On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:17:33PM +0200, David Baron wrote:
> Few such as we are would lay out good money for something he/she could get
> for free!
Debian does take donations:
http://www.debian.org/donations/
(though I seem to be having trouble reaching www.spi-inc.org at the
moment.)
When I
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:45:32AM -0800, Mike Egglestone wrote:
> Hi,
> My server was trojaned recently, not sure how.
> It looks like /bin/ps was modified or replaced with
> a trojan.
Out of curiosity--how can you tell?
> The /root/.bash_history file is set to this:
>
> chsslx1:~# ls -la .bas
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:19:00AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 07:55, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > Why not? They already have physical access to the machine, what more
> > would you give up to them by telling them the root password? For a home
> > compu
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:58:48AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I've decided that it's about time I look for a solution to a problem
> that's been bugging me. On certain occasions, I find it necessary to
> have one of my roommates do something to the network at home when I'm
> not there. As such
On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 12:39:55PM -0500, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
> Here is my question. Once the camera is mounted (in my case, I put it at
> /mnt/camera), I can see the pictures here: /mnt/camera/dcim/100nikon/*.jpg
> If I want to delete them, can I just do "rm -f /mnt/camera/dcim/100nikon/*.jp
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 03:58:41PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 06:30:32PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > I'd like to configure a debian box to allow root logins without a
> > password; what do I need to do? The relevant line in the password file
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 08:41:12AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Please don't reply to something on-topic in private. Sending back to
> the list...
I thought it was getting a little off-topic, but OK.
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 11:37:50AM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > On
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 02:24:54PM +0200, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
> J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:15:16AM +0800, Sacha Chua wrote:
> >> "J. Bruce Fields" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> > I'
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:15:16AM +0800, Sacha Chua wrote:
> "J. Bruce Fields" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'd like to configure a debian box to allow root logins without a
> > password; what do I need to do? The relevant line in the password file
&g
I'd like to configure a debian box to allow root logins without a
password; what do I need to do? The relevant line in the password file
is
root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
I thought the empty password field would do the job, but apparently not.
There is no /etc/shadow file.
--Bruce Fields
--
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:20:07AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm not clear how to use apt-listchanges. Can it be integrated into
> apt-get?
Yes. In fact I thought by default it would make apt-get display a list
of the relevant bits of the changelogs before apt-get asks you if you
want t
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 02:21:20PM -0400, Dan Anderson wrote:
> > So, again, please don't send automatic replies.
>
> Although you may not personally approve of the method it is an accepted
> method of blocking spam. YMMV and such.
There certainly is software out there (virus software at
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 02:00:52PM -0400, Dan Anderson wrote:
> > It isn't just people on listserv's that will be annoyed: please never
> > send automatic replies; the "from" address is a lie anyway.
>
> This is one of the reasons I put a caveat about listservs not following
> rules.
The pr
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 01:25:16PM -0400, Dan Anderson wrote:
> 5) Make anybody e-mailing to your address who is not on your whitelist
> (besides listservs!) respond to an automatic reply to be added to your
> whitelist. Most spammers won't respond (although people on the listserv
> may get angry
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 12:13:28PM -0400, Jon Earle wrote:
> This open list policy that so many lists have, while it _may_, and I'm
> placing a lot of faith and emphasis on the 'may', offer the occasional
> newbie or (individual who couldn't be bothered to subscribe multiple
> addresses) the abilit
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:06:45PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
> I've been using kdm for a long time and was very comfortable with the
> way a user can select the window manager to use at start up. I virtually
> never choose KDE, but rather window maker or ion. Nevertheless, it
> worked flawlessly.
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 09:07:38PM -0400, Neal Lippman wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone has gotten 2.6.0-test2 compiled and runnign at
> all
Of course; tons of people are running it. It's what I use for most of
my daily work. My laptop, alas, is a little unstable under 2.6, but two
other compute
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:38:33PM +0200, Pim Bliek wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've set the following in my kernel-config (2.4.21):
>
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
>
> I have an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe rev 2.0 motherboard.
>
> When I run hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
On 31 Jan 2002, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 21:17, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> Why don't you use mozilla-0.9.7 from sid?
Over the last year or so, there have been dramatic improvements to mozilla
with each new version, so I haven't wanted to wait for a debian pa
On 31 Jan 2002, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 20:18, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > No, at least on my system, this still leaves the same problem--it brings
> > up the correct browser, but opens the default home page, not the
> > highlighted URL.---b.
> Which
On 31 Jan 2002, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 18:50, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > it brings up the home page, not the page pointed to by the highlighted URL.
> >
> > What is the correct way to select a new default browser?
>
> Hmm, I don't know about the version of gnome in potato, but
> Everything is fine with /dev/hdc (/home), but /dev/hda will
> always wake up after a few seconds of sleep !
