Re: apt-get upgrade woes

2001-11-09 Thread P Kirk
Forgot the attachment. 6530 execve("/usr/bin/dpkg", ["dpkg", "-i", "util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb"], [/* 22 vars */]) = 0 6530 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 6530 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4 6530 fstat64(0x4, 0xb044) = 0 6530

Re: apt-get upgrade woes

2001-11-09 Thread P Kirk
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 09:29:57PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: >On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 20:07:04 +0000, P Kirk wrote: >> install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! Operation not permitted > >Weird. link(2) lists only two possible causes for EPERM: >"The filesystem

Re: apt-get upgrade woes

2001-11-08 Thread P Kirk
I wonder if there's a way to specify an info directory or indeed no info directory using dpkg? something along the lines of ./configure infodir=/foo/bar when doing it from source?

Re: apt-get upgrade woes

2001-11-08 Thread P Kirk
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:26:06PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: >> drwxrwxrwx3 root root 4096 Nov 6 15:35 /usr/info/ > >OK, it may be a permission/ownership problem. Does the problem go away if >you try the dpkg line again after you've done > chmod 755 /usr/info >

Re: apt-get upgrade woes

2001-11-08 Thread P Kirk
> >Well, there is some information that may prove to be relevant, like >- The version of dpkg (the package which contains install-info) >- The output of "ls -ld /usr/info /usr/share/info" >- The log produced by > "strace -f -e file -o fileaccesslog dpkg -i util-linux_2.11l-3_i386.deb" > which pr

Re: util-linux

2001-11-06 Thread P Kirk
> > I would suggest installing info, and then just not use it. > info is a default part of Debian and at it's latest version on my system. The problem is that the install-info script doesn't work.

Re: imap problems

2001-11-06 Thread P Kirk
I did what you suggest and after 4 days it seems safe to say that it works. Many thanks. - Original Message - From: "Daniel Sand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "P Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian user" Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:36 AM Sub

util-linux

2001-11-06 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, My system can't install new software beause it can't update util-linux. The problem is a script called install-info which seems to be trying to install info. At first it was saying install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file. Now I've manually created a /usr/info/dir and i

Re: apt-get upgrade woes

2001-11-06 Thread P Kirk
> something happened to my apt-get database in Woody and now when I try > to install new packages, run dselect or apt-get upgrade I see this; > help appreciated: > > (Reading database ... 20068 files and directories currently > installed.) > Preparing to replace util-linux 2.11h-1 (using > .../uti

apt-get upgrade woes

2001-11-05 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, something happened to my apt-get database in Woody and now when I try to install new packages, run dselect or apt-get upgrade I see this; help appreciated: (Reading database ... 20068 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace util-linux 2.11h-1 (using .../util-linux

imap problems

2001-11-02 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, I'm putting together a mail server for a small company. There will be 20 or so mail accounts accessed via laptops on the road or from desktop machines. I'm planning to use imap and IMP software. Problem with imap - whenever Outlook Express fires up, it says "Your imap server has closed

mutt from command-line

2001-10-10 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, Couple of mutt questions: 1. Is it possible to have mutt sent to a list of addresses from a cron job? Its for an invite I have to send out regularly and its a pain not being able to use cron. 2. My Space bar scrolls down. Hoiw do I scroll up a message? Thanks in advance, Patrick

Re: Can I convert an ext2 fs to Resierfs?

2001-10-09 Thread P Kirk
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:08:26PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: >> Its interesting that people don't really seem to think >> much of ext3 but in my experience it is superb. > >I've been using it for about 3 months or so and have no >complaints. The most appealing thing for me was the *simple* >conv

Re: Debian GNU/Linux as email & DNS server

2001-10-09 Thread P Kirk
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:39:16AM +0200, Davi Leal wrote: > >Hi all, > >I am going to use a debian box as email and DNS server. The goal is duplicate >the functionality of a host which is using sendmail, xinetd (pop3) & bind. I >have thought to use: > >debian 2.2r3 (potato) > >sendmail

Re: Can I convert an ext2 fs to Resierfs?

