On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, mr anonym wrote:
I need help from someone that has installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 with
low RAM!
The situation as I understand it:-
You must boot from a floppy. Use the resc disk here.
You need to put lmemroot.bin on a floppy for use during the install.
When you get
Does anyone think X windows is something I should have for my linux
system? All I do is program. Would it help me in any way?
Thanks,
Pete Poff
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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Antonio Doldo wrote:
In the windows machines usually are used two protocols:
IPX/SPX and NetBEUI for connecting the MS network, while for samba is
request the stacks TCP/IP.
I don't know what your talking about... win95 supports TCP/IP, so why
would there be a problem?
I have been told that X was developed for programmers. When I program
I have three windows open. A big one with emacs to edit my source
code, a small one to compile and see my errors in, and a third medium
sized to test my program and read documentation.
I find that the X fonts are much nicer on
Is it possible to restrict user access so users can not execute any
programs? (programs which they copied on to my system). - FreeBSD can do
this sort of thing
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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
Is it possible to restrict user access so users can not execute any
programs? (programs which they copied on to my system). - FreeBSD can do
this sort of thing
Mount the user writable areas with the noexec option. Probably want to
put it in the
Is there a good spell checker for pine? - One that works all the time and
gives possible choices?
Thanks
-Paul
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I'm running Linux 2.1.x and haven't been able to get my zip drive
to work in ages (parallel port one). It should be as simple as installing
parport, parport_pc, then ppa, shouldn't it? parport_pc always tells
me device/resource busy on insertion; inserting ppa seems
to just sit there ...
Any
-1.deb is in a more usable form.
Or even something like backup-incr-19980201-19980212.tar.gz.
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Can someone tell me what file I need off of ftp.debian.org that
contains all the .h files like, types.h, and time.h? I need the ones that
work with the gcc compiler. I've downloaded gcc*.deb, gdb*c, and
make*deb. Can someone also tell me what command to use to see how much
space I have
Is there any way to do this for only certain groups?
-Paul
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
Is it possible to restrict user access so users can not execute any
programs? (programs which they copied on to my system). - FreeBSD can do
Can someone tell me what file I need off of ftp.debian.org that
contains all the .h files like, types.h, and time.h? I need the ones that
work with the gcc compiler. I've downloaded gcc*.deb, gdb*c, and
make*deb. Can someone also tell me what command to use to see how much
space I have
Pete Poff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
PP Can someone tell me what file I need off of ftp.debian.org that
PP contains all the .h files like, types.h, and time.h?
libc[56]-dev
PP Can someone also tell me what command to use to see how much
PP space I have left?
df
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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote:
Doesn't appear to be good enough on its own...
dpkg: error processing ssltelnet_0.11.1-2.deb (--install):
error setting ownership of symlink `usr/man/man8/in.telnetd.8.gz': No such
file or directory
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal
Is it possible to restrict user access so users can not execute any
programs? (programs which they copied on to my system). - FreeBSD can do
this sort of thing
Mount the user writable areas with the noexec option. Probably want to
put it in the /etc/fstab.
Is there any way to do
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Hash: SHA1
Evening,
Well, I can't say if this is the same problem that I had
experienced, but I've received a few errors saying that the Device or
Resource is busy. The solution that I found was adding lp=0x378 to
lilo, so that it'd only set up the
Hi Group.
I've installed ghostscript from the debian 1.3.1 cd and the stuff that
relates to it as well. In going through some of the doc, I discovered I
should have a few mak files, devs.mak for example. These files are nowhere
to be found. Anyone know where I can locate them. I'm trying to setup
Hi Pete,
Does anyone think X windows is something I should have for my linux
system? All I do is program. Would it help me in any way?
This depends on your personal taste and on your hardware.
For me, my 486-33 with a non-accelerated ISA video board did not have
enough performance to
Mark A. Bialik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There should be very few packages you need to do this for. Is this
plain Debian 1.3.1?
