Re: Load balancing with multiple ADSL connections?

2007-06-12 Thread James Stevenson
Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: Hi James! On 6/12/07, James Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes it is posisble thought it was some time ago i have done something > like this. You need to patch the kernel or there is problems with > packets coming out of the wrong interfa

Re: Is this a bug?

2007-06-12 Thread James Stevenson
Mahesh M wrote: Hi, Once I tried using the deluser commmand and while trying to see how well it works, I tried the following command: deluser root And to my surprise, root was deleted. Is that good? Self-termination, suiside!!! I dont know if this is a bug, or if it has be

Re: Load balancing with multiple ADSL connections?

2007-06-12 Thread James Stevenson
Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: (Please, CC me on answers. Thank you.) Hi! We are having some difficulties here to find a good solution for a problem. There is a computer connected to 3 ADSL lines (two of 8M and one of 2M), a card to the internal network and in the future, a new card, connected to

Re: Enable SNMP read-only on routers for network monitoring

2007-06-12 Thread James Stevenson
rocky wrote: Hey, I'm following the tutorial on http://www.aboutdebian.com/monitor.htm. It says to configure the MRTG to monitor the router traffic, I need to have read-only SNMP enabled on target routers. Our office does not use Cisco routers. We are using TL-R478+ which is a chinese brand. We

RE: kernel or ppp problem?

2007-05-14 Thread James Stevenson
t: 14 May 2007 18:38 > To: James Stevenson > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: kernel or ppp problem? > > James, > > The serial ports (both ends) are set at 38.4K. As to PPP on > the two ends -- lets call the systems "black" and "white"

RE: kernel or ppp problem?

2007-05-14 Thread James Stevenson
What speed is the serial link running at ? How are you running ppp on each end of the connection? Have you check for errors on the serial line ? > -Original Message- > From: Eugene Stemple [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 May 2007 07:05 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: ker

RE: Adding a new HDD - how do I move /var/lib/mysql ?

2007-01-11 Thread James Stevenson
> -Original Message- > From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 January 2007 16:15 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Adding a new HDD - how do I move /var/lib/mysql ? > > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:02:02 -0500 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 10,

RE: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-10 Thread James Stevenson
> >> > > useful in this environment? > >> > Many folks like that one. I use shorewall. You can always block > >> > outgoing ports that you dont use. If you dont run an ftp server, > block > >> > port 20 and 21, etc. > >> > > >> That is why I really like the "default deny" mentality. Start by > >>

RE: Adding a new HDD - how do I move /var/lib/mysql ?

2007-01-10 Thread James Stevenson
Install new hard driver. Create a partition Fdisk /dev/hdx Add to fstab As /dev/hdx /mnt/hdx Format it Mkfs /dev/hdx Mount /dev/hdx Stop mysql Mv /var/lib/mysql /mnt/hdx Link it over Ln -s /var/lib/mysql /mnt/hdx/mysql Start mysql Means you can move other things into it if you run out of space a

RE: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-08 Thread James Stevenson
> > > useful in this environment? > > Many folks like that one. I use shorewall. You can always block outgoing > > ports that you dont use. If you dont run an ftp server, block port 20 > > and 21, etc. > > > That is why I really like the "default deny" mentality. Start by > blocking all incoming a

RE: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-08 Thread James Stevenson
> If I understand the matter correctly, a firewall can protect only > against incoming messages, and is useless against spyware which > "phones home" or zombie-ware which spews email spam. Not totally correct. A firewall is only as good as the traffic that is permitted to flow across it. If you wa

RE: why still using GCC-2.95 and Linux 2.4.x and 2.2.x?

2006-09-11 Thread James Stevenson
> On 9/11/06, James Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm still interesting in knowing why people still use GCC-2.95 and the > > > older kernels, 2.2 and 2.4. As for the kernels, it used to be that the > > > older ones were m

RE: why still using GCC-2.95 and Linux 2.4.x and 2.2.x?

2006-09-10 Thread James Stevenson
> Hi, > I'm still interesting in knowing why people still use GCC-2.95 and the > older kernels, 2.2 and 2.4. As for the kernels, it used to be that the > older ones were more stable since 2.6 was also a development series, > but is it still the case. > The most interesting issue is the usage of Lin