enter username: read USERNAME echo -n Admin su -c /usr/bin/smbpasswd $USERNAME root fi done ===END=== Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Shaun Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/07/2003 02:46 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] linux gateway hi, I want to run linux as a gateway computer between my lan and the internet. I am well aware of the tools needed to acomplish this task as I have been using linux for the last 2 years or so. my dilemmer is this. I am the only one who knows and understands linux in my household, and my partner prefers to use windows. I am searching for a way to enable her to be able to point and click and start or stop pppd and get the usual connection statistics she has become acustom to. currently, I run debian3.0 kernel 2.4.20 and speakup-1.5. I must point out at this point in time that I am a blind user of GNU/Linux and prefer to use it as my os of choice due to the nature of the free software movement. any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance. -- Shaun Oliver Becareful of the toes u step on today, they maybe connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow! EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 76958435 YAHOO: blindman01_2000 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: captain nemo 200 IRC: irc.awesomechat.net: IRCNICK: blindman CHANNELS: #awesomeradio #mircpopup-magic #linux #help #ourworld #audiofile #mauisun -- 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] Winmodem
Enrique, The thing you need to do is check out what chipset the modem uses. Once you've figured that out - check out the website http://www.linmodems.org/ so you can check compatibility and special instructions. (These tend to vary a lot between chipset implementations.) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Enrique Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/07/2003 03:34 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Winmodem Hi everybody... I have just installed red hat 9 in my IBM T30 laptop and it works wonderful. The only piece of hardware that does not work is the integrated modem. Have anyone a guide on how to make my modem work? any previous experience? Thank you in advance Enrique Vila.--- 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] Samba Query
Yes, but do you have the force-group option set in your smb.conf ? :) All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Craig Mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/07/2003 04:49 PM To:Tony Green [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sydney Linux User Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Samba Query I'd wager the file is being created with permissions for user A to rw and user B to ro. Assumed this might be the case.not 100% sure on how to go about rectifying the situation tho. Any tips/pointers? Check the UNIX permissions on the files and the groups which User [AB] belong to. Happening to members of the same group. -- 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] Debian Potato - Debian Woody - breaks netatalk?
Thanks Mark, I'll log in and try it out when I get home. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Debian User [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/07/2003 10:01 AM To:Michael Kraus [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Debian Potato - Debian Woody - breaks netatalk? Michael Kraus wrote: G'day all... I had netatalk working perfectly (filesharing, printing, etc) under Debian Potato for a client's network, however after upgrading to Woody it's broken and I don't know how to fix it... (The Apple Mac client simply can't find the printer or the file server in the chooser any more.) Any clues / suggestions / etc? Thanks Mike I had the same problems after upgrading and fixed it by downgrading to v1.6.2-1 (the last version that works for me). Most clients on my network run os 7.55 and 8.1 with specialist software, so I thought that might be causing my problems. -- Mark Pearson BSc (Computing) Technical Support, Dept Nuclear Medicine Concord Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia Phone:+61-2-97676339 or +61-297677450; FAX:+61-2-97677451 -- 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
[SLUG] Re: [chat] Port 6346
You may (or may not) want to try rejecting the packets rather than dropping them. On the downside, it lets them know your machine is there. (Dropping them illicits no response as if your machine wasn't even connected even though routers point to it.) On the upside, it lets them know your machine is there and isn't accepting the packets, so hopefully/maybe they'll stop annoying you.. My personal preference is to reject packets rather than drop and I wonder what others thoughts and stance on this is... Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 30/06/2003 11:15 AM To:Andrew Bennetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:Slug Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [chat] Port 6346 On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 10:34, Andrew Bennetts wrote: On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:24:44AM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: I have had over 100 hits on port 6346 this morning. According to http://www.portsdb.org/ this port is associated with gnutella. Is this part of the music industry raid on private users? My guess is that your internet connection is on a dynamic IP that was recently used by someone running gnutella. Thanks to all - I'm sure this is the right explanation. My poor firewall has gone from around 20 dropped packets a day to over 130 this morning. -- -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug-chat -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MYOB performance over Samba share
Hi Steve, Is it only the MYOB that is suffering? I've successfully shared MYOB .prm files before - you do need to ensure that all the MYOB users belong to one accounting group, the directory has group permissions set correctly (the accounting group) and that the Samba share has the force-group option set. If other Samba shares work fine, then that may be your only problem - else it could be a MYOB setup issue. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Steve Sulman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/06/2003 12:53 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] MYOB performance over Samba share Hello Good People, In trying to track down why MYOB Premier performs so badly when the PRM files are shared using Samba on Linux (2.2.8-1 on RH8), I came across several references on your mailing list archives, but no real solutions. Has anyone managed to get the performance up to par with sharing on an MS box? If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them to stop the accounts people nagging me! Many thanks, Steve Sulman.-- 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] Network Problem
G'day Ok... more of a security than linux issue... The way you described leaves your web server overly exposed - better to place it in a DMZ. Internet -- ADSL router/modem -- Firewall -- Internal Network | | | Web Server Note that your web server and internal network exist on two different network segments, with the firewall controlling access. An even more secure setup would be as follows: Internet -- ADSL router/modem -- Firewall -- Web Server -- Firewall -- Internal Network Where your two firewalls are of different vendors. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 moise lim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/06/2003 03:01 PM To:Sydney LUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Network Problem On Wednesday 25 June 2003 11:07 am, El 4Love wrote: i was only involved in programming on machines setup by administrators all this while and now only I managed to setup my own network at home. I am certainly not aware of many of the security related issues. I would appreciate if someone could let me know how bad the security is in my network, and suggestions to rectify it. well... i m no expert on network security and i can only go by what i have come across in my readings ... my understanding is that a more secure setup is probably Internet / / --- ADSL --- / / - Web svr - / / - Firewall - / / -- My Network -- as i do not have a publicly accessed web svr myself .. i am simply guessing at the above topology ... and i m happy to be corrected by those more familiar with such matters :) i have seen previously from one of the other postings where a firewall was installed between the ADSL and Web Svr as well -- 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] Network Problem
G'day... Don't forget that a DMZ does not require two firewalls - just two different segments running off one firewall. A two firewall setup is used when being ultra-paranoid. Two different firewalls are to be used, which means if one is exploited using cracker-technique-x it means that it is unlikely that cracker-technique-x will also be able to exploit the second firewall. As I said - its when the resources can be afforded and when you're being ultra-paranoid - which such a bad thing at the best of times. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Phil Scarratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/06/2003 09:02 PM To:Mz [EMAIL PROTECTED], SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Network Problem In some circumstances agreed. There are lots of arguments for a DMZ however. Do a quick google for DMZ (or de-militarized zone) and you will come up with a stack of hits on DMZ's and their use. I think the basic theory is that the public side firewall is more open than the internal side firewall - hence a hacker needs to get past 2 firewalls before being able to do something. Mz wrote: 2 Firewalls? thats insane! it means the first firewall is not configured properly, martin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil Scarratt Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2003 3:24 PM To: moise lim Cc: Sydney LUG Subject: Re: [SLUG] Network Problem Yes, a DMZ is setup in such a way: Internet | Firewall | Servers for public use eg Web, mail etc | Firewall | Internal lan Of course, depending on your purposes and resources this may be over the top. Fil moise lim wrote: On Wednesday 25 June 2003 11:07 am, El 4Love wrote: i was only involved in programming on machines setup by administrators all this while and now only I managed to setup my own network at home. I am certainly not aware of many of the security related issues. I would appreciate if someone could let me know how bad the security is in my network, and suggestions to rectify it. well... i m no expert on network security and i can only go by what i have come across in my readings ... my understanding is that a more secure setup is probably Internet / / --- ADSL --- / / - Web svr - / / - Firewall - / / -- My Network -- as i do not have a publicly accessed web svr myself .. i am simply guessing at the above topology ... and i m happy to be corrected by those more familiar with such matters :) i have seen previously from one of the other postings where a firewall was installed between the ADSL and Web Svr as well -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies IT Contractor/Consultant 0403 53 12 71 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies IT Contractor/Consultant 0403 53 12 71 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Tcpdump - multiple filters to multiple files?