Well, it was. Since I went to libc6, it's now 2.0 or something :)
On the Debian lists, I call it hamm or libc6. On non-Debian lists and
newsgroups, I call it
Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is there a translator that does Emacs Info-HTML conversion?
(I know you can go texinfo-DVI, but that won't help.)
There is the texi2html program, which is in package tetex-bin. This
might help.
There's also the info2www package.
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On 11 Feb 1998, Kirk Hilliard wrote:
If you have a ps2 mouse, run gpm with the -R repeater switch, and
tell X to use
ProtocolMouseSystems
Device /dev/gpmdata
in the Pointer section of your XF86Config so that you will still
be able to use gpm when you visit the
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
Is there a good spell checker for pine? - One that works all the time and
gives possible choices?
There is a program called ispell. It can be used with pine.
regards,
== == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated
== == Technical Head
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Tim Sailer wrote:
system stty 19200 -echoe -echo raw /dev/cua3 /dev/cua3
When using /dev/ttyS? instead, it won't return, whereas using cua does.
Would you know how to fix this problem so that I can use /dev/ttyS?
instead in scripts like these?
Try adding
Hamish,
I have had some problems with ppp, but fortunately my zip drive
works wonderfully on my linux side. I added the line:
/dev/sda4 /zip msdos defaults0 0
to my /etc/fstab file and the line:
/dev/sda4 /zip msdos rw 0 0
to my /etc/mtab file.
I will attach
On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 01:24:53AM -0800, Charles wrote:
I have had some problems with ppp, but fortunately my zip drive
works wonderfully on my linux side. I added the line:
/dev/sda4 /zip msdos defaults0 0
to my /etc/fstab file and the line:
/dev/sda4
On Wed, Feb 11, 1998 at 07:27:51PM -0800, James C. Carr wrote:
Well, I can't say if this is the same problem that I had
experienced, but I've received a few errors saying that the Device or
Resource is busy. The solution that I found was adding lp=0x378 to
lilo, so that it'd only set up
On Wed, Feb 11, 1998 at 10:56:51PM -0500, Robert LaGrasse wrote:
I've installed ghostscript from the debian 1.3.1 cd and the stuff that
relates to it as well. In going through some of the doc, I discovered I
should have a few mak files, devs.mak for example. These files are nowhere
to be
Hi everybody,
I have small problem with great card. Don't you know which Xserver support
ATI Xpression with 4 MB well ?
And where should I get it ?
ThanxMarty
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert LaGrasse) writes:
I've installed ghostscript from the debian 1.3.1 cd and the stuff that
relates to it as well. In going through some of the doc, I discovered I
should have a few mak files, devs.mak for example. These files are nowhere
to be found. Anyone know where
Actually, in fiddling a bit more I've noticed that it times out every
other time and hangs when I try to import anything at all.
I do not know what you problem is but I am running Applix on a mixed
stable/unstable system (upgraded to libc6) without any problems.
I used alien to convert the
David Z. Maze wrote:
Richard Sevenich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
RS I would like to install a software package that requires
RS xlib6g. dpkg is loathe to install xlib6g with xlib6 already
RS installed. Can I safely remove xlib6 i.e. will packages depending
RS on xlib6 accept xlib6g
Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote:
Is there any address where we can send our wishes to debian packages
we would like to see created? Is there any address to consult for
programs that can't (for any reason) have a .deb package?
For instance, I would like to have .debs of...
Don't forget
Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't have to do this. I run unstable(does it make a difference?), and both
2.0.33 and 2.1.86. When I switch to text mode, the mouse immediately works.
When I go back to X, it sometimes takes a few seconds to start functioning(the
mouse).
I've never
Hi there,
I am wondering if anyone knows of a company which sells both the Debian
version of Linux and StarOffice. I am asking as it would be easier for
me to purchase both at the same time. Any web sites etc. would be very
helpfull.
Thanks in advance,
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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Jameson Burt wrote:
Daniel Martin suggested a magical solution, one his mail prodded me to use.
