[Cooker] msec and gdm

2002-02-19 Thread Olivier Dormond
Hello, Since a few versions of msec I'm now having the Browser mode of gdm forced on. I finally figured how this is achieved. msec is forcing this setting on with the 'allow_user_list(1)' call in msec.py. As far as I understand english 'allow_user_list' means users are authorized to have a lis

[Cooker] [PATCH] making msec.csh NOT outputing the uid (and fixing it)

2002-02-19 Thread Olivier Dormond
Hello, The msec.csh in /etc/profile.d has a bug which makes it output the uid instead of using it for checking against user accounts. Here is the fix: --- /tmp/msec.csh Mon Feb 18 20:06:39 2002 +++ msec.cshMon Feb 18 20:05:59 2002 @@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ endif -if ( { id -u } >= 500 ) th

Re: [Cooker] XFdrake layout

2002-02-19 Thread Mattias Dahlberg
> The pb is that it is not obvious to them that they should look in > XFdrake. Why , because they will see this option only when the test will > fails ( if they try thet test ). > To my mind, if something is not obvious for a newbie, it seems that > there's a pb. Yes, I agree. XFdrake has great

[Cooker] Re: Re: how many times is an upgrade going to trash my password file?

2002-02-19 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:54:50PM +0300, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > It is policy dependent. If policy is to have all standard system > accounts Who is talking about "standard system accounts"? I have an account that I added to the passwd file that is being dropped whenever I upgrade "setup".

Re: [Cooker] Simple mail _send_ client

2002-02-19 Thread Richard Garand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On February 19, 2002 03:36 am, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > >huug< sagte am 2002-02-19 um 10:03:30 +0100 : > > > Not in Mandrake yet: > > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/ssmtp.html > > > Expect a packafge in contribs in no longer than 1 hour.

RE: [Cooker] Re: how many times is an upgrade going to trash my password file?

2002-02-19 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> > >Borsenkow Andrej< sagte am 2002-02-19 um 11:13:30 +0300 : > > and it has low (=system) UID ... so I guess it is not preserved by > > update-passwd. > > So you also agree it's a bug, don't you? Especially if it's not a > standard account, it must be preserved. > It is policy dependent. I

[Cooker] Re: Re: how many times is an upgrade going to trash my password file?

2002-02-19 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 11:13:30AM +0300, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > It is not in standard system accounts > > [root@cooker bor]# grep -i amanda /etc/passwd.rpmnew > [root@cooker bor]# Nope it is not. It is added by my Amanda RPMs. > and it has low (=system) UID ... so I guess it is not pres

[Cooker] Good news, bad news (with apologies to Zep)

2002-02-19 Thread john.allen
Good News As of kernel-2.4.17-18mdk I can now sync on my Dell Precision 220. I haven't tried a full shutdown yet, but this change bodes well. Thanks. Bad News mp3's, and ogg's still play too fast (not as fast as before) The following track is 4:07 long (U2 - Beautiful Day), it takes exactly 4:07

RE: [Cooker] Simple mail _send_ client

2002-02-19 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> > >huug< sagte am 2002-02-19 um 10:03:30 +0100 : > > Not in Mandrake yet: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/ssmtp.html > > Expect a packafge in contribs in no longer than 1 hour. > Tnx. I intended to do it by you saved me this :-)

Re: [Cooker] Re: how many times is an upgrade going to trash my password file?

2002-02-19 Thread Buchan Milne
You probably wouldn't have to put it back if amanda were in the distro ;-) (although that is not a solution!). I have amanda srpms that compile and install fine on 8.x (but not quite tested yet ...) ... anyone interested? But my other question is, are system uid's guaranteed to be the same ac

Re: [Cooker] Simple mail _send_ client

2002-02-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
»huug« sagte am 2002-02-19 um 10:03:30 +0100 : > Not in Mandrake yet: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/ssmtp.html Expect a packafge in contribs in no longer than 1 hour. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http:

Re: [Cooker] The top CPU consumers after install

2002-02-19 Thread Owen Savill
This email is subject to the disclaimer set out below * > > Well, I thought your points where valid. I didn't > > bash you. :) Thankyou very much for that. > Or maybe have it delayed and run when the screensaver > comes up or the cpu has been i

Re: [Cooker] Re: how many times is an upgrade going to trash my password file?

2002-02-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Borsenkow Andrej« sagte am 2002-02-19 um 11:13:30 +0300 : > and it has low (=system) UID ... so I guess it is not preserved by > update-passwd. So you also agree it's a bug, don't you? Especially if it's not a standard account, it must be preserved. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://

RE: [Cooker] Simple mail _send_ client

2002-02-19 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> Pine maybe ? Not this monster. I need just send out of batch files, that's all. Mail reading capability is not need or desired as well. -andrej

RE: [Cooker] Simple mail _send_ client

2002-02-19 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> > Simple script in Python? Perl? > I have something else to do as reinventing the wheel :-) -andrej

Re: [Cooker] Simple mail _send_ client

2002-02-19 Thread Michal Bukovjan
Simple script in Python? Perl? Michal Sergio Korlowsky wrote: >On Tuesday 19 February 2002 02:21, you wrote: >-> For use on closed box I need simple client that will just *send* mail >-> over SMTP via a fixed gateway. No local mail is required (or desired for >-> that matter). >-> >-> I'd rathe

[Cooker] [PATCH] making msec.csh NOT outputing the uid (and fixing it)

2002-02-19 Thread Olivier Dormond
Hello, Damned! Please ignore my previous patch in which the backquotes are replaced by quotes. Sorry! Just for completness, this patch fixes the check for the uid in order to 1. makes it work 2. stopping outputing garbage (the uid). --- /tmp/msec.csh Mon Feb 18 20:06:39 2002 +++ msec.c

Re: [Cooker] /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa at boot up

2002-02-19 Thread Thierry Vignaud
Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> During the first run of /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa at boot up tells me that > Alsa >> driver already running. haven't you compile alsa in kernel core ? >> Note that /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound was not set to run at boot up. >> > > 1. What version are yo

[Cooker] 8.2 b2 on Sis 735 chipset

2002-02-19 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
Forwarding from NG. What's up with bug database as well? In case somebody wished to contact original author ... sorry guy has mangled address. His choice :-) "bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].. . > Michael

Re: [Cooker] Simple mail _send_ client

2002-02-19 Thread Sergio Korlowsky
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 02:21, you wrote: -> For use on closed box I need simple client that will just *send* mail -> over SMTP via a fixed gateway. No local mail is required (or desired for -> that matter). -> -> I'd rather avoid any full-fledged MDA like sendmail. Anything suitable -> in Man

Re: [Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] sawfish-1.0.1-5mdk

2002-02-19 Thread Frederic Crozat
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:48:33 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > »Frederic Crozat« sagte am 2002-02-18 um 17:02:42 +0100 : >> - Patch3 : replace Source7 and disable tooltips, they are more annoying >> than helpful > > But a user can enable them again, correct? Of course, just use the Sawfish config

[Cooker] Simple mail _send_ client

2002-02-19 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
For use on closed box I need simple client that will just *send* mail over SMTP via a fixed gateway. No local mail is required (or desired for that matter). I'd rather avoid any full-fledged MDA like sendmail. Anything suitable in Mandrake? -andrej

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