G'day... Have you considered doing a: # tcpdump -i interface | grep 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4.log # tcpdump -i interface | grep 2.3.4.5 2.3.4.5.log Of course, you may wish to refine the grep regexp if you are getting other stray lines in your log files. Never underestimate the power of the simple axioms that already exist. :) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Umar Goldeli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/06/2003 08:01 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Tcpdump - multiple filters to multiple files? Howdy, How are we all? :) Here's an interesting question that I'm looking for a solution to - quite simply, is there a way to run tcpdump to capture different ip addresses and output them to different files without running multiple copies of tcpdump? Specifically - something along these lines: * A single tcpdump process captures packets with source or dest IP: 1.2.3.4 and outputs the results to 1.2.3.4.log whilst at the same time doing the same for 2.3.4.5 and 2.3.4.5.log respectively. Ideally - this scales to the 100 mark or so.. and FAST. I'm pretty sure this can't be done with tcpdump/libpcap - but is there another utility? If none exists - how hard would it be to code such a beast? Also - could it be coded portably so it could compile/run on Solaris etc? Looking forward to hearing your replies... Thanks in advance. :) Cheers, Umar. -- 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] Tcpdump - multiple filters to multiple files?
I guess if you knew perl or bash scripting, you could have the perl/bash script read through the output a line at a time evaluating it with a regular _expression_ and have the appropriate output directed to the appropriate file. This would be the most portable way. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/06/2003 10:12 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Tcpdump - multiple filters to multiple files? G'day... Have you considered doing a: # tcpdump -i interface | grep 1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4.log # tcpdump -i interface | grep 2.3.4.5 2.3.4.5.log Of course, you may wish to refine the grep regexp if you are getting other stray lines in your log files. Never underestimate the power of the simple axioms that already exist. :) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Umar Goldeli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/06/2003 08:01 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Tcpdump - multiple filters to multiple files? Howdy, How are we all? :) Here's an interesting question that I'm looking for a solution to - quite simply, is there a way to run tcpdump to capture different ip addresses and output them to different files without running multiple copies of tcpdump? Specifically - something along these lines: * A single tcpdump process captures packets with source or dest IP: 1.2.3.4 and outputs the results to 1.2.3.4.log whilst at the same time doing the same for 2.3.4.5 and 2.3.4.5.log respectively. Ideally - this scales to the 100 mark or so.. and FAST. I'm pretty sure this can't be done with tcpdump/libpcap - but is there another utility? If none exists - how hard would it be to code such a beast? Also - could it be coded portably so it could compile/run on Solaris etc? Looking forward to hearing your replies... Thanks in advance. :) Cheers, Umar. -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian upgrade question.
G'day all... Is it possible to non-destructively upgrade a Debian potato install to a Debian woody install non-destructively? (Ie. Not loose data?) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] exchange migration pointers?
G'day... Postfix can do what you're after regarding mail directing. Check out the documentation at http://www.postfix.org/ What you are after is transport maps, which is controlled via the file /etc/postfix/transport - make sure you read the directions in the file, and that the main.cf has the transport_maps parameter pointing at it. You'll have a configuration where mail travels something like the following (apologies to ascii art lovers): +-+ Internet | Postfix MTA | +-+ | | +-+ +-+ | | +---+ +--+ | Sydney Office | | Melbourne Office | +---+ +--+ Although you could omit the intermediate MTA and have one office pass mail onto the other if it's not destined for it. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20/06/2003 10:22 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] exchange migration pointers? My work is going through a painful multi-site MS Exchange migration at the moment, and me being the Linux person, I said 'why don't you use Linux - less $$ on hardware, more reliable, easier to manage, etc'. But then I realised I wouldn't know how to do the stuff on Linux that can be done on Exchange... ;-) I'm quite comfortable setting up a Linux (postfix) mail server for a single site, with spam and virus scanning, IMAP access, iptables firewalling, etc, but how would I do the following? * setup my mail servers so that mail for users at different sites (Sydney, Melbourne say) gets routed to the correct sites? I could use different domains ([EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]), but that's messy.. * have a multi-site email address book? I imagine something with LDAP; what client app would I use? * have multi-site calendaring? I know I can do things with Ximian Evolution for individual users, but multi-user multi site... This isn't a 'help me now' email ;-) - I'm just interested in any pointers people have, things I could investigate further, ... -- Sonia Today's Tip from Debian NewbieDoc Looking to use your Debian machine as a FIREWALL? No problem! Try apt-get install ipmasq... After you've got your /etc/network/interfaces file set up properly, ipmasq will save you lots of work, setting up firewall and routing tables automatically. -- 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] SAMBA and trust relationships
G'day Err... Isn't it the role of the PDC to hold all those passwords anyway? (Ie. if it doesn't its not... ?) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/06/2003 04:01 PM To:Dave Airlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Douglas Stalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] SAMBA and trust relationships On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 01:49:10PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: think you need samba 3.0 .. which is beta release recently.. not sure on stable... Dave. On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Douglas Stalker wrote: I have a Linux system setup as a Primary Domain Controller. (Samba 2.2.something) Is it possible to setup a one way trust relationship with an existing windows domain, so Samba trusts users who have authenticated on Windows domain? I've spent some time with google, but haven't managed to find out if Samba supports trust relationships, or how to set one up. I think Dave is right. Of course if your linux machine was NOT a PDC then you could just do security = domain and password server = windows-pdc and get the required effect. -- 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] Popular Distros in Australia.