2001-10-09 Thread P Kirk
>other (real) creating of a file system would. You can easily convert it >to ext3 if you like to. > >Frank Its interesting that people don't really seem to think much of ext3 but in my experience it is superb. I use a headless box with very old components. If I need to reboot and can't ssh in,

Re: Takin' the plunge...

2001-10-09 Thread P Kirk
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 07:53:10AM -0700, Royce Bell wrote: >Debian Linux was recommended to me by a friend, but (this is embarrassing to >admit, as I feel like a newbie all over again) quite frankly, I'm >confusingly overwhelmed at the different products now available. Debian, >RedHat, etc. Ever

Re: this list is like hotel california

2001-10-08 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 12:18:33PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: >on Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:50:38AM +0800, Rino Mardo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Surprised. I find sending a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe works within an hour or so. Have you tried this?

Re: mutt navigating

2001-10-08 Thread P Kirk
>echo set pager_stop >> ~/.muttrc That works nicely. Many thanks!

mutt navigating

2001-10-08 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, I have a small problem with mutt. I want to use the space bar to scroll and the up and down arrows for previous and next messsages. However, I want to stop mutt autoscrolling from 1 message to the next when I reach the end of a message. Does anyone have a working setup for this? Tha

Re: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting

2001-10-04 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, Its my impression that there are only a few email harvesters out there and that they don't work very hard. Perhaps once you have a list with a million names, its not worth wasting time building a new one. For example, I found about the time of Clinton/Lewinski I was getting a very well p

Re: free proxy server

2001-10-03 Thread P Kirk
On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 06:38:51AM +0800, a wrote: >Do you know any free proxy server on the Internet? >???P?? ? >?zf???y?z??z???l0??Z???y?h?r??{?{Zr?b???Xy+ apt-get install squid should do it.

Re: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting

2001-10-03 Thread P Kirk
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 05:32:49AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>= Original Message From Ailbhe Leamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >>If you post to any mailing list with archives on the web you are likely >>to have your address harvested by spammers. This is not news. > >Yeah, knee-jerk reacti

Re: list etiquette

2001-10-02 Thread P Kirk
>And for unsubscribing here: >- I'm only one person, if you have problems with me, say so, I'll just > do the equivalent of killfiling you. >- if you use debian, it's probably a quite good idea to participate here >- as for unpleasant: that's just life, I'm afraid. > The joy of the Internet is th

Re: exim: how to change the "Envelope-to"-field?

2001-10-02 Thread P Kirk
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:34:35PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi (again)! > >I am just playing (or "optimizing) with my debian-box. >And I found out that exim (I think exim is the default mail deliverer in >debian, isn't it?) fills the "Envelope-to"-field with "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >(wich is

Re: Debian + DSL...a success story...

2001-10-02 Thread P Kirk
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 03:50:07PM -0400, Jeffrey Michael Reed wrote: >typically all you find is PROBLEMS on the mail list... > >well, i would like to offer some words of encouragement for >a change...a success story. > >using Debian and a cheap Pentium machine (as my router) and >my Earthlink AD

Re: network

2001-10-02 Thread P Kirk
>Another thing, I'm trying to do make meuconfig and make xconfig in the dir >/usr/src/linux, as root >and as normal user, but both my Mandrake an Debian machine it says: >make: *** No rule to make target `menuconfig'. Stop. > >Do I mis something? > >Hans > > > You have to check that bib86 a

Re: virtual hosting in apache and file locations

2001-10-02 Thread P Kirk
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:01:43AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: >On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:27:49AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: >> i always wondered just why debian apache puts the main homepage of a >> server into /var/www. > >Because it can change during normal system operation (rules out /usr

Re: OT: html or text to rtf conversion tool?

2001-10-02 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:32:42PM +0100, Andreas Obermaier wrote: >Patrick, > >thanks for the offer. And yes, I am trying to use my computer as a >tool. I want to find a solution to come up with an acceptable format >for my cv from within Linux. This should be consistent with your view >of comp

Re: OT: html or text to rtf conversion tool?