Try just leaving a tail -f of some of the files in /var/log running in a
window on your desktop while you work. This will may be enlightening.
One particularly likely culprit: syslogd is
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Mike Pfleger wrote:
> * Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > Adjust it in the Gnome Control Panel or 'gnomecc' application.
>
> Errr.. I thought the original post was clear that _only_ sawfish/
> sawmill was being used. Or did I misunderstand that? I am pretty
>
On 8 Jun 2001, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> Has anyone got a setup with a dual-head G450 card with two monitors
> and, obviously, running Debian (potato or testing?). I'm planning on
> getting a new system and now that I've had dual-head on my SGI for a
> couple of years, don't think I could live withou
On Sat, 19 May 2001, Erik Steffl wrote:
> I get them too... probably some mailing list problem...
No, we've all just decided to switch to German just to add some interest
to a list that was otherwise getting a bit dull. Really, it'll be
fun.---Bruce Fields
> I dl the 0.8 build, untarred and zipped it to /usr/local/share/mozilla
> than ran /usr/local/share/mozilla/mozilla to get it started. I get lot's
> of error message and changing themes crahses it cold. They couldn't have
> released this as is, so it's me.
Not necessarily; last I heard, I don't t
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, David B.Harris wrote:
> To quote Omar Shuja Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> # i have recently installed a network of to Linux boxes.
> # one of them is a working dial up machine. i want to
> # share the internet connection with the other Linux box
> # also. please tell me what
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, ktb wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 07:07:36PM +0100, Olivier Billet wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've the folowing issue : when I loggin under gdm I blinks like it's
> > going to launch a window manager, but it dont do anything and then
> > goes back to the login prompt.
> >
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> I had the identical systems. Logging in on a text console (alt-ctl-F1,
^^^err, meant to write "symptoms" there.
Sorry, I'll proofread more carefully next time)
> then log in), and examining the fil
I had the identical systems. Logging in on a text console (alt-ctl-F1,
then log in), and examining the file .gnome-errors in my home directory, I
found that gnome was complaining about not being able to find a certain
shared library file. (Can't remember the name--something with pixbuf in
it some
On 3 Dec 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> Gr. Navigator 4.75 hangs on some pages, eating all the CPU, and making
> all open netscape windows unuseable. This is on an i686, mostly
> potato. Any patches/workarounds for this sort of problem? -chris
Hm, I have problems with netscape misbehaving,
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Nate Amsden wrote:
> I would say
>
> Avoid toshiba
This isn't quite fair to Mr. Amsden, who it seems has a lot of experience
with linux on laptops, but--please be careful with statements that lump
together all laptops of a certain brand. Experiences with a few
representatives
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Jeff Davis wrote:
> "J. Bruce Fields" wrote:
> > I'm using the newest "tulip" driver with a netgear (a FA310TX--the model
> > number matters a lot, which is yours?), and it works fine. See
> > http://www.scyld.com/network/tuli
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Cliff Rice wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 07:43:34AM -0800, Jeff Davis wrote:
> > I have a Netgear 10/100 card. I am sure it works, and I have used the
> > same type of card with other distros. In it's "linux.txt" it describes
> > an object file called "tulip.o", which I ass
> Bruce F. writes:
> > It seems to forget to set the permissions back maybe about a third of the
> > time.
>
> Just with wvdial or with pon as well?
I believe it happens with both. pon/poff continue to work, regardless.
> What version of ppp? There was a
> bug that did this, but I don't rememb
On 16 Nov 2000, John Hasler wrote:
> Bruce F. writes:
> > However, I've found that pppd, for some reason, occasionally changes the
> > permissions of the modem device to crw-r,...
>
> It always does that, for security. If it exits normally it changes the
> permissions back.
It seems to fo
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> I am running a fresh debian machine as a single user. When I try to
> connect to my ISP through wvdial or pon from my personal account I get a
> message complaining that I have no privilege to do the operation, I should
> be root to do it. I don't
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Pap Tibor wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Kristian Rink wrote:
> > In this case I recommend downloading the standard Mozilla build directly
> > from
> >
> > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/release-notes/
> >
> > where You will find several packages for Linux-x86 as
I recently got myself a used Matrox Millenium (there are several---I got
the one with the 220MHz RAMDAC and 4Megs WRAM), and am very happy with it.
The online manual is available at
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/user_manuals/older/home.cfm if you want
to check out the specs. It's an old card
Every time I run xpdf, I get messages of the form
Error (21103): Couldn't open temporary file ''
on stderr, and xpdf just shows me a blank page. It does allow me to
change pages (using the right-arrow/left-arrow buttons at the bottom), but
I get a new error and another blank page each time I d
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