G'day... I don't agree with you regarding ACS. Student membership is available and plenty of SLUGgers would qualify. It is a professional body, so a level of professional qualifications is required. I've previously been a student member, and am planning on becoming a full member shortly. I fail to see why the ACS may be considered a bit of a joke in some circles. (My opinion is that maybe its a case of sour grapes as in the Aesop fable - ie. the people don't qualify to be ACS members so therefore ACS sucks. I'm happy to be wrong on that one though.) ACS provides a quality service to its members and the community at large. Additionally, it produces both a magazine and a technical journal. It is by no means behind the times, nor is it biased to any particular operating system. I am curious about the reasoning behind the thought that is contrary to my own views. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15/06/2003 09:51 AM To:Enrique Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Popular Distros in Australia. On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Enrique Vila wrote: I´m preparing my migration to Australia (not yet there) but I´m gathering some information about the linux world in down under. Is there any specially popular distribution in Australia? or is it like in th US? Dunno how it is in the US, but here Debian, RedHat, and Mandrake are all pretty popular. The odd copy of SuSE pops up, and others like Gentoo and whatnot are seen, but the big 3 dominate. Do you guys are all members of ACS? or any other organization? I'm StudIEEE, StudIEAust, StudAPESMA, but not because of my interest in Linux. To become an ACS member, you have to hold appropriate technical qualifications - which I'll wager half of the people on SLUG don't have (not necessarily a bad thing...). In the circles I frequent, the ACS is seen as a bit of a joke - an MS shill, and not overly interested in true state of the art. I think IEEE's Computer Society isn't bad, but it isn't local. -- --- #include disclaimer.h Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 -- 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] Video projector, X, and a powerbook
G'day This is a hardware issue, not really a X/Linux issue... (I think) I believe the answer is simple and straightforward (as per other notebooks): * Take the video cable and connect it between the projector and the monitor port on the back of the powerbook. You may need to press a keyboard sequence to switch between displays. (Ie. the internal LCD or the external monitor/projector.) However, if you plug in the external monitor/projector before starting up, it should quite happily display on both. Suck it and see Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Denis Crowdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/06/2003 09:48 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Video projector, X, and a powerbook Can anyone point me in the right direction to get a powerbook working with a video projector? I've looked for dual head and X mirror on google, but only seem to find questions... One of the SLUGAMuSIG people will be demoing the use of dd, python and portaudio for music composition tomorrow and it'd be great to get a display going. X forwarding is the fallback I guess. Cheers, Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- 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] Video projector, X, and a powerbook
HINT: I'd say the keyboard sequence is attached to the hardware/firmware and will be same as under Mac OS X :) (So see the manual that came with the machine.) Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Denis Crowdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/06/2003 10:44 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Video projector, X, and a powerbook On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:23:57AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day This is a hardware issue, not really a X/Linux issue... (I think) I believe the answer is simple and straightforward (as per other notebooks): * Take the video cable and connect it between the projector and the monitor port on the back of the powerbook. Ah, done... You may need to press a keyboard sequence to switch between displays. (Ie. the internal LCD or the external monitor/projector.) However, if you plug in the external monitor/projector before starting up, it should quite happily display on both. Will search for info on a kbd sequence. Second option was my original attempt. Nothing on the projector until I crank X. Garbled screen with the input stating 640x480 (from the projector menu). Unable so far to change the projector's notion of the screen resolution I use in X. Thanks - will keep fiddling, Denis -- 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] debugging ODBC / samba
G'day Stewart and all... Check out the force-group option for the share in smb.conf and check that group has read/write/execute permissions set on the directory/directories at the filesystem level. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/2003 06:46 PM To:Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] debugging ODBC / samba It's highly likely it's a locking issue.. Rob - Original Message - From: Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 4:22 PM Subject: [SLUG] debugging ODBC / samba Hello. Wondering how other sluggers might go about debugging this little problem. I have set up a samba server (smbd Version 2.999+3.0.alpha24-3 for Debian) to serve an MYOB data file to three clients on a network. the actual MYOB part seems to work ok (once we gave the server enough RAM - 32M RAM it seems is not enough these days :-) But there is a second program that uses ODBC to query the data file and it runs like a proverbial something.. unusably slow. The data file is set up as a System DSN in the ODBC control panel in win2k. I've run tethereal on the connection to the server and see a lot of SMB AndX Read requests from the client and not a lot of replies going back. I think i need to work on tuning samba with this but am unsure where to start. As i say the performance of the non-ODBC SMB connections seems acceptable now.. but until i can get the ODBC driver working I'm unable to complete the move and finish the project. Any hints most welcome. :) cheers, ..S. -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] debugging ODBC / samba
Erm... I I haven't seen any warnings about that anywhere... There is nothing in the Samba release notes about it I've had myob files being shared via samba without a hitch... (Even over a VPN.) Any further references about this? Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/06/2003 10:47 AM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] debugging ODBC / samba Micheal I remember seeing something on this list before about samba and myob being a bad thing. ie corrupted data files etc I'm sure there were some tips there. Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/06/2003 10:36:28: G'day Stewart and all... Check out the force-group option for the share in smb.conf and check that group has read/write/execute permissions set on the directory/directories at the filesystem level. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/06/2003 06:46 PM To:Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] debugging ODBC / samba It's highly likely it's a locking issue.. Rob - Original Message - From: Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 4:22 PM Subject: [SLUG] debugging ODBC / samba Hello. Wondering how other sluggers might go about debugging this little problem. I have set up a samba server (smbd Version 2.999+3.0.alpha24-3 for Debian) to serve an MYOB data file to three clients on a network. the actual MYOB part seems to work ok (once we gave the server enough RAM - 32M RAM it seems is not enough these days :-) But there is a second program that uses ODBC to query the data file and it runs like a proverbial something.. unusably slow. The data file is set up as a System DSN in the ODBC control panel in win2k. I've run tethereal on the connection to the server and see a lot of SMB AndX Read requests from the client and not a lot of replies going back. I think i need to work on tuning samba with this but am unsure where to start. As i say the performance of the non-ODBC SMB connections seems acceptable now.. but until i can get the ODBC driver working I'm unable to complete the move and finish the project. Any hints most welcome. :) cheers, ..S. -- 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 -- 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] ADSL Swiftel
G'day... Swiftel use RedHat servers and have a large userbase of technical (Linux) users... Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Alexander Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/06/2003 09:16 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] ADSL Swiftel Hi I have been looking for an ADSL provider that is also sort of Linux friendly. Has anyone had any experience with swiftel Alex -- 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
[SLUG] SMB: Connecting to share from a windows machine using root.