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 10:47:22PM +0100, xio wrote: >Hi, > >I am trying to find a common denominator with recruitment agencies who >don't want to accept my cv either in html or text. Most of them keep >insisting in asking for a cv in Word format. > >Does anybody know if there is conversion tools

Re: Pure-ftpd -- connection refused

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
>> it logs on automatically, drills down through directories and has a nice >> command-line. > >I use lukemftp all the time, but the issue is still the same -- the >server refuses to talk to me. Boggle. What's in your .netrc?

Re: network

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
> >I am able to ping from the W2K-machine to the Debian-machine and vice-versa. > >After this I did apt-get install ipmasq, what seems to go right. > >The configuratio of the W2K-machine is the same as I had before when I was >running Mandrake, >static ip 192.168.0.253, gateway 192.168.0.1 and the

Re: Pure-ftpd -- connection refused

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 10:57:59PM +0200, Gustaf Erikson wrote: >Has anyone tinkered with the pure-ftpd package >(http://pureftpd.sourceforge.net/)? I've installed it using apt-get, >but when I try to connect to localhost I get "connection refused". I >never even get a prompt. > If you have a momen

Re: Partition sizes...

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:41:41PM -0500, Alexander Wallace wrote: >Hello there... I just bought a server that has 2 4gb hd... I want to >install debian to make it a server, and probably add a 20 gb hd... My >question is, what partition should I put in the big hd (the 20 gb) if I >expect to host se

Re: Debian installation inside a live linux

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 07:20:10PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello. > >Is there way to launch debian installation from inside a live Mandrake system? >There is a currently linux kernel 2.2.19 running. > >I'm planning to replace a mandrake system that has no video card inside. >So if I boot o

Re: notification related

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 04:43:15PM +0530, Jeffrin Jose T. wrote: > > > > I added "mailboxes `echo $HOME/Mail*` " in my .muttrc in my home >directory and has moved procmail.log from $HOME/Mail and now i get a >notofication of "N" before opening mail.But can i get a noitification >typic

Re: notification related

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 03:49:40PM +0530, Jeffrin Jose T. wrote: >Iam using mutt as MUA and i have different mail boxes. Is it possible >to make an arrangement such that i should to notified that a new message >has arrived at a typical box without opening it. Make a directory called mail, then

Re: list etiquette

2001-10-01 Thread P Kirk
> > or imap (allow ssl connections only ssl) > > that way you can use various MUAs and still have consistent email >folders (what you do using one (instance) of MUA is visible to all other >MUAs, no file locking problems etc.) > > erik > IMAP is a good choice. I have mutt on one box and O

Re: Cron puzzlement

2001-09-30 Thread P Kirk
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 09:38:57AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: >Any script you put into the /etc/cron.* folders will be executed as part of >that group. > >Craig Thanks for that.

Cron puzzlement

2001-09-30 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, What user in /etc/passwd runs the essential maintenance tasks in /etc/cron.* ? Can I add tasks by chucking them in that folder or do I need to first add them to a specific crontab? Thanks in advance. Patrick

Re: Linux Administration ?'s

2001-09-14 Thread P Kirk
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 11:04:03AM -0700, Stephen Smith wrote: >I am relatively new to Linux, and have a class that I am required to be >a Linux Administrator for. I need to know some of the basic questions >to ask in order to be effective. I am using Linux Mandrake. Thanks for >the help. > I would

Re: Mutt Unread Mail

2001-09-14 Thread P Kirk
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 01:34:30PM +0100, Ailbhe Leamy wrote: >On (11/09/01 14:42), Martin F Krafft wrote: > >> list your mailboxes in .muttrc with the mailboxes command, then use >> the letter 'c' to switch mailboxes - it'll switch to the next mailbox >> with unread messages. > >Correction: It'll

