Re: Linux GTKicq Security Flaw (thought u should know)

1998-12-31 Thread Ben Collins
cially not the same as passwords on outside systems like ICQ, IRC bots, and webmail accounts :) -- --- - - --- - - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc.

Re: Network Neighborhood and IPmasquerading

1998-12-31 Thread Ben Collins
n that it tells B where other machines are. -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Trying to compile a new kernel.

1998-12-30 Thread Ben Collins
setup this way, do you have more than one parallel device? -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --

Re: uninstalling smail when a self compiled MTA is present

1998-12-20 Thread Ben Collins
reason. -- --- - - --- - - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Why does 16 bpp look the same as 24 bpp?

1998-12-20 Thread Ben Collins
since it uses less mem and netscape and xterm don't really push the limits of the spectrum :) -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc.

Re: NIS/something equivalent + security

1998-12-20 Thread Ben Collins
r (ie. the same as it would normally do if there were not NIS). The clear text password entered by the user is not sent anywhere by the NIS client. -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux Uni

Re: fte error

1998-12-19 Thread Ben Collins
vice so it should still work with this (plus it isn't suid root :) -- --- - ----- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NIS/something equivalent + security

1998-12-18 Thread Ben Collins
t be able to get the encrypted password). IIRC, the default setup is fairly secure from the debian packages outside of having to enter the blocks into libwrap files (hosts.deny,allow). good luck, Ben -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMA

Re: xmcd local database

1998-12-15 Thread Ben Collins
t a thought -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Pam dependencies

1998-12-15 Thread Ben Collins
ing then configuring is how dselect does it, so that's prbably why it hasn't been a problem for others. > Is this a bug? I would say yes. If you could file a bug report, it would be most appreciated. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben

Re: cfengine cron job

1998-12-15 Thread Ben Collins
r it, and actually never installed it with out configuring it, I never noticed. I'll fix it, maybe it will get into slink. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux U

Re: cfengine cron job

1998-12-14 Thread Ben Collins
run-parts not run it (norun :). To mave it back: /usr/sbin/dpkg-divert --remove /etc/cron.daily/cfengine.norun good luck, Ben -- --- - - ------- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - J

Re: automatic login?

1998-12-13 Thread Ben Collins
ev/tty1 I never tried it till now, seemed to work fine. good luck, Ben -- --- - ----- ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Debian installed in Virtual PC

1998-12-12 Thread Ben Collins
x (1.x wont work). Then make sure you setup your hardrive image properly before trying to boot. If you don't find an answer here, I suggest trying a Macintosh list to find some one who has done it themselves. good luck, Ben -- --- - - --- - - - --

Re: Newsgroup & Pine

1998-12-12 Thread Ben Collins
help?? > > Thx > Shao. Some isp's require that you use your login/password for newsgroup access, this may be the problem. Try setting a username for the news server in pine (forgot how that works, but it was simple i think). good luck, Ben -- --- - - -

Re: Joystick

1998-12-12 Thread Ben Collins
luck, Ben -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: switch of Debian

1998-12-11 Thread Ben Collins
filesystems makes sure that all of your data was written to disk and that it is clean. After it is done you can turn the computer off. good luck -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Re: resolve.conf specification

1998-12-08 Thread Ben Collins
he user at their discretion. -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: resolve.conf specification

1998-12-07 Thread Ben Collins
The -s makes it symbolic, -f makes sure it overrides the previous symlink. -- ------- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: resolve.conf specification

1998-12-07 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 01:27:37PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ben Collins writes: > > What does this [resolv.conf] have to do with policy? > > Packages are not to mess with other packages' conffiles. We had a long and > inclusive discussion of this on debian-

Re: resolve.conf specification

1998-12-07 Thread Ben Collins
one of them to /etc/resolv.conf when a call is made to the isp > > Sure. That'll work fine for you. The problem is with Debian policy. What does this have to do with policy? -- --- - ---- ----- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PRO

Re: resolve.conf specification

1998-12-07 Thread Ben Collins
thostbyname(). if he was running named, then he would have that listed in resolv.conf instead of his isp's dns. But your idea is correct :) -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux Unix

Re: resolve.conf specification

1998-12-06 Thread Ben Collins
easier way, but this is off the top of my head. -- --- - ----- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Dselect and Block Device?

1998-12-06 Thread Ben Collins
ain. a = primary ide chain, master drive b = primary ide chain, slave drive c = secondary ide chain, master drive d = secondary ide chain, slave drive -- --- - - --- - - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux U

Re: ssh with password

1998-12-05 Thread Ben Collins
o using RSA authentication without a passphrase. Should be in the ssh README. -- ------- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: scriptl interacts with telnet port daemon?