G'day all... I'm wanting to connect other users home directory to my machine so that it may be backed up to CD. Obviously if I do so as my regular user name, it won't work due to permissions. Is it possible to do so as root? If so, how / any special considerations? Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] don't try this at /home
G'day Stewart and all... mkfs does a high level format. You loose all data on the partition. If you're mucking about with partition format types - expect to loose data. Warmest regards Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Network Administrator Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/05/2003 11:06 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] don't try this at /home sometimes my impatience gets the better of me. I wanted to convert the /home partition to ext3, so i unmounted it and ran mkfs.ext3. fine. tried to mount it again only to discover i didn't have ext3 support in the kernel. oops. well i have other more pressing priorities at the moment so i did a bit of googling and found http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/ext2toext3.htm which has a brief par. about how to convert back. umount /dev/hda10 tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hda10 e2fsck /dev/hda10 in /etc/fstab change /dev/hda10 to type ext2 (skipped coz i didn't get to change it to ext3 in the 1st place) mount /dev/hda10 so I did that. remounted /home only to discover it empty. nothing but a lost+found. all gone. lucky it's only a development machine at the moment - no users and there wasn't anything important in my ~. so. i guess the lesson here is, think first, mkfs later. also don't entirely trust google or the credible looking help pages it finds for you. :-/ feel free to suggest what might have gone wrong. i'd like to know for next time. :) cheers, ..S. (oh btw this is the famous debian ppc so i was actually working with a /dev/sda but that wouldn't make any difference, would it?) -- 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] Kernel building under Debian...
G'day again... /usr/share/doc/kernel-patch-freeswan says to: make-kpkg --config=menuconfig --revision=revision number kernel_image What does revision number refer to? Thanks... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/04/2003 06:35 AM To:Intelligent Dynamic [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Kernel building under Debian... On Thu 03 Apr, Intelligent Dynamic bloviated thus: I'm about to compile and make a new kernel the traditional way, however I can remember someone saying an easier way to do it under Debian? Install kernel-package and read the docs in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/ Basically: cd /usr/src/linux make-kpkg kernel_image dumps a nice .deb in /usr/src -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net Send email with subject send key pub for public key. It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. - Power and the Passion, Midnight Oil -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug attsnvsc.dat Description: Binary data -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Kernel building under Debian...
Also... (As I'm wantingto apply the freeswan ipsec patch) If I've unpacked the kernel source, and I go to the kernel source directory (/usr/src/kernel-source-2.x.x) and run /usr/src/kernel-patches/all/apply/freeswan Can I then just do: cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.x.x make-kpkg kernel_image ? TIA Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/04/2003 09:04 AM To:Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Kernel building under Debian... G'day again... /usr/share/doc/kernel-patch-freeswan says to: make-kpkg --config=menuconfig --revision=revision number kernel_image What does revision number refer to? Thanks... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/04/2003 06:35 AM To:Intelligent Dynamic [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Kernel building under Debian... On Thu 03 Apr, Intelligent Dynamic bloviated thus: I'm about to compile and make a new kernel the traditional way, however I can remember someone saying an easier way to do it under Debian? Install kernel-package and read the docs in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/ Basically: cd /usr/src/linux make-kpkg kernel_image dumps a nice .deb in /usr/src -- Rev Simon Rumble [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rumble.net Send email with subject send key pub for public key. It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. - Power and the Passion, Midnight Oil -- 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 attsnvsc.dat Description: Binary data -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] IPSec blues
G'day all... With our recent server crash, I've been trying to reimplement the VPN. Please note that on the other end of the VPN they are using FreeS/WAN IPsec 1.97 and on this side 1.99 I've copied the /etc/ipsec.conf and /etc/ipsec.secrets file from the crashed machine into the replacement box. I start ipsec - /etc/init.d/ipsec start - everything fine. No proper routing comes up though when I do a 'route' and I can't ping the other side. I've been playing with things like 'ipsec auto --ready' and 'ipsec auto --up connection name used in /etc/ipsec.conf' .. to no avail on either end. On the far end I get: 112 woolloomooloo-nth_sydney #46: STATE_QUICK_I1: initiate 010 woolloomooloo-nth_sydney #46: STATE_QUICK_I1: retransmission; will wait 20s for response 010 woolloomooloo-nth_sydney #46: STATE_QUICK_I1: retransmission; will wait 40s for response 031 woolloomooloo-nth_sydney #46: max number of retransmissions (2) reached STATE_QUICK_I1. No acceptable response to our first Quick Mode message: perhaps peer likes no proposal 000 woolloomooloo-nth_sydney #46: starting keying attempt 2 of an unlimited number, but releasing whack When trying the same this on this end I get: 029 woolloomooloo-nth_sydney: cannot initiate connection without knowing peer IP address More information is available upon request. Any help would be greatly appreciated I've spent most of today trying to figure this out and things are gloomy. Thanks. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] server crash - incorrect iptables config possible cause.
G'day all... I've a Mandrake 8.2 server (2.4 kernel) with iptables. The server has had overheating problems in the past. (Replaced the heatsink/fan unit.) The other day it stopped responding after I'd been adjusting the firewalling rules. I couldn't log into the machine at all and it appeared to be running very slowly. At the time I thought this was more overheating problems. I replaced the server relatively quickly, and I've been diagnosing it. I booted the machine using the installer CD witht the rescue option and renamed rc.firewall so that the scripts it contains wouldn't be run. When I rebooted it, I could log in fine. My question is that could an incorrect firewall (iptables) rule been the cause of the fault? Thanks Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] server crash - incorrect iptables config possible caus e.
Hi again, Additionally, I noticed that when, on the new machine I was setting up, I set the default policy to drop for the filter INPUT then it would appear to hang when running `iptables -L`. I had to press ^C and remove the rule. I find if I replace rc.firewall (which now has defunct references to eth1 as the card is now in the other box it was replaced by) I can't log in again. So can incorrect iptable rules prevent loggin in? Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Dick Smith internal modem: no carrier, no technicalsupport
Martin, Do you know what type of modem it is? Is it a connexant? Check out `cat /proc/pci` and also under windows... Often internal modems need special drivers to function under Linux. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Martin Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/04/2003 07:33 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: [SLUG] Dick Smith internal modem: no carrier, no technicalsupport I've now tried all sorts of combinations to no avail X1, X2, X3. X4, all do not work. Under XP, I don't need anything -- using Hyperterminal I just say ATDT number and I get my ISP's login prompt. Undex Linux, I say exactly the same thing to minicom, and I get NO CARRIER. Very strange. Regards, Martin =I've bought myself a Dick Smith internal modem, which they =claim works with Linux (there's a little Tux on the packaging). = =It works fine with XP. = =I've installed the Linux driver that comes with the modem. =This talks to the modem, but all it comes up with is NO CARRIER. Try slipping an X3 into the init string (or the dial string, doesn't really matter which. That tells the modem to not wait for a carrier. X4 will do a blind dial, which you don't want, as X3 waits for about 1 second before dialing. X0 is no dial without carrier and X1 I forget. me previously: X3 doesn't make any difference. Still NO CARRIER. I'm not sure if it is dialling properly. -- 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
[SLUG] Debian: IPSec not supported by kernel.
G'day all... I'm using Debian Woody unstable with Kernel 2.4 After doing an `apt-get install freeswan` I received a few configuration screens and then: Selecting previously deselected package freeswan. (Reading database ... 40440 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking freeswan (from .../freeswan_1.99-5_i386.deb) ... Setting up freeswan (1.99-5) ... Kernel support for IPSec not found, aborting. --- Drats.. I didn't configure the kernel to support IPSec... How do I go about doing this now? TIA... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian: IPSec not supported by kernel.