I now have an X-session for myself on cntlaltF7,
one X-session for my wife on cntlaltF8,
one X-session for my child on cntlaltF9.
WOW
Mail to debian-users on January 4,
I'm new to Linux and I'm having trouble using my
mouse. It's a generic PS/2 compatible which doesn't run on any of my COM ports.
The only informtion I could gather on it from my Win95 setup was that it's on a
PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port and that it uses IRQ 12 in Windows. My
BIOS has an
I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system
and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other.
I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP
DJ660Cse, with magicfilter, djtools and GV installed. I was able to
print:
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Hi!
Yes, the current e2compr package version lacks on the kernel patches
(the bug report has alredy posted) you can get it from the package source,
the diff file seems to do not modify this patches so I have applied them
and I just can say that It works
I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system
and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other.
I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP
DJ660Cse, with magicfilter, djtools and GV installed. I was able to
print:
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote:
David Z. Maze wrote:
Richard Sevenich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
RS I would like to install a software package that requires
RS xlib6g. dpkg is loathe to install xlib6g with xlib6 already
RS installed. Can I safely remove xlib6 i.e.
at some point around Thu, 12 Feb 1998 04:03:45 -0500
Matt Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] mentioned:
My problem is that I don't know where to tell programs like gpm or X
Windows where the mouse is actually at in /dev. I've read through the
manpages, the FAQ's and many of the HOWTOS and I'm at a
Matt Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm new to Linux and I'm having trouble using my mouse. It's a
generic PS/2 compatible which doesn't run on any of my COM ports.
[snip]
My problem is that I don't know where to tell programs like gpm or X
Windows where the mouse is actually at in /dev.
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
Is there any way to do this for only certain groups?
what I do is chmod 550 and chown root.staff the /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin,
and /usr/bin etc.
Where the group staff could be you. All others connot access the binaries
or whatever.
regards,
==
Britton wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote:
Upgrading to glibc (libc6) is not that simple. It is a fundamental
change which affects a lot of other things. Especially, don't force
anything or you may end up with an unuasable system.
But is this the correct thing
On 12-Feb-98 Hamish Moffatt wrote:
I'm running Linux 2.1.x and haven't been able to get my zip drive
to work in ages (parallel port one). It should be as simple as installing
parport, parport_pc, then ppa, shouldn't it? parport_pc always tells
me device/resource busy on insertion; inserting
Matt Kennedy wrote:
I'm new to Linux and I'm having trouble using my mouse. It's a generic =
PS/2 compatible which doesn't run on any of my COM ports. The only =
informtion I could gather on it from my Win95 setup was that it's on a =
PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port and that it uses IRQ 12 in
On Trying to integrate a Linux box into an existing IRIX and SUN Solaris
with automount environment, I have a problem with the automount maps.
I tried to use both amd and autofs, (each separetly).
For use with amd, I need a script to convert our traditional automount
maps to amd style maps,
Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
works wonderfully on my linux side. I added the line:
/dev/sda4 /zip msdos defaults0 0
to my /etc/fstab file and the line:
/dev/sda4 /zip msdos rw 0 0
to my /etc/mtab file.
There is no use in altering the /etc/mtab file.
In an attempt to save the world from disaster, Matt Thompson wrote:
I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system
and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other.
I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP
DJ660Cse, with
In an attempt to save the world from disaster, Steve Hsieh wrote:
Doesn't appear to be good enough on its own...
However, didn't Linus agree to change the kernels after 2.1.87 (or 88?) so
that an old dpkg would work with the latest kernels?
dpkg: error processing ssltelnet_0.11.1-2.deb
How to start KDM with more than 256 colours. I have spent some time browsing
through the doc. without success.
With startx command, the solution was easy (startx -- -bpp 16) but I can not
find the file where to put a similar definition for KDM (or XDM) which are
started automaticaly by
Tony hat gesagt: // Tony wrote:
I have been sent files of this sort:
jpmaster.dvi
This is a application/mac-binhex40
Is there a utility that will convert these? Is it available in a Debian
package?
