ldap_unbind_ext: Assertion `( (ld)->ld_options.ldo_valid == 0x2 )' failed

Hello all, While trying to run qmail-ldap on my debian testing system, I got stuck at an ldap bug. The error message is : @40004069a4912c6ceeb4 qmail-smtpd: /home/roland/debian/openldap/build/2.1.23-1/openldap2-2.1.23/libraries/libldap/unbind.c:40: ldap_unbind_ext: Assertion `( (ld)->ld_o

Perl interface to APT

Hi, I want to write a program that will make a web page with a list of all packages that needs to be updated on a particular debian box. I do apt-get update every night from cron, and wants to have access to the apt-get -u upgrade from a web page, for all my servers, in a single page. I am laz

Re: Debian Support policy

Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..a return favor could be Rajkumar advicing us of the url of his study, and about when it is to be ready, at least I am curious of his findings, and I think more of us are. ;-) Most definitely :) I will only be happy to share the results! raj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Debian Support policy

Hi, I am doing a comparative study of support times and policies of various OS. Windows and RHEL has their policies, including the dates of releases and eol, listed at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/rhlas_errata_policy.html I kn

ntop

Hi, I tried to install ntop on a new sarge box, and failed with this error. The following packages have unmet dependencies: ntop: Depends: libpcap0 (< 0.7.0) but it is not installable Depends: libpcap0 (>= 0.6.1-1) but it is not installable i proceeded to file a bug and found that Bug #

/usr/include/asm/mpspec.h

Hi, While investigating a compilation problem of samhain, I found that the /usr/include/asm/mpspec.h is totally different from what is provided by RH or the stock kernel. I am not knowledgeable enough to understand the differences, but debian version includes 3 files in it #include #include

Re: installmanual

Joseph MICHEL wrote: Please, is there an automated installation program like that of Red Hat ? Please take a look at Knoppix, It has automatic hardware detection, debian based, has latest and greatest applications and you can also install it into hard disk with minimal fuss. I am using it in my

mach_apicdef.h: No such file or directory

Hello all I am trying to compile samhain on a woody/testing machine. The machine is a woody machine with testing lines in sources.list. The kernel installed is Linux agni 2.4.18-k6 #1 Sun Apr 14 12:43:22 EST 2002 i586 GNU/Linux dpkg -l | grep kernel ii kernel-headers-2.4.18-1-k7

Re: Mixing woody and sarge

Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: The hitch is that libc6 has changed, and so installing any package in sarge or sid will pull in the new libc, and that in turn will force other packages to be upgraded. This is just a matter of following the dependencies. Yes, This is my experience also, I installed

Mixing woody and sarge

Hi, What will happen when I add testing lines also in sources.list of a stable (woody) box and apt-get a package available in testing? For example ulogd. After that will the box be stable (woody), with just that package (and dependencies) from testing? What happens when a security updates com

Re: Remastering a Debian Woody CD

Paul E Condon wrote: Look at jigdo. As I recall, you can start a jigdo construction of an iso by first giving an iso that is almost right, i.e. the prior rev. , and then proceeding to download only the corrections that are needed. It is covered in the jigdo instructions, or FAQ, don't remember exac

Remastering a Debian Woody CD

Hi, How can I create an updated Woody CD with the all the latest bug fixes like the new kernel patch and other bug fixes? I have the latest official CD, but want to keep an updated iso so that I need not do the updation from security.debian immediately after installation. Is it possible to replace

running XFce4 under KDM

Hi, I tried out the latest xfce4, and it's pretty cool. One of the best desktops around. I want it to run under kdm, but so far I could not figure out how to do it. Any one tried that? Any help in this will be much appreciated. with warm regards, raj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [OT, announcement] emKnoppix

Robert Michel wrote: Am Samstag, 6. September 2003 01:30 schrieb Arnt Karlsen: Do you mean would it possible to unmount the Knoppix-CD to use the CD-recorder for backups? ;))) emKnoppix is designed to run from hard disk or disk on module like devices, but with all file system compressed onto one

Re: [OT, announcement] emKnoppix

Arnt Karlsen wrote: ..DL'ed ~20% of it this far. ;-) Do tell me if you find bugs :) ..will it run off the compressed image dd'ed on a disk? Knoppix don't, unless I missed something. You do not need to dd on to disk. I am distributing the compressed knoppix file, kernel and initrd, so just add

[OT, announcement] emKnoppix

Hi all, For some time I have been working on a pet project of mine. To enable Debian to run on small embedded devices. So I tweaked knoppix to bring it under 25 MB in clooped file system Image. Today I am happy to release it to the world. Find it at http://emknoppix.sarovar.org The work is far

Re: Good Packet Sniffer

Vivek Kumar wrote: I want to know what kind of load the T1 has. iptraf can show detailed traffic patterns. Can I use software sniffer ( i never used one) for that and which one is the most reliable one. packet sniffers are not for traffic measurement. They are for seeing what traffic passes throu

Replacing gnu tools in woody with busybox

Hello all, Is it possible to replace all gnu tools in woody with busybox. I am removing packages from LAS knoppix to make it still smaller. One idea is to remove all the hefty gnu tools and replace it with busybox. but understandably, when I tried to remove

[OT] Debian compatible GPS time receiver

Hello, I am planning to have a GPS time receiver as time source for our time server in data center. Any recommendation for any brands? Any horror stories? Time server will be a debian woody. Thanks in advance, raj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: How to monitor file changes?