Thanks Jeff... I did answer my own question (use dselect) ... but I was also wondering how I go back to coinfigure the kernel... now I know... Thanks again. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/04/2003 03:08 PM To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Debian: IPSec not supported by kernel. quote who=[EMAIL PROTECTED] Drats.. I didn't configure the kernel to support IPSec... How do I go about doing this now? Install kernel-patch-freeswan and rebuild your kernel with kernel-package, making sure you tell it to include freeswan. I'm throwing you into the deep end there, but have a look around, and if you have any problems, fire them off to the list. :-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ Not only that, but Google is fast. In fact, it's quite competitive with DNS. - Raph Levien -- 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] Mandrake 9.1 released
You mean you'd resize a partition without backing up??? You always want to back up before fiddling with partitions. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Chris D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27/03/2003 03:52 PM To:Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Mandrake 9.1 released They're FAT32 resizing progs have been pretty good in the past - and from the times I did use them they worked without destroying any data. However, I wouldn't use the NTFS resizing application on a mission-critical computer, or a PC without backing up all your data. I would wait a few releases for the NTFS resizing to mature, a.k.a. get all the bugs out :) Apparently RH does NTFS resizing now as well. Didn't see it in 8.0 (no resizing I've seen in diskdruid so far). Is this coming in the 9.0 release? Cheers, Chris On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 23:48, Kevin Saenz wrote: I have had some experence with some NT and w2k cracking tools at work which booted Linux and modified the local sam database you could either change Administrator or a local users password with out issue. But resizing NTFS sounds like a lot of fun. Apparently RH does NTFS resizing now as well. So it seems to be pretty stable. Mandrake has really polished the distro for new users -- including NTFS resizing, Does anyone have any experience with how Mandrake do this? what software revisions or expected stability? sounds dangerous to me, unless great inroads into NTFS has been made recently. thanks, dave -- --- Chris D. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) In a world without fences, who needs GATES? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Dumping mySQL output into text files.
G'day... As per the subject line. Anyone know of a simple way of doing this. I've an database of user details and email addresses and want to output the emails into a flat file so they can be easily dumped into a mail out. Thanks... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000
Re: [SLUG] Sophos MailMonitor installation instructions.
G'day Stewart and all... Actually, I removed the rpms from Mike MacCanna's site and installed everything from the Sophos disk. Followed the basic instructions from Mike's page, but didn't need to change /etc/aliases Everything works a charm now. FWIW, I've found that the rpm packages on Mike's site are broken. Its a good idea to use Sophos' MailMonitor as prescribed on that page though, as its utilised, but everything falls under Postfix's security (rather than trusing MailMonitor to handle direct incoming connections). Sophos's own installer lets you set administrator email accounts up for such warnings to go to. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22/03/2003 12:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Sophos MailMonitor installation instructions. Sounds like they're wanting you to set up an alias for the username that SAV sends its 'virus found' warning messages to. Check the configuration to see what email address you've set for this function - you might not need aliases at all. ..S. On Friday, March 21, 2003, at 05:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day all... I've been setting up Sophos AV to work with postfix and have been performing the actions described on http://www.cyber.com.au/users/mikem/mailmonitor.html One instruction isn't clear to me: 6. Edit the file /etc/aliases and make sure the aliases for the sophos warning users are set up. Run newaliases when you're done. Has anyone else had experience with this and can explain the instruction. (I understand what /etc/aliases does - it's not clear what I should do with the file.) TIA Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Postfix/Sophos configuration error.
G'day all... On friday afternoon I set up postfix to work with sophos on my mail gateway (mandrake 8.2). I thought I'd done it correctly, however I was wrong and email was not being received. It would be accepted via smtp, and then I think it would fail when trying to pass emails on to the content filter. I've now removed the content_filter and other sophos modifications from the configuration files. I'll have to examine where I went wrong - however in the meantime I'm wondering where the undelivered messages are and how do I have them delivered asap. (FWIW, I can't see where content filtering fits in with the big picture of the documentation.) Any help, pointers, references appreciated. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] printf control code question
Hi Amanda, There isn't You'll have to keep count of how many positions have passed since the last newline, and then set the cursor there. There maybe some non-portable platform specific code to perform such routines. Check with your compiler documentation - otherwise you may have to write the routines yourself. (Isn't curses/ncurses library setup to handle character screen manipulations?) All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Amanda Wynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/03/2003 02:35 PM Please respond to amanda_linux To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] printf control code question if \n is newline, and \t is horizontal tab what's home; as in put the cursor back to the start of the current line? I've searched high low, but can't seem to find any info anywhere. Amanda -- 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
[SLUG] Sophos MailMonitor installation instructions.
G'day all... I've been setting up Sophos AV to work with postfix and have been performing the actions described on http://www.cyber.com.au/users/mikem/mailmonitor.html One instruction isn't clear to me: 6. Edit the file /etc/aliases and make sure the aliases for the sophos warning users are set up. Run newaliases when you're done. Has anyone else had experience with this and can explain the instruction. (I understand what /etc/aliases does - it's not clear what I should do with the file.) TIA Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Anybody bought a modem to use with Linxu recently...looking forsuggestions for V.90/v.92/kflex
G'day... Just a note, not all internals are winmodems - there are a number of good internal modems out there that work great under GNU/Linux. Just do make sure that you check the specs and hardware compatibility. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Chris D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19/03/2003 08:15 PM To: t [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Anybody bought a modem to use with Linxu recently...looking for suggestions for V.90/v.92/kflex G'day Tony, I've got a Swann Smart II that works fine. Whatever you do keep away from 'Winmodems', 'softmodems', etc. These are usually the cheaper modems (and internals - keep towards serial connections). Check with the company, not the salesperson first. Though - personally I recommend Swann (Not the USB or Speed Demon). They have great support, etc. Cheers, Chris On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 00:50, t wrote: hi i am after a hardware modem which supports v.90/v.92/kflex. Has anybody bough a modem recently with these specs and can recomend/non-recomend any models. Thanks for you help Tony -- --- Chris D. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) In a world without fences, who needs GATES? -- 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] Silly shell challenge
How about just:
awk '{if(/bogomips/){print $3}}' /proc/cpuinfo | bc 6121.06
(NB. Adding a + with awk and removing the newline with tr, only to reverse
both of those with cut is futile.)
Although just:
echo File 6210.06 is unavailable.
Would probably be the simplest ;)
All the best...
Mike
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James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To:
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Subject:Re: [SLUG] Silly shell challenge
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 18:19, Jeff Waugh wrote:
Your mission: To work out what it's doing, why you'd be stupid enough to
want to do it, and then how to do it better. It has to be in shell, and
it
has to handle decimals! :-)
You're a bad, bad man. I have been known to waste days reducing such
expressions, but not today! Just one simplification to make it spawn 1
less process:
awk '{if(/bogomips/){ print + $3 }}' /proc/cpuinfo | tr -d '\n' |
cut -c 2- | blah blah blah
James.