Re: Pasting into vim from Win2k via SSH

2001-09-13 Thread P Kirk
Sorry for double posting. Outsmarted by mutt :-(

Re: Why so big(2)

2001-08-21 Thread P Kirk
Karsten, what can I say...thanks. - Original Message - From: "Karsten M. Self" To: "Debian User List" Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:58 PM Subject: Re: Why so big(2)

Re: Why so big(2)

2001-08-21 Thread P Kirk
Thanks all. Serious pruning got it down by over 100MB. Still Debian is becoming a very big system. ITs a pity the small install option is gone. Patrick - Original Message - From: "P Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" Sent: Tuesday, August 21,

Why so big(2)

2001-08-21 Thread P Kirk
My apologies for sending an attachemnt but it is only 4.1 k. This is my installed list. /dev/hda2 703M 574M 93M 86% / du -m /usr/399 du -m /usr/src/ 173 du -m /usr/share148 du -m /home 120 I don't have anything other than samba and python installed. How can

Re: Re: Re: libdb.so.3: Potato->Woody

2001-08-21 Thread P Kirk
And it works for me as well. Thanks Johnny!

Re: Re: libdb.so.3: Potato->Woody

2001-08-21 Thread P Kirk
Good call! It is a broken symlink. enterprise:/home/patrick# ls -al /lib/libdb.so.3 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 14 Aug 21 10:00 /lib/libdb.so.3 -> libdb.so.3.old enterprise:/home/patrick# locate libdb.so.3.old enterprise:/home/patrick# So, what do I need to do to get a libdb.so.3.old

Re: libdb.so.3: Potato->Woody

2001-08-21 Thread P Kirk
Thanks for replying but still struggling. | dont worry, it's not that bad. | i found out when i switched from potato->woody that sometimes you just have | to softlink the "missing" files to existing (possibly with lower | version-numbers) files... or sometimes do a 'dpkg -x /' if it still | woul

libdb.so.3: Potato->Woody

2001-08-21 Thread P Kirk
perl: error while loading shared libraries: libdb.so.3: cannot open shared objec t file: No such file or directory I've done a Google search and seen this come up a lot but can't find a fix. Is my system now broken beyond repair or is there a way to fix this? Manually compile glibc perhaps? -- Pa

Why so big?

2001-08-20 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, When I installed slink, there used be a small system option that required 34 MB. With potato, I choose simple setup, select SAMBA server and then install vim from dselect. Its close on 200MB. Is there a small Debian setup I missed? -- Patrick Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?

2001-08-16 Thread P Kirk
Danie is absolutely right. I'm pasting in from the HOWTO: 12.7 Installing DPKG We don't install the Debian Package manger itself, but a small program that is shipped with this package; the start-stop-daemon program. This program is very useful in boot scripts so we're going to use it.

Re: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?

2001-08-16 Thread P Kirk
If you want a stable easy to manage system Debian is unbeatable. But if you want to learn, www.linuxfromscratch.org is the best learning experience. And you can install dpkg afterwards if it gets to be too much work.

Re: Disaster Recovery files

2001-08-16 Thread P Kirk
I'll cp /etc. Its not just wiser...its easier. Many thanks!

Re: OT -- Microsoft's Smart Tags

2001-08-16 Thread P Kirk
Right now I'm at work using ie6 and in the Advanced Options there are a lot of Smart Tags radio boxes. Smart Tags is here. Anytime Microsoft or anyone else wants to turn it on, they just need to fire up a VB script.