1998-12-05 Thread Ben Collins
h is packged with debian. It actually has some examples for scripting command line games like you are talking about. -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Syste

Re: suid script

1998-12-03 Thread Ben Collins
would strongly suggest you now do this. Instead download either the sudo or (my preference) super package and use them instead since they have much more control and security than simply setting the scripts suid. good luck -- --- - ---- ----- ---

Re: Logging bootup sequence

1998-12-02 Thread Ben Collins
oesn't seem to work... > I'm booting from a floppy if that matters.. After booting you can use the dmesg command to see what the kernel messages were, something like this: dmesg | more -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Be

Re: problems+suggestions

1998-12-02 Thread Ben Collins
, it is all theory. Maybe a wishlist bug for dpkg to output a special status file just for this would be nice, and having dselect be able to merge this into a new installs' status file would be even better. -- --- - ----- --- - - - --- Ben Collin

Re: Can dpkg check the MD5's of *every* file belonging to a package?

1998-12-01 Thread Ben Collins
lls). -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Permission(s) & /etc/skel

1998-11-30 Thread Ben Collins
idea which ftpd you are using. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Permission(s) & /etc/skel

1998-11-30 Thread Ben Collins
bly your ftpd, not sure why it uses that umask, but see if it is defined in the ftpd config somewhere, it's also possible that you ftp client is doing this intentionally from some setting, have you tried another ftp client perhaps a unix one? good luck -- - -- - ---- -

Re: Kernel compile problem

1998-11-29 Thread Ben Collins
wrong. -- --- - - --- - - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Restricted group-writable directories

1998-11-25 Thread Ben Collins
the account aaron needs to logout anf log back in for the new groups to take affect. -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan

Re: No more procmail, now exim..........

1998-11-25 Thread Ben Collins
fetchall nokeep smtphost localhost -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --

Re: Network Admin tool

1998-11-24 Thread Ben Collins
pub/debian/dists/* depending on your platform and current debian version. I suggest starting up dselect, updating the package listing and doing a search for cfengine and snmp. -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PRO

Re: new SLINK build question

1998-11-24 Thread Ben Collins
rt this, but the 1.743 format requires 83 tracks, AFAICS. Question then is, does rawrite2 support beyond track 80? -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems In

Re: security thru checksums?

1998-11-18 Thread Ben Collins
an also look at /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums. -- --- - ----- ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: permissions on /dev/dsp /dev/audio

1998-11-17 Thread Ben Collins
making it possible for them to use those devices. -- --- - --------- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Long file names

1998-11-11 Thread Ben Collins
question that I am sure has been asked before, but... > > When I mount my Win98 drive from Linux, the file names are shrunk. What do I > have to do to see the whole name? > > Thanks in advance! -- ------------ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTEC

sparc slowdown bug?

1998-11-09 Thread Ben Collins
ciated. Thanks, ------------ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. - CSC

Re: deb for ssh v2.x

1998-11-09 Thread Ben Collins
1998, Pere Camps wrote: > Hi! > > Is there any .deb available for ssh v2.x? > > I searched for it in ftpsearch but I didn't find anything. > > TIA! ------------ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc, CSC

Re: [comp.security] Secure computers

1998-11-05 Thread Ben Collins
Does this still protect against the popular "nuclear bomb" DoS attack? -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnixGroup Admin - NASA LaRC On 5 Nov 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > >>>> "Matt&q

Re: help! I have a strange problem with Netscape

1998-11-02 Thread Ben Collins
You need to install the latest libc5 and libc5-compat libraries for Netscape to work properly, either that or get the Netscape 4.5 that is linked with glibc(2). Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnixGroup Admin - NASA LaRC On Tue, 3 Nov 1998

Re: IP_Masqing w/ipchains

1998-10-25 Thread Ben Collins
ipchains installed but now I am stuck on what > to issue to get masking enabled. I tried doing it manually as well as using > ipfwadm-wrapper to no avail. Does anyone have a simple drop in command or > two to get them going? - -------- Ben Collins

Re: linux first boot

1998-10-22 Thread Ben Collins
t; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > - Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnixGroup Admin - NASA LaRC -BEGIN PGP S

Ack, sparc update is going nuts

1998-10-18 Thread Ben Collins
m going to upgrade the kernel to see if it's any better, but that doesn't seem to be working well. Any ideas? - -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnixGroup Admin - NASA LaRC -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versio

Re: Motherboard Sound Device Gyrations

1998-10-13 Thread Ben Collins
actual pnp devices that get setup in the isapnp.conf file. 1 for the 8bit, 1 for 16bit, and some others for misc sound device types and joystick. - -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UnixGroup Admin - NASA LaRC On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Bert Conliffe wrote

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