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Re: [SLUG] Silly shell challenge
G'day... Why would you want to add up the bogomips of all processors though? If it was to estimate total processing power it wouldn't be accurate - After all 2 x 1GHz processors != 1 x 2GHz processor and bogomips are an approximation themselves. Curious... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Squid, smb_auth and transparent proxying.
Theoretically, yes. Practically, I'm wading through documentation... Any pointers or references appreciated... Michael. --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 17/03/2003 05:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Squid, smb_auth and transparent proxying. quote who=Robert Collins Is there a way to make smb_auth work with squid and transparent proxying? No. It's in the FAQ. IIRC it's in squid.conf.default. And it was on this list about a week ago. There is a theoretical approach, but no-one has had time to implement it. You can do it with NTLM though, can't you? - Jeff -- No pants is good pants. -- 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] More ssh question
James, You can check the MTU size by issuing a `/sbin/ifconfig` or `/sbin/ifconfig device` Where device is eth0, eth1, or eth2, et al depending on your configuration. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18/03/2003 11:51 AM To: James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Sydney Linux User Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] More ssh question On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 11:29, James Gregory wrote: On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 11:19, Alan L Tyree wrote: Thanks to all that replied to my earlier query. The machine in question is in the Law Faculty and they don't seem to be too familiar with ssh problems. Can't think why :-) Here is an expanded -v -v output. Can anyone help me sort the problem? There seems to be particular problem with key_type_from_name. It might be entirely unrelated, but is it taking a long time to finish on that step which it fails on? What's your MTU on the internet connection? Not particularly long. Not sure where to find the MTU, but the rest of the internet stuff works well. James. -- -- Alan L Tyree Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- 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] More ssh question
Sorry James and Alan, I meant Alan. --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18/03/2003 12:00 PM To: Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sydney Linux User Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] More ssh question James, You can check the MTU size by issuing a `/sbin/ifconfig` or `/sbin/ifconfig device` Where device is eth0, eth1, or eth2, et al depending on your configuration. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18/03/2003 11:51 AM To: James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Sydney Linux User Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] More ssh question On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 11:29, James Gregory wrote: On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 11:19, Alan L Tyree wrote: Thanks to all that replied to my earlier query. The machine in question is in the Law Faculty and they don't seem to be too familiar with ssh problems. Can't think why :-) Here is an expanded -v -v output. Can anyone help me sort the problem? There seems to be particular problem with key_type_from_name. It might be entirely unrelated, but is it taking a long time to finish on that step which it fails on? What's your MTU on the internet connection? Not particularly long. Not sure where to find the MTU, but the rest of the internet stuff works well. James. -- -- Alan L Tyree Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Mounting a floppy drive, RH8.0
G'day... Have you tried: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy and/or mount /dev/fd0 -t auto /mnt/floppy ? These may work... All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Bill Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18/03/2003 01:58 PM Please respond to wbennett To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Mounting a floppy drive, RH8.0 I've just installed RH 8.0 on the laptop. I tried to keep what went on to a minimum (in truth, I do not understand what many of the applications do) but the installation did, at least, complete itself. I wanted to move some files from a floppy to the hard disc, so I followed the booklet and, at root, typed mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy and was told mount: fs type msdos not supported by kernel So, was it 1) something I should have included in the installation? If so, I'll go back to the discs and pick up the missing bit if someone could tell me what it is, or is it simply 2) something I have to tell the system? Any help ... Bill Bennett. -- 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: [Re: [SLUG] wget Issue]]]] iptable tried
G'day... You want to try `/sbin/iptables -L` not the one found under /etc/rc.d/init.d/ - this is a startup script not the binary you are after... All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Louis Selvon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15/03/2003 10:22 PM To: Tony Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[Re: [SLUG] wget Issue iptable tried Hi Tony et al: Show us the output from 'iptables -L' from your gateway and the server that's having the problem (maybe the same machine) I just got this one going. Nothing was returned. Here is the output [EMAIL PROTECTED] admin]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables -L [EMAIL PROTECTED] admin]# Am I suppose to see something here ? Cheers Louis -- 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
[SLUG] winbind
G'day all... I've just set up winbind as according to http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/csamba5.html and http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-dev/200207/att-0066/01-winbind.txt # wbinfo -a MYDOMAIN\\myusername%mypassword plaintext password authentication succeeded challenge/response password authentication failed Could not authenticate user MYDOMAIN\myusername%mypassword with challenge/response Now, I installed samba and winbind as RPMs Would I be correct in assuming that the RPM wasn't built with --with-winbind-auth-challenge.? I can provide further details upon request... Thanks... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Squid, smb_auth and transparent proxying.
G'day all, I'm trialling using smb_auth for access to our squid proxy. I'm using transparent proxying with squid, however I've found that this won't allow access to permitted users, and I have to point the browser at the proxy manually. Is there a way to make smb_auth work with squid and transparent proxying? Thanks Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
Regarding the location of VPN server, rather than being on a firewall or a box within the local subnet, it should be placed on a server within a demilitarised zone. Also, security does vary between site VPNs and user VPNs. Appropriate policies should be enforced to prevent exploitation of VPNs via exploitations on a users machine. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Rob B [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/03/2003 05:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN At 04:55 PM 13/03/03, Adam W sent this up the stick: Just on this topic of VPN's. I have been meaning to ask everybody. How secure are VPN's in terms of packet sniffers/encryption etc. The company that I work for has decided to use citrix Nfuse or whatever the S^#@ is! Because they argue that using a VPN is insecure - I totally disagree with this, as I know massive multi-national corporations use these and rely on these. And as if these companies would use this if it was insecure. A IPSEC VPN seems to be most secure out of these technologies, when I worked for a large ISP we used to implement them (with 3DES encryption and key regeneration every hour). Since the actual keys aren't transmitted, they can't be sniffed. They were a nice cash cow for us, being a managed service and all. However, you still want a firewall or the like protecting the VPN box, if the VPN box is compromised, then the whole VPN is compromised too. cheers, rob -- It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. This is random quote 724 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: [chat] Funny looks deserve what they get.
(Ok, I think I'm dealing with a bit of an inflammatory topic here... but here goes...) Matt, I don't disagree with you about murder, rape, etc - but the US government isn't?! In war, innocents on both sides die. How is striking first and asking questions later helping? Kind of backs Saddam and the like into a corner, where war and violence is the only answer. My dad taught me that two wrongs don't make a right. I don't see why thats any different in this situation. We have statutes of international law, lets use them to our advantage rather than try to work against them to our downfall. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/03/2003 09:41 PM To: sfg [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [chat] Funny looks deserve what they get. A read this a week or two ago. My regard for Terry Jones plunged as a result. If he really doesn't think Saddam Hussein and his regime is responsible for murder, rape and torture, then I don't what to say. Except maybe read the amnesty web site. Doesn't raise a chuckle anyway. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug-chat -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Funny looks deserve what they get.