For decoding MIME-attachments I found uudeview a very nice package. It
handles
I'm using the Mach-64 xserver successfully with my 2M ATI
card. Just install it from the Debian x11 section.
--Bob
Martin Madlik wrote:
Hi everybody,
I have small problem with great card. Don't you know which Xserver support
ATI Xpression with 4 MB well ?
And where should I get it ?
hi,
I have a problem..., when trying installing xbase-package I get the
message xbase depends on cpp., However, cpp is not installed
When trying to install cpp??.deb I get the message No such file or
directory. Is it something wrong with me or the package?. The cpp package
recuires libc5 witch
While compiling two C++ files with g++, I get the above error
(consistently on 2 different hamm 2.0.33 pentium boxes).
The same two files compile OK on a Dec alpha DU4.0 with gcc-2.7.2.
Anyone got a clue what this means?
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Robert Moody [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am wondering if anyone knows of a company which sells both the Debian
version of Linux and StarOffice. I am asking as it would be easier for
me to purchase both at the same time. Any web sites etc. would be very
helpfull.
At the Moment StarOffice 4.0
On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 01:15:06AM -0800, Matt Thompson wrote:
I hope the cross-posting is OK. I'm running a fully-updated hamm system
and wasn't sure if one was more correct than the other.
I was trying to print out my tax forms with Acrobat Reader. I have an HP
DJ660Cse, with
We are trying to get a working 100 Mbit card to a Debian system.
None of the cards we have tried will listen to the net,
ifconfig says 'SIOCSIFFLAGS Try again'.
This happens with Intel Etherexpress 100 and 3COM 3c905.
What does that error mean and what can I do about it?
(We have tried D-Link
On Debian 1.3.1, which init file starts sendmail?
[I need to prevent sendmail from starting at boot-time.]
Regards,
-c
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I'm having a strange problem with the kernel; sometimes, after loading
(before booting) the kernel the system will just reboot. I compiled
2.1.86 earlier today; I rebooted from my previous 2.1.72 into 2.1.86
and it worked fine. Tonight I switch the PC on, boot direct to 2.1.86,
it just reboots.
On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 08:06:53AM -0500, Avery Pennarun wrote:
I find that printing from Acroread produces some postscript that ghostscript
doesn't like. This may be a bug in either package, I don't know.
Well, you're in some trouble if you can't trust Adobe to produce
valid postscript ...
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Joergen Haegg wrote:
We are trying to get a working 100 Mbit card to a Debian system.
None of the cards we have tried will listen to the net,
ifconfig says 'SIOCSIFFLAGS Try again'.
This happens with Intel Etherexpress 100 and 3COM 3c905.
We've been using the 3c905 at
AUBORD Alain wrote:
How to start KDM with more than 256 colours. I have spent some time browsing
through the doc. without success.
With startx command, the solution was easy (startx -- -bpp 16) but I can not
find the file where to put a similar definition for KDM (or XDM) which are
You
Hi All,
On this machine at work, I use Debian Hamm, and, normally,
kernel-2.0.32.
Recently I compiled and tried kernel 2.1.81, and found that I could no
longer mount
Netware volumes onto my machine. I thought to myself Oh well, could
just be they'll
fix that later, and went merrily back to good
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 01:22:39 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
No difference. If you try on the command line, it will not come back the
second time (it seems to work the first time though..) Just try on your
serial port..
% stty 115200 echoe -echo -clocal raw /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS0
works
%
% stty
Hi!
Apart from l3enc, does anybody know of a mp3 compressor?
Salutacions, Pere __o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Debian 1.3.1, which init file starts sendmail?
[I need to prevent sendmail from starting at boot-time.]
/etc/init.d/sendmail
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Debian 1.3.1, which init file starts sendmail?
[I need to prevent sendmail from starting at boot-time.]
You have two options for using sendmail.
1. as a standalone demon.
