remote login script

Hi, I would like to do something only when i remote login to my debian box. I would like to run export DISPLAY=[client ip]:0.0 but i don't want linux to do this if I login on the box itself. Thanks Amish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

ssl connection problem

Hi, I am trying to connect to the ftp server using SSL running on linux from windows using cuteftp but although it logs in properly, cuteftp displays an error after some time. I installed ftpd-ssl in debian. Thanks for any info: 230 User axr0284 logged in. STATUS:> Login successful. COMMAND:>

confusing processes

Hi, I was wondering where all these processes /sbin/getty ... came from since I did not start them . Anybody could enlighten me. Thanks Amish ps g PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1346 tty1 Ss+0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1 1347 tty2 Ss+0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2 1348 tty3 Ss+

increase size of the drive

Hi, I am running out of space on my /home partition and I was wondering how to increase the partition size without having to lose information on the partition. Below is the way I partitioned my hard drive. Thanks Amish Disk Drive: /dev/hda Size: 204

Using parted

Hi, I've been trying to use parted to merge two partitions but for some reason, it won't do it. This is what I get: Using /dev/hda (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-19470.937 megabytes Disk label type: msdos MinorStart End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031

compiling kernel module question

Hi, I have been trying to compile and insert a simple kernel module but without luck. This is what I did. Since the freshly installed debian sarge 3.1 distro did not have any source files under /usr/src, I di uname -a to make sure of the kernel version that is installed: Linux test 2.4.27-2-3

Re: compiling kernel module question

me out, Amish - Original Message - From: "Almut Behrens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 9:43 PM Subject: Re: compiling kernel module question On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 05:36:26PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: Hi, I have been trying to comp

SSH is disconnecting at random

Hi, I have recently installed Debian sarge on an old machine and usually log on using ssh since I don't have a monitor hooked up to the machine. It has been working fine for some time but recently, the computer has been disconnecting me at random and closing the connection. I initially thought

Re: SSH is disconnecting at random

10:00 PM Subject: Re: SSH is disconnecting at random -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Amish Rughoonundon wrote: Hi, I have recently installed Debian sarge on an old machine and usually log on using ssh since I don't have a monitor hooked up to the machine. It has been work

illegal access using ssh

Hi, I was looking at my auth.log file and I saw a bunch of these things: Nov 28 16:22:41 localhost sshd[11363]: Illegal user nobody from 212.0.148.2 I was wondering if there is a way to filter the ip allowed to access the computer and allow only 1 ip (mine) to do so. Thanks a lot, Amish -- T

Re: illegal access using ssh

]> To: Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:32 AM Subject: Re: illegal access using ssh Amish Rughoonundon wrote: I was looking at my auth.log file and I saw a bunch of these things: Nov 28 16:22:41 localhost sshd[11363]: Illegal user nobody from 212.0.148.2 I was wondering if there is a way

Re: [Familiar] Pitfalls

double check on the WPA thingy. Thanks Amish - Original Message - From: "Erik Hovland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Familiar Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [Familiar] Pitfalls On Thu, Dec 01,

Re: [Familiar] Pitfalls

Hi all, my bad, this was intended for the familiar list. I am Multitasking too much here :) Amish - Original Message - From: "Amish Rughoonundon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian mailing list" Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [Famili

Deleted auth.log

Hi, I delete auth.log file by mistake and although I created it again,programs don't write anything to it anymore. Any suggestions. Thanks a bunch Amish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Deleted auth.log

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote (03-12-2005 00:34): On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 06:30:46PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: Hi, I delete auth.log file by mistake and although I created it again,programs don't write anything to it anymore. Any suggestions. Thanks a bunch Amish That is be

Setting up prvate public keys for ssh

Hi, I have been trying to use sftp with cuteFTP 7.1 Pro. I set it up with SFTP using SSH2 on port 22. I have also set the public and private keys. I want to use this since for some reason when I use only username and password and try to download multiple files, it asks me for the password conti

ipmasq question. Completely lost!!!!

Hi, first of all, I am new to the linux scene so bear with me. I have just installed ipmasq. I want to allow an ipaq connected to my debian system to connect to the internet. So when I installed ipmasq, I chose the "yes" when it asked if I wanted ppp to reconfigure the firewall. I then started

logs crazy

Hi, I was wondering what is up with the crazyness of the logs in debian. Is there any place where I can get a simple explanation of what (program/kernel) logs data to where. I mean I understand auth.log and user.log but what is the difference between kern.log, messages, dmesg, syslog and all

wireless drivers

Hi, I am currently learning how to write drivers for wirless cards. I was wondering if there is like a developer manual for these cards and how do programmers figure out how to send and receive data from the card and how to interface with it in general. I really appreciate any help you can provi

Compiling a module

Hi, I tried to follow the first example hello.c in the book linux device driver 2nd edition but I am getting a bunch of errors: hello.c: #define MODULE #include int init_module(void) { printk("<1>Hello, world\n"); return 0; } void cleanup_module(void) { printk("<1>Goodbye cruel world\n"); } Er

Issues with screen

Hi, I have been using gnu screen for some time without problems. After changing to runlevel 3 from runlevel 2, it seems that if I ssh into my system, start up a new screen, detach it and close the ssh connection, after about 15 mins, the detached screen stops executing and the process disappear