Apologies, I meant to send to the chat list. --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
Hi, Have you checked the various VPN HOWTOs in /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en ? HTH Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Phil Scarratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 13/03/2003 04:32 PM To: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN Hi all Sorry to interrupt all this talk about nominations Anyone know a good howto or pointers on setting up a VPN from Win32 clients to Linux server? I'm currently looking at setting up an IPSEC/L2TP tunnel but am having trouble getting IPSec to work. I tried to follow instructions at both http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/install.htm and http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/freeswan-l2tp.html to no avail as yet. I get packets arriving at the eth interface but not ipsec0 interface (tcpdump). No packets are being dropped or rejected but the logs say the following: Mar 13 16:25:39 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: unable to locate my private key for RSA Signature Mar 13 16:25:55 neo pluto[28331]: L2TP-CERT-WIN2KXP[2] 192.168.1.201 #3: Peer ID is ID_DER_ASN1_DN: 'C=AU, ST=NSW, O=Draxsen, CN=rivendell' The error looks like an obvious oversight somewhere but I can't find it? Is there a better way? (apart from not using M$ OS at all that is). Thanks for any tips or info. Fil -- Phil Scarratt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Squid / SMB / PAM
G'day all We use Samba here (2.2.6) and Squid. Due to our high internet usage, I've had to block access for most people. I've been allowing access on an IP basis, however this isn't ideal (we use dhcp) and I'd like to be able to block/allow access on a user-level basis. Now, I understand that this can be done with PAM. Is winbind also required? What documentation exists about this? TIA Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Squid / SMB / PAM
The Samba server is a PDC (internal machine). Squid runs on the gateway/firewall (seperate machine). Both are Mandrake 8.2 machines. Squid is installed via the squid-2.4.STABLE4-2mdk.rpm (from Mandrake). Is it possible to test if './configure --enable-auth-modules=SMB' was used. Forgive my ignorance - what would squidguard provide? :) Thanks Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Broun, Bevan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/03/2003 10:08 AM Please respond to brounb To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Squid / SMB / PAM on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:01:11AM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day all We use Samba here (2.2.6) and Squid. Due to our high internet usage, I've had to block access for most people. I've been allowing access on an IP basis, however this isn't ideal (we use dhcp) and I'd like to be able to block/allow access on a user-level basis. Now, I understand that this can be done with PAM. Is winbind also required? Do you have a windows style domain controller? you can use the read permissions on a file contained on a smb share by compliling squid with: ./configure --enable-auth-modules=SMB There are some other auth modules withc may be better for you. Also squidguard might help. BB -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] (Samba 2.2.6) Changing Windows permission/attributes o n files.
Err... the files are contained in /etc/skel - which is exactly why I want to do it on the server side. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Rowling, Jill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/03/2003 09:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: [SLUG] (Samba 2.2.6) Changing Windows permission/attributes o n files. This can also be done at the client end (i.e. on Windows). Personally I don't like hiding things on systems at the server end; it can be hard to debug if there's a problem (or if you inherit someone else's setup). In some respects it might be better to have a usually-hidden share setup in smb.conf Regards, Jill. -- Jill Rowling, System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2003 3:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] (Samba 2.2.6) Changing Windows permission/attributes on files. Hi Mike.. I can't recall the exact directive but there's a bit in smb.conf where you specify filenames/extensions to automatically hide. I reckon that's what you're looking for - whack desktop.ini in there and robert's your father's brother. ..S. On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 05:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day all... I'm wondering how you can change windows attributes on files under Linux. (The files are being served to MS Windows clients using Samba 2.2.6) I've had some problems with desktop.ini not being marked as hidden where it should be. I'd like to be able to set the hidden attribute on these files. Any ideas / suggestions? Thanks. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- 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 -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Problems with dhcpd
G'day all... FWIW: Mandrake-8.2 (Kernel 2.4.18) `# dhcpd --version` produces isc-dhcpd-V3.0.1rc8 I'm noticing that machines go to obtain their IP address or renew their leases and they get no response from the dhcpd server. I've had to manually set IP addresses to available IPs. I have no idea what's caused this, its happened twice in unrelated incidences. No amount of fiddling with client settings has seemed to help. Today it wouldn't work for a client, which was working fine on Friday evening. Ideas? TIA... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] (Samba 2.2.6) Changing Windows permission/attributes on files.
G'day all... I'm wondering how you can change windows attributes on files under Linux. (The files are being served to MS Windows clients using Samba 2.2.6) I've had some problems with desktop.ini not being marked as hidden where it should be. I'd like to be able to set the hidden attribute on these files. Any ideas / suggestions? Thanks. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Postfix: virtual_alias_maps - virtual_maps
G'day all, Just in case this affects anyone here... The postfix documentation (http://www.postfix.org/rewrite.html) states that virtual address aliasing is achieved via the parameter virtual_alias_maps for /etc/postfix/main.cf, when it should actually be virtual_maps. This caused me some grief, but I managed to figure it out thanks to vim's syntax highlighting under Mandrake. I've written to the Wietse, the author, to report the error. All the best. Michael --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Iptable and routed
Xiaolu, Could you please give some more details. Eg. route tables, firewall rules used, etc. Thanks. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Xiaolu Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/03/2003 06:06 PM To: Slug (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Iptable and routed Hi, I install routed daemon in RH7.3, then I put the IPtable firewall on top, I found my routing doesn't work anymore. is there any reason for this. I enable all the traffic but still can't ping to different subnet. Help !! Xiaolu -- 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
[SLUG] postfix: mynetworks clarification.
G'day all, The documentation for postfix states that the default for mynetworks parameter is mynetworks_style = subnet and that this Trust SMTP clients in the IP subnetworks that Postfix is connected to. Now, the machine that postfix sits on is connected to two networks (external and internal). External is 210.23.146.0/?? and internal 192.168.100.0/24 If I leave the default settings, will other members of our service provider be able to use our machine as a mail relay? (Ie. those coming in off 210.23.146.0 network?) I guess the obvious solution is to just specify mynetworks = 192.168.100.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 and I won't have to worry, but I'm curious about if this is really necessary (and correct). Thanks... Mike - postfix newbie --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Postfix: checking that I've got this right.
G'day all, Just wanting to check that I've got all the right things to go for setting up postfix on our firewall/gateway. We have a mail server on the inside of our network, that cannot be reached externally, but serves all mail for our systems. Postfix on our firewall/gateway is to forward all mail destined for our mail systems to this server. To complicate things, we have more than one domain name, but postfix should automagically change the domain name to our regular one on the way through. (Ie. [EMAIL PROTECTED] should be changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and passed through to our internal mail server.) Additionally, scripts on the firewall/gateway send to the root user and the root user has a .forward file which contains my email address. I'm not sure what to set mydestination to as according to the docs it specifies what domains this machine will deliver locally rather than forwarding to another machine. However if postfix is proxying, do I set this as per normal - in which case how should I set it for our other domain names? (Is below correct?) Here's the parameters I think may need to be set in main.cf (got a feeling I've got this wrong as the proxying concepts aren't clear for me): myorigin = $mydomain mydestination = $myhostname localhost.$mydomain $mydomain relaydomains = $mydomain capitalholdingsgroup.com.au mynetworks = 192.168.100.0/24, 27.0.0.0/8 proxy_interfaces = 192.168.100.1 virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual and /etc/postfix/virtual to contain the following line: capitalholdingsgroup.com.au capitalholdings.com.au Any help, tips, pointers, etc appreciated. TIA Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] MD security checks.
