Re: CUPS

2001-09-03 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
> > Yes, I know that. But it appears to be a problem with the cupsomatic-ppd > printer file. Also I still wonder if there's a reason for not configuring a > printer in the postinst as does the lpr/magicfilter combo. Probably because you're supposed to use a gooey web browser to add a printer... a

Fwd: Re: 2.4 kernels - security hole?

2001-05-09 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
Thought I forward this to -devel, just FYI. It seems kernels >=2.4.3 start up with umask set to 000 instead of 022. |>If I have understood the man pages, it looks as though the simplest |>solution would be to use an initscript. | |Correct. I tested and implemented that solution today, and wonder w

Re: Question on UNIX sockets

2001-05-07 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 06:11:13AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > My question is : > > Suppose a server is listening to 5 clients, and it has to send a > message to all the clients, how does the server achieve this task? A server typically consists of 2 programs: one that listens for

Re: (OT) Storage (8*IDE HDs) any experiences?

2001-05-02 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 08:18:20PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: ... > > Every production server that I've seen that has 2 PSUs has both > continuously running. At hopefully < 50% capacity. Interesting. Could you post the list of brand names/vendors so that we'll know what not to buy. ... Of >

Re: (OT) Storage (8*IDE HDs) any experiences?

2001-04-30 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:01:16AM +1000, Brian May wrote: ... > I would assume (hope!) the original poster plans to run both power > supplies from the same central switch, in order to minimise problems > here. OP doesn't plan to run anything. OP informed Powers That Be of the options and is waiti

Re: (OT) Storage (8*IDE HDs) any experiences?

2001-04-27 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 05:32:31PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: ... > - even if you had 2 power supplies... > - most motherboards only has one atx power connector True. And if you went for redundant PS's and a mobo that supports them, the cost would go way up. > - are the two power supplies pro

Re: (OT) Storage (8*IDE HDs) any experiences?

2001-04-27 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 12:49:13AM -0500, Rahul Jain wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:33:19PM -0700, Brandon High wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:42:16PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > IDE causes a bit of a performance hit, I don't think we're talking high > > > speed file access he

Re: Storage (8*IDE HDs) any experiences?

2001-04-26 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:23:03PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: ... > your options for 6 or 8 disks are the promise cards > and/or 3ware ... Well, unfortunately purchasing is a bit strange around here... That mobo (with HPT-370 controller) is the one we can buy _easily_ -- from the university's techsto

Storage (8*IDE HDs) any experiences?

2001-04-26 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
Hi all I notice there are these new-fangled motherboards with 2*ATA-100 and 2*ATA-33 ports. With 75GB disks, that baby should give us 600GB of raw disk space (8 drives) at around $2K US. Sounds attractive, considering that el-cheapo RAID boxes of similar capacity are around $10K. Anyone runs [Deb

Re: console in testing

2001-04-25 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 03:55:54PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 11:54:23AM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > what's the story with console packages in testing? I see > > console-tools and console-utilities that conflict with each other, > > co

console in testing

2001-04-24 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
Hi all, what's the story with console packages in testing? I see console-tools and console-utilities that conflict with each other, console-common that replaces console-data... and there's nothing in my /usr/share/keymaps so I can't check if loadkeys will fix my problem (below). The problem I'm h