Re: Directory and file permissions

On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 02:00:21PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <201012081217.41820.lisi.re...@gmail.com>, Lisi wrote: > >My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take > >pity? :-( > > > >Is it possible for a directory to have lower permissions than the files

Re: Frustration made me do it.

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:56:49PM -0800, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > claws-mail is fantastic, I would like to encourage others to give it a > try. Fast and powerful. > > > Brian Since this thread has started I decided to give claws a go. From what I've messed with so far it seems nice. I wo

Re: rkhunter report

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:46:57PM +, Brian wrote: > > Well, don't run applications which output spurious warnings as a matter > of course. Purging rkhunter will do wonders for your blood pressure > without endangering your system. > I agree. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: Odd network issue

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:06:14AM +, Camaleón wrote: > > Mmm, your problem is that you cannot browse the web? Then perform the > usual steps: > > ping -c 3 google.com > dig google.com > traceroute google.com I can ping google. No packet loss, but the times are in the 1000-2000ms times.

Re: Conversion to Ext4 in LVM

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 07:44:36PM +0200, David Baron wrote: > The system-config-lvm UI offers the option to change filesystem type, i.e. > currently ext3, change to ext4. > > Can one/should one do this? You can convert from ext3 to ext4. I've done it. https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext

Re: Odd network issue

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:54:36AM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > What, if any, firewall do you have installed? > > I had the same problem here when I (finally) got a wireless setup. > I tried a bunch of firewalls and and settled on > arno-iptables-firewall > and privoxy. > > Now I can surf the we

Odd network issue

I'm have some issues while connected to the network on campus only. From the moment I get connected to the wifi, bwm-ng is reporting I'm receiving nearly 50KB/s of traffic. I don't have a browsers open etc. Looking at tcpdump, I see a lot of this. tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv

Re: Size of minimal Debian installation

On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 07:53:02PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Debian's installer installs gcc? What "Base System" package are you > referring to? It's been a while since I did an install, but I don't > remember ever having gcc installed during the install, and I see no > base package that depends

Re: how to tell what packages are unused on a debian server?

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 06:12:55AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > just a cleanup-related question but on a debian lenny server that > i've inherited, i'm curious to know which packages have no value > whatever and that i can delete. i recall there's a utility that will > identify unused lib

Re: s2ram

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:54:13AM +0200, roberto wrote: > hello, i usually switch to standby mode using: > s2ram -f -p -m > > > sometimes, it happens the laptop switches on correctly but the screen > stays blank and the keyboard irresponsive: > i could not figure out the issue but i'd like to kn

Re: Unable to mount Android phone w/ Lenny

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:26:16PM -0400, gun_sm...@shellium.org wrote: > When I plug my phone in with the data cable supplied it will not mount, > and does not show up as a device. However, it will continue to charge the > phone as expected. Looking at dmesg I see the following. On the phone it's

Unable to mount Android phone w/ Lenny

When I plug my phone in with the data cable supplied it will not mount, and does not show up as a device. However, it will continue to charge the phone as expected. Looking at dmesg I see the following. On the phone it's self it detects the USB have been plugged in and I have the option to mount or

Re: Tasksel not showing desktop enviroment

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 02:08:32PM +0530, Raman Pandarinathan wrote: > Hi, > Today I download amd64 CD-1 image. The installation is smooth. However > taks sel shows only -ssh-server, mail-server and standard system. The > Desktop environment or other options are not show. As as result only > the ba

Re: How to Retain an Existing Ext4 Partition with a Debian 5.0.5 DVD Installation?

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:31:13AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:20, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > That sounds good. So I shouldn't have any problems with 5.0.5 > supporting existing ext4 partitions. > > Thanks, Rodney. I was not able to mount an ext4 external hdd with th

Re: contents of a CD (lenny) and what packages are needed for the basic (minimal) set OS

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 07:08:41PM +0400, Vladimir wrote: > contents of a CD (lenny) and what packages are needed for the basic (minimal) > set OS > You only need CD1 for a basic system. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.