G'day all... Attached to --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Security Warning: World Writeable files found : - /lib/dev-state/log - /var/apache-mm - /var/prelude/socket Security Warning: These files belonging to packages are modified on the system : - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/3rdparty/3c990/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/3rdparty/3c990fx/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/3rdparty/acecad/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/3rdparty/audigy/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/3rdparty/dc395x_trm/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/3rdparty/e100/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/3rdparty/e1000/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/3rdparty/mod_quickcam/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acorn/scsi/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/dispatcher/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/events/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/executer/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/hardware/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/namespace/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/ospm/ac_adapter/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/ospm/battery/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/ospm/busmgr/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/ospm/button/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/ospm/ec/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/ospm/processor/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/ospm/system/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/ospm/thermal/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/parser/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/resources/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/tables/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/acpi/utilities/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/atm/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/block/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/block/paride/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/bluetooth/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/cdrom/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/agp/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/drm-4.0/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/drm/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/ftape/compressor/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/ftape/lowlevel/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/ftape/zftape/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/joystick/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/mwave/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/pcmcia/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/char/rio/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/crypto/bcm/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/dio/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/fc4/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/hotplug/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/i2c/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/ide/.depend - /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-6mdk/drivers/ieee1394/.depend -
Re: [SLUG] MD security checks.
Erps... didn't mean to send that... Apologies. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Searching the slug archives
G'day... This may be a little off-topic, but I've also noticed that the search tools for the archives don't really work. May I ask how the archive is stored? Is it in an RDMS or flat file(s)? I'd be interested in programming a more reliable search engine if it uses an RDMS. If not, I'd still be interested in looking into it. (FWIW, I've commercially programmed a small job search web site which was searchable.) All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Bruce Badger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/2003 04:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Searching the slug archives Is there any way to search the slug archives. A search tool, that is, rather than just poking thought the archive? Thanks -- 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] Searching the slug archives
Erps... searching seems to be ok now... blush I have been frustrated in the past by the search engine though - was there problems noted with it previously that have now been fixed? Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/2003 04:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: [SLUG] Searching the slug archives G'day... This may be a little off-topic, but I've also noticed that the search tools for the archives don't really work. May I ask how the archive is stored? Is it in an RDMS or flat file(s)? I'd be interested in programming a more reliable search engine if it uses an RDMS. If not, I'd still be interested in looking into it. (FWIW, I've commercially programmed a small job search web site which was searchable.) All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd p: (02) 9955 8000 Bruce Badger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/2003 04:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Searching the slug archives Is there any way to search the slug archives. A search tool, that is, rather than just poking thought the archive? Thanks -- 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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Accessing the Apache web server from browser
Louis, Regarding webmin - webmin has its own server software built in and listens (by default) on port 1. You don't have to worry about if your apache server is correctly configured or not. All the best... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd phone (02) 9955 8000 fax (02) 9955 8144 Louis Selvon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/03/2003 07:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Accessing the Apache web server from browser Hi: I tried to go to the web server that I installed as part of RH Linux 7.2 by typing the following: http://127.0.0.1 and I got a connection refused. However if I go to it as follows: file:/var/www/html/index.html I can access the default Apache file. How do I browse the server via http instead of using the paths. Eventually I plan to install WebMin, and I will need to be able to connect via port 1. Louis. -- 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
[SLUG] Samba networking problems.
G'day guys... We have a Samba 2.2.6 PDC with MS Win XP clients (patch applied) and we use roaming profiles. When logging in, some of the users regularly have problems. Often the roaming profile could not be located on the server (and I have to make them log off and on again). Sometimes the network connections seem to be flaky. I've had the network ports tested between the socket and the patch panel, and all seems to be fine. I'm guessing the problem is in some software configuration. I've attached my smb.conf Any help, pointers, references, etc greatly appreciated. Thanks. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone (02) 9955 8000 fax (02) 9955 8144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Samba networking problems.
Erps... --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone (02) 9955 8000 fax (02) 9955 8144 - Forwarded by Michael Kraus/CapitalHoldingsGroup/AU on 28/02/2003 09:55 AM - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/02/2003 09:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[SLUG] Samba networking problems. G'day guys... We have a Samba 2.2.6 PDC with MS Win XP clients (patch applied) and we use roaming profiles. When logging in, some of the users regularly have problems. Often the roaming profile could not be located on the server (and I have to make them log off and on again). Sometimes the network connections seem to be flaky. I've had the network ports tested between the socket and the patch panel, and all seems to be fine. I'm guessing the problem is in some software configuration. I've attached my smb.conf Any help, pointers, references, etc greatly appreciated. Thanks. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone (02) 9955 8000 fax (02) 9955 8144 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug smb.conf Description: Binary data
Re: [SLUG] Samba networking problems.
Hi Phil... I had a bit more of a google on samba roaming profiles and I think I found a solution. On the client machine that the error occurs on: * log on as administrator * Go to C:\Documents and Settings * Delete the user's directory or rename the user's directory to username.bak eg mkraus to mkraus.bak Accordingly this sometimes happens with all Windows domains too. Now to figure out why some Lotus Notes users experience problems... Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone (02) 9955 8000 fax (02) 9955 8144 Phil Scarratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/02/2003 09:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [SLUG] Samba networking problems. smb.conf file attached? I had a similar problem about a month ago with a Samba PDC setup with Win2K clients. I was running Smb 2.2.3a and upgraded to 2.2.7. Well, all sorts of problems came in with roaming profiles, sometimes they could not be found at all, other times the profile could not be copied back to the server (mostly this type of problem rather than not finding the profile in the first place) causing all sorts of data loss. I tried all sorts of things configuration wise, and ended up downgrading to 2.2.3a again, and the problem went away. Haven't reported the problem to Samba yet as I want to try again in a non-critical situation to confirm it and debug it properly. BTW, I also had (and still do) problems joining the clients to the domain - windows kept complaining about the lack of mapping between security ids and accounts or something like that. Anyone got any clues? Fil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day guys... We have a Samba 2.2.6 PDC with MS Win XP clients (patch applied) and we use roaming profiles. When logging in, some of the users regularly have problems. Often the roaming profile could not be located on the server (and I have to make them log off and on again). Sometimes the network connections seem to be flaky. I've had the network ports tested between the socket and the patch panel, and all seems to be fine. I'm guessing the problem is in some software configuration. I've attached my smb.conf Any help, pointers, references, etc greatly appreciated. Thanks. Mike --- Michael S. E. Kraus Administration Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone (02) 9955 8000 fax (02) 9955 8144 -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies IT Contractor/Consultant 0403 53 12 71 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
