Re: debian newbie : 2 simple questions

2002-01-30 Thread irvine . russell
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 03:26:41PM +0100, Pietro Cagnoni wrote: > > 1) what is the minimal package install to send emails from the shell ?? > > (mailx, zmailer-ssl ?) imperative is : SMTP daemon on port 25 must NOT be > > running. > > install mailx + exim, then comment out the smtp line in /etc

Re: debian newbie : 2 simple questions

2002-01-29 Thread Pietro Cagnoni
> 1) what is the minimal package install to send emails from the shell ?? > (mailx, zmailer-ssl ?) imperative is : SMTP daemon on port 25 must NOT be > running. install mailx + exim, then comment out the smtp line in /etc/inetd.conf, then killall -HUP inetd . ask for more informations if you n

debian newbie : 2 simple questions

2002-01-29 Thread José
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi all ! 2 newb questions : 1) what is the minimal package install to send emails from the shell ?? (mailx, zmailer-ssl ?) imperative is : SMTP daemon on port 25 must NOT be running. 2) how to verify if an ETH interface is really in full duplex mo

Re: 2 simple questions

2001-02-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 10:54:48AM -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Hi Brad, > > Looks like you just need/want to edit the Message Of The Day (/etc/motd) > file. actually sounds more like /etc/issue /etc/motd does not have any reference to stable/unstable that i can see. > Don't run

Re: 2 simple questions

2001-02-17 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Hi Brad, Looks like you just need/want to edit the Message Of The Day (/etc/motd) file. Don't run gnome here - sri. On Friday 16 February 2001 06:54, Brad Cramer wrote: > I am not really new to linux (used Redhat for 3 years) but I am a recent > Debian convert and I have a coulpe of simple

Re: 2 simple questions

2001-02-16 Thread Brad Cramer
Thanks that ddid the trick - Original Message - From: "Tom Pfeifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-users" Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 12:28 PM Subject: Re: 2 simple questions > To change the login prompt message, you can edit the file /etc/issue. > Y

Re: 2 simple questions

2001-02-16 Thread Tom Pfeifer
To change the login prompt message, you can edit the file /etc/issue. You will probably have to restart the login on each console for the change to take effect. For example you could log in, and then log out, and you will see the new message. Tom Brad Cramer wrote: > > I am not really new to lin

Re: 2 simple questions

2001-02-16 Thread Anthony Fox
"Brad Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > other question may be a little more complicated. I am using gdm to > login and I normaly run Enlightenment but I wanted to try out Gnome > but when I selecect it from the gdm menu it starts gnome and kde > together. I have replaced the /etc/gdm/Sessions

2 simple questions

2001-02-16 Thread Brad Cramer
I am not really new to linux (used Redhat for 3 years) but I am a recent Debian convert and I have a coulpe of simple questions. I am running Debian Woody and everything is up to date but I want to know how to change the type of system or version of Debian that shows up on a console login screen. R