Then there is a file in init.d which start it. Use update-rc.d to remove
the calls to it in
Pere Camps [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi!
Apart from l3enc, does anybody know of a mp3 compressor?
yes..
ftp://ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de/pub/MPEG/audio/mpeg2/software/technical_report/dist10.tar.gz
it's horribly slow, but it has source..
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do you use any (_free_) Libraries that help you developing cgi-bin's
written in C? I have tested libcgic that has an inacceptable copyright
and fastcgi that does some strange things but doesn't tell me how
to use it.
I don't need much routines. These come to my mind:
. cgiHeader()
I'm using mc file to configure sendmail.cf.
When the MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(XYZ.FOO.COM.AU)
is wriiten into the mc file it comes back with
the error A= argument required
Anyone know where i've gone wrong.
Regards,
Eugene
_
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get
Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wrote:
If you have a ps2 mouse, run gpm with the -R repeater switch, and
tell X to use
ProtocolMouseSystems
Device /dev/gpmdata
in the Pointer section of your XF86Config so that you will still
be able to use gpm when
hmm... how would that stop users from running programs they copied onto my
server?
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, A. M. Varon wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
Is there any way to do this for only certain groups?
what I do is chmod 550 and chown root.staff the /bin, /sbin,
Hello All,
Yesterday I took the plunge, and tried to upgrade my Bo system to Hamm
via
the
autoup.sh script found at the Debian web site. I specified ftp to acquire
the new files, and let the
script run with defaults to ftp.debian.org. My system was 2.0.31 kernel,
with libc6 and
Thanks to Tim, Joost and Carey for the callback suggestions. I guess the
log contains the server's innocent reflection of the login name (which is
secret) and to change this would require a change in the way mgetty's
callback worked. BTW I don't have HANGUP in my man chat, so I guess I'm
is l3enc available for linux? if you mean for M$soft try Xingencoder
can encodes 60megs of wav in less than 30 secs on pentium166MMX
regards
kusuma
Pere Camps wrote:
Hi!
Apart from l3enc, does anybody know of a mp3 compressor?
Salutacions, Pere __o
On 12 Feb 1998, Jens Ritter wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert LaGrasse) writes:
I've installed ghostscript from the debian 1.3.1 cd and the stuff that
relates to it as well. In going through some of the doc, I discovered I
should have a few mak files, devs.mak for example. These files are
Well, I'm going to recommend Cgicc. The only drawback (advantage, as far as
I'm concerned) is that it's a full-on C++ object library. It is 100% free,
as long as it's distributed with the library source. This library seems
pretty nice (I've just started using it) and is probably a good candidate
Wiria A Kusuma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
is l3enc available for linux? if you mean for M$soft try Xingencoder
can encodes 60megs of wav in less than 30 secs on pentium166MMX
Only as binary for linux/x86. No other linux version..
/Stefan
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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Robert Moody wrote:
Hi there,
I am wondering if anyone knows of a company which sells both the Debian
version of Linux and StarOffice. I am asking as it would be easier for
me to purchase both at the same time. Any web sites etc. would be very
helpfull.
There is no
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, A. M. Varon wrote:
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
Is there a good spell checker for pine? - One that works all the time and
gives possible choices?
There is a program called ispell. It can be used with pine.
Paul, In case you haven't used ispell, it does
The current debian smail (3.2.0.100-4) daemon does not accept HELO comands
with non-fully qualified hostnames. See the following, rulvsa is not OK,
whereas rulvsa.leidenuniv.nl is:
$ telnet rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl 25
Trying 132.229.1.33...
Connected to rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl.
Escape character is '^]'.
In an attempt to save the world from disaster, Rene Hogendoorn wrote:
While compiling two C++ files with g++, I get the above error
(consistently on 2 different hamm 2.0.33 pentium boxes).
The same two files compile OK on a Dec alpha DU4.0 with gcc-2.7.2.
Anyone got a clue what this means?
