[e-smith-devinfo] USB and 802.11B on SME

2002-08-01 Thread Kevin Flanagan
Hi all, I'm getting ready to do put up a wireless link in the house for my laptop, and think that my Linux box would make a good Access Point, I read about turning a BSD machine into an AP. It seems to me that you would have a lot more control, be able to use Iptables to secure things a bit bett

[e-smith-devinfo] SAMBA for authentication

2002-07-24 Thread Kevin Flanagan
Greetings, I'm looking to gather up any steps that are specific to SME 5.5 when configuring the SME server to serve as a SMB authentication server for linux systems. I don't think that there should be any, but it's worth checking. I have made it a Domain controller, and it's aut

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Some wish-list ideas for version 6.0

2002-07-09 Thread Kevin Flanagan
Hi, The topic of HA is a touchy one, I worked for Stratus for a short while, some of the mindset stuff sinks in fast. I would make the argument that the first steps don't involve a lot of technology. I have repeatedly seen businesses that have the resources take "the short route" and it invaria

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Wireless working, what next?

2002-05-19 Thread Kevin Flanagan
Duncan