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V101 #1151

2001-08-15 Thread P Kirk
See below my sig for unsubscribe details. - Original Message - From: "Michael Hambe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:51 PM Subject: Re: debian-user-digest Digest V101 #1151 | Can any body actually tell me how to get off this list. | | | -- | Thanks | | Mick |

Re: Plz help with adsl

2001-08-11 Thread P Kirk
#! On Sat, Aug 11, 2001, usucapiao wrote: >I'm having a big trouble trying to make my adsl works on debian. > >I'm trying to use the rp-pppoe script, it works on conectiva linux, but >dont works on debian, red hat and slackware... > What sort of problems are you haveing? Run the pon command, th

Re: iptables vs ipchains vs ipmasq

2001-08-10 Thread P Kirk
#! On Sat, Aug 11, 2001, thomas anderson wrote: >reliable HOWTO that tellsa pretty good *newbie* how to setup iptables for >this setup or should I just use ipmasq instead? or maybe ipchains? >unfortunately, my /usr/share/doc/HOWTO only has ipmasq-howto and >ipchains-howto.. > ipmasq is more tha

Re: Need Help on EXIM

2001-08-10 Thread P Kirk
Didn't this come uip earlier today? Just select option 1 in eximconfig, enter your domain name when asked, enter the local IP address range and don't allow relaying. -- Patrick "sig free and joyful"" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: mount permission problems

2001-08-10 Thread P Kirk
Hey Bob. Puzzling one this. You should cc the group on all mail as athere are way more skilled players than me. soemting is very odd here. As root you can go to / and command rm -rf /* and watch the whole OS disappear. So I don't understand why you * can't chown the contents of the partition.

Re: mount permission problems

2001-08-10 Thread P Kirk
#! On Fri, Aug 10, 2001, Bob Koss wrote: >Mounting worked. By repeating the command I assume you meant >'chown -R sue /mnt/dosE'. If so, that failed as it traversed the >subdirectories of the partition. > ? Its meant to get all the subdirectories. As root do this: Make sure the partition /is/ cor

Re: mount permission problems

2001-08-10 Thread P Kirk
#! On Fri, Aug 10, 2001, Bob Koss wrote: This is goung nucleur but on the assumption you don't have many other users, do it and then subtract permissions afterwards. chown -R wife /mnt/dosE Mount the FAT partition and repeat the command. Log in as your wife and enter: cp /etc/lilo.conf /mnt/do

Re: mount permission problems

2001-08-10 Thread P Kirk
Hi, There are a few diagnostic steps you need. First, if you login to the Debian box under your wife's ID, can you access the files? If yes, its a SAMBA problem. If not, we need to look at permissions again. On the assumption that it is a SAMBA problem, here's a link that will take you through

Re: (OT) The loan winbox

2001-08-09 Thread P Kirk
Norton anti-Virus is very good. -- Patrick "sig free and joyful"" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: FW: Careful. This is for information only.

2001-08-09 Thread P Kirk
#! On Thu, Aug 09, 2001, Matthew Sackman wrote: >Yes, but I think the point that Cringely was making is that MS could >deliberately cause the internet to become crippled with DDoS attacks >with the Windows XP. So if they've already built in a new version of >TCP/IP without telling anyone then when

Re: diald stuck in apt cache for a week now

2001-08-09 Thread P Kirk
Worked. Thank you, Michael. -- Patrick "sig free and joyful"" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: diald stuck in apt cache for a week now

2001-08-09 Thread P Kirk
#! On Thu, Aug 09, 2001, Dave Sherohman wrote: > >The problem isn't that the deb is in your apt cache, but rather that >it is partially installed. apt sees that there is a partially installed >package and wants to complete the installation (which fails). > >Have you tried removing it? (apt-get r

Re: CrushLink > New Password

2001-08-09 Thread P Kirk
Does debian-user have an admin who junks this kind of stuff or do I need to write a procmail rule?

diald stuck in apt cache for a week now

2001-08-09 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, a week or so ago I tried installing diald and it failed. Since then it keeps failing to get installed. Does andone know how to flush it out of the cash and thus allow me to download a more stable version? I'm running woody. Details of a recent attempt are below. enterprise:/home/patr

Re: CDROM PROBLEM

2001-08-09 Thread P Kirk
#! On Thu, Aug 09, 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I HAVE A CDROM ATAPI 50X WHICH ACCORDING THE THE CONTROL PANEL SYSTEM > AND > DEVICE MANAGER IS WORKING PROPERLY. > HOWEVER, IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE THANKS TO HAVING RECEIVED A CD FROM > WINSTRUCT.COM CALLED "LEARNING WINDOWS: GETTING ST

Re: FW: Careful. This is for information only.

2001-08-09 Thread P Kirk
Lets suppose that someone launches a proprietary version of the Interent, called MSN or AOL for the sake of example. It will have to be paid for. The free Internet will remain free. It cannot be taken away from us. And even if the new proprietary version were subsidised for a few years and thus g

Re: FW: Careful. This is for information only.

2001-08-08 Thread P Kirk
On 0, Shriram Shrikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Considering most people agree that it IS Illegal to be accessing >someone elses computer for "good" or bad ? why then, can we not at >least threaten to sue the people who are trying to get into our boxes >at our cost ? > Another answer may li

Re: please read: very odd network traffic

2001-08-08 Thread P Kirk
On 0, Allen Wayne Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wednesday 08 August 2001 01:53, P Kirk pronounced: >> > >> >No offense intended, but this is some of the WORST advice I've heard on >> >this list to date. >> > >> >If you fear you ma

Re: please read: very odd network traffic

2001-08-08 Thread P Kirk
> >No offense intended, but this is some of the WORST advice I've heard on >this list to date. > >If you fear you may have been compromised, by all means, and for the >love of us all, unplug your network cable at once. If for no other >reason than this: Your system could possibly be launching attac

Re: please read: very odd network traffic

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
>Uh... Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to just shut down the ftp service >(either /etc/init.d/ftpd stop or comment it out in inetd.conf and then >/etc/init.d/inetd restart), work on it, and restart the service? Because being a trojan it respawns every time you stop it. Otherwise it would be a rathe

Re: Mozilla on win2k :-(

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
The /unix/ in the URL makes me wonder if its really a win2k resource. Besides, it seems to involve getting into the code. No thanks - still strugging with Python. -- Patrick "No sig in my .sig" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: please read: very odd network traffic

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
...and only one script needed :-) -- Patrick "No sig in my .sig" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: please read: very odd network traffic

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
Saw something similiar in a FreeBSD box once. It was a trojan ftp daemon that started off some obscure user like sysgetty or some other "official" looking name. The RAID had 36 gigs of mp3s and porn. You might want to backup your data and reinstall if no-one has a more knowledgable answer. In t

Re: Mozilla on win2k :-(

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
>Sorry, don't know about changing Moz, but I certainly can use alt+left and >alt+right with one hand the farthest apart I've seen those two keys is about >five inches. I'm pretty sure most everyone can reach that far with one hand. five inches...you mean 12 centimetres? I should have said I was

Re: Mozilla on win2k :-(

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
You plainly haven't read it then. Take a quick glance and if you know about the key bindings, please do reply. -- Patrick "No sig in my .sig" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Mozilla on win2k :-(

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, I know this is the wrong forum but its actually where I'm most likely to get the correct answer. Mozilla is really good now. The only real annoyance is the keyboard mappings which are different from those in ie. The particular mapping that I really miss is Backspace to go back and Shift

Re: kernel compiling problem

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
>kernel-package documentation and after make-kpkg without errors, there >was not any .deb file!!??? Which could be my error? How can I solve it? > In a lot of ways, the boring old make..make bzlilo way of doing kernels offers an easier way because every linux howto on the web covers it. Patrick

Re: HELP !!!!!!

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
X-Auto-Forward: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clearly someone has decided to mail bomb this poor soul. What does X-Auto-Forward do I wonder? -- Patrick "No sig in my .sig" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: debian humor

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
Well, it added a laugh to my day and that's always welcome. -- Patrick "No sig in my .sig" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: IP Masquerading

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
Firewall 1 is excellent having most of the features that are available in Linux. I remember reading somewhere Checkpoint do SOHO versions for about $500 so its not too expensive as these things go. On 0, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >What is a good program for Windows 98 that will allow me to set up

Re: satellite hookup

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
I'm quoting for a firewall/proxy server for a some satellite connections in the UK. Let me know what your providers setup will be and I'll see if I can help. -- Patrick "sig-free and proud of it" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
| I don't care if my machines can packet-sniff things coming across the | network-- they're all for personal use. I'm not using them in a configuration | where one machine's information needs to be kept private. | | -- Deven | | I know you don't care. You think that if there's nothing personal

Re: Mailing list software ... which one to use?

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
Mailman seems very easy to configure and very popular with the busier lists. Sourceforge uses it. -- Patrick "sig-free and proud of it" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
Hi Jake, Connecting to a hub without a firewall means that each machine becomes an exposed node and that all communications between them can be picked up by a packet sniffer. So that's the root passwords given away and a shortcut to either having the ISP pull the account or being RBL-ed. Stop l

Re: package to get exchange mail?

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
Thats just for mail access. Exchange is not a mail server, it just happens to do mail as part of being a workflow type server. Unless the sysadmins allow him to access just the mail component, he has to use Outlook. This is because Exchange replicates calendars, tasks, etc. For example, boss has

Re: package to get exchange mail?

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
| to have a Debian mail server grab that mail and | deliver it to my normal mailbox. | | Any idee-ers? | Ask the sysadmin to have Exchange act as a POP server. If they insist on the replication, etc. its Outlook only AFAIK.

Re: Sieving with procmail

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
At the bottom of the file? That makes more sense. So would this work properly or is there a gotcha I need to think of before pitting it at the bottom of .procmailrc? # Put mail for that is not addressed to me or a mailinglist # in its own mailbox :0: * ^(From|Cc|To).* $HOME/mail/junkmail -- P

Sieving with procmail

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, I have procmail doing a lot of very useful stuff now and am left with that great mass of spam that needs filing. I have all mail to me going to my inbox. I have all mail for mailing lists going where they should I'm left with 2 or 3 mails every hour that hang about in /var/spool/mail/pa

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
| I just got a DSL connection (last night) and my firewall logged a | bunch of DENYed packets on port 138 (Netbios datagram service) from | another IP in my DSL subnet. Somebody messed up . BTW I | apache is logging a whole bunch of Code Red requests already! Now I I uninstalled portsentry beca

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 04:55:16AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | What if I choose to just connect my machines to a hub hooked up to the cable | modem? How would I configure them to access the internet then? There's a fine HOWTO on IP masquarading that I used in your position. http://www.li

Re: Mutt questions

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
It all works. Many thanks dman. What do people recommend as a console newsreader with a mutt like interface? Patrick

Re: Moving Directories

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 09:49:36AM +1000, Steven Farrier wrote: | I have the / directory stored in /dev/hda2 and the /usr directory stored in /dev/hda3. My question, how would I move /usr to /dev/hda2 and vice-versa? Is speace an issue. What is the output of df -h

Re: Help with ip-spoof protection in Debian

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
| > dpkg-distaddfiledpkg-preconfigure dpkg-source | > dpkg-divert dpkg-reconfiguredpkg-split | | ??? Argh! Sometimes I wonder if I should give it all up and take up knitting instead. Many thanks for pointing that out

Re: iptables log random access attempts to my server. why?

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
actually I just deinstalled portsentry because of this. There are a huge number of Linux boxes out there that are desperately scanning port 111 looking for a nfs type server. Its worth setting the trip wire level a little higher to avoid being swamped with spurious info.

Mutt questions

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, After being away from all this for a year or so, learning to make make mutt work again is proving a bit of a battle. One of the big changes in the last 12 months is that the top half of every other mail reads: [-- PGP output follows (current time: Sun Aug 5 22:04:05 2001) --] sh: gpg: c

Re: Help with ip-spoof protection in Debian

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
Can you then have procmail to put all the mail that does not go into the mailing list folders into a default mailbox? # Put mail for pkirk in its own mailbox :0: * ^(From|Cc|To).* $HOME/mail/patrick Or would that break all the rule processing? Speaking of rule processing, I found a dynamic way o

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