I have just installed the last version of autofs 0.3.14-4 over last kernel
(2.1.86) and nothing work again. Basically I get nfs server not reponding...
message, but the server is perfectly working (I can mount and unmount partition
from other non linux machines in the network).
I get the
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
hmm... how would that stop users from running programs they copied onto my
server?
chmod, perl and tar connot be directly used to make the copied/uploaded
files executable... since the files in /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, and
/usr/bin are owned by say,
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Kevin Cave wrote:
I've now tried 2.1.86, and it still has the same problem. I can use
slist to see the
various Netware servers, but I can't mount the volumes, or send print
files to 'em.
Yes, this is a problem. The only fix I know of right now is to get the
hmm... how would that stop users from running programs they copied onto my
server?
If they can't copy them, how will they run them? Disable ftpd and
don't give them access to very many commands (not cc or ftp or chmod,
certainly) and they can't copy anything or create anything runnable,
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Colin R. Telmer wrote:
Paul, In case you haven't used ispell, it does not give any choices
(unless I have it set up incorrectly).
A.M. Do you have ispell give you choices in pine?
sure! go to the setup of pine. In the speller, type ispell. Invoking the
speller in pine,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Braakman) writes:
Can any happy (or unhappy) Debian-on-laptop users help me here with
information?
I'd say it depends a lot on the laptop in question. My own notebook is a
slightly dated IPC PortaPC 5 with a 486DX33 processor, 8 MB RAM, 700 MB
disk and a WD90C24A
The local name is there for completeness. When you're using it for dial-out it's
very important, especially if you dial out to more than one place. You then set
the local name to be used on the pppd command line. For dial-in you could also
use
it to set a different set of authentication for
joost witteveen wrote:
The current debian smail (3.2.0.100-4) daemon does not accept HELO comands
with non-fully qualified hostnames. See the following, rulvsa is not OK,
whereas rulvsa.leidenuniv.nl is:
$ telnet rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl 25
Trying 132.229.1.33...
Connected to
Is there a file on the system I can read which tells me which version of
packages and libraries are currently installed on my system?
If not, is there a system command I can use to find out? How do you keep
track of what your current system configuration is?
I'm trying to upgrade from Bo to Hamm,
I installed slrn and slrnpull, connected to my news provider and ran
slrnpull to pul 20 articles in the newsgroup com.os.linux.announce.
When I run slrn --spool, I get a screen with one row:
-- U 20 comp.os.linux.announce
When I press the space bar or return the 20 changes to 0 with a
Hi all
Does somebody know if there's some command to *rename* either a file or
directory in Linux. I don't want to move them to another files/dirs.
Thank you
Bruno
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you wouldn'tr want to share /etc tho...because then that shares
everything...which isn't always good
(wouldn't want them all to have the same IP adress)
tho you could mount a shared version of etc and have the shared configs
be sym links to the shared mounted version
but..
something along the
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Hi,
I've tried to set up fetchmail to get mail from my university-account and
deliver it locally to smail on port 25. Telnetting to port 25 goes well. When
I run 'fetchmail -v' however; the following happens:
fetchmail: 4.3.6 querying ifi.uio.no (protocol IMAP) at Tue Feb 10
All
I called their number, 1-888-248-0837, and left the debian-user mailing
list as a 'to be removed' address. I hope I was not the only one to call
them. I hate SPAM.
--David Teague
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On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote:
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: hmm... how would that stop users from running programs they copied onto my
: server?
Mount the /home partition noexec. In fact, make sure any user writable
partition is mounted noexec. If your users can copy files to /usr, then
you've got a fairly
'dpkg -l |less'
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Russ Cook wrote:
Is there a file on the system I can read which tells me which version of
packages and libraries are currently installed on my system?
If not, is there a system command I can use to find out? How do you keep
track of what your current
Hi all,
How can I find out which programs are using swap and how much of it?
As an example, I have found that netscape4 will occasionally start using
lots of swap and will not release it until closed, even if it is not
using it anymore(say after loading a large page like Packages.gz or
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