Abdul Latip wrote: Is there a way to (sys)log a filesystem? I.e, to log files that has been modified in a certain area such like a partition or directory. The samhain file integrity / intrusion detection system may be what you are looking for. http://la-samhna.de/samhain/ raj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Samhain and debian

Hello, Any one having a resaonable policy file for Samhain file intagrity checker, http://la-samhna.de/samhain/ on debian woody? raj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LaTeX vs. lout

Magnus Therning wrote: The free LaTeX documentation that is available is pretty good, and it is sufficient for most people An excellent LaTeX tutorial is available at http://www.tug.org.in/tutorials.html raj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

[OT] Free Software Foundation of India

Hi all, This is a small announcement. Free Software Foundation of India will be inaugurated by Richard M Stallman on 20 Jul 2001 at Trivandrum, Kerala, India. RMS will deliver a key note address on that conference named "Freedom First!" It will be nice if you (at least those in India) can come ov

ReiserFS and potato

Hi, I have a potato CD which I use to install Debian in my home macines. Usually I pop in the CD boot off it, install and then use the apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade to woody. Now I want to make one of my machine use ReiserFS. Which is the best way to get that going. Is their any boot floopies w

Re: ./configure of GTK+ fails

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > You might need to remove config.cache before rerunning configure, Done, but with same results > What does config.log say about it (down near the end)? This is the relevent portion of the config.log configure:9966: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -g -Wall con

Re: ./configure of GTK+ fails

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > You need to install xlibs-dev. Thanks for your help. I have installed the xlibs-dev rhone:/usr/local/src/pango/gtk+# dpkg -l | grep xlib ii xlib6 3.3.6-38 shared libraries required by libc5 X clients ii xlib6g4.0.3-4pseudopackage

./configure of GTK+ fails

Hi, I am having a problem configuring the latest GTK+. The exact lines are checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11... no configure: error: *** libX11 not found. Check 'config.log' for more details. I have the X libs at /usr/X11R6/lib and my ld.so.conf is /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib/

Re: Latex documentation

> On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Vittorio wrote: > > Where can I find Latex manual and documentation on the Web? Please see http://tugindia.gnu.org.in/tutorials.html raj

Re: Selfmade-Kernel 2.4.5 will not boot on Athlon1333+ASUSA7V133 System

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Christoph Stahl wrote: > I made an entry in lilo-conf to boot my selfmade image (750K), fine. > But the kernel hangs up directly after the "booting kernel.." message. > I guess its because of some kernel-options-misconfiguration, specific > to my cpu/mainboard. I have a ASUS

tasks and task-harden

Hi all, What are tasks. I found that their are a lot of tasks when I do a apt-cache search task. I tried installing task-harden on a spare machine but did not see any thing happening (ie new packages etc...) Can some one tell me why tasks are used? raj

Re: [OT]Re: your mail

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Sachin Garg wrote: > We have paperless bathrooms in the Indian subcontinent :) > Sorry, couldn't help myself ... So very true ;) raj

Exim trouble

Hi all, I have a neatly configured exim running, but having problem with sending mail to gnu.org.in. The problem is that the MX record is having an ip address instead of name Non-authoritative answer: gnu.org.in preference = 10, mail exchanger = 202.88.232.42 and the Exim complaints that i

Re: Anything similar to Powerpoint?

On 12 Jun 2001, Graham Williams wrote: > In a similar vane I use the LaTeX "prosper" package which does a very > good job of bringing together texpower, hyperref, ifmslides, in a > simple to use and familiar (LaTeX) environment and provides > plug-n-play glitz just like powerpoint, all presented u

Re: OT: exam.cls?

On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > I will give a math exam and I would like to write it in LaTex. Does > exist a latex class for doing this? (like article.cls for write > articles) One good place to ask such questions is the Indian TeX users group list, see http://gnu.org.in/mailma

Re: Port Sentry

On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Roderick Cummings wrote: > Now when portsentry detects a port scan it blocks the ip making the > scan. I am not an expert in security, but some doubts. Is it wise to block an ip just because it did a port scan? What if s/he spoofs the ip and puts your ip as source address? r

Re: rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > mkdir /var/cache/apt/archives/partial > chmod 755 /var/cache/apt/archives/partial > > touch /var/cache/apt/archives/lock > chmod 640 /var/cache/apt/archives/lock Thanks, it was done. How can I make apt-get to ask to erase the downloaded debs after insta

rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/

Hi all, Just before I found out the apt-get clean I wiped out the /var/cache/apt/archives/. As it can be expected I badly screwed my apt-get :) How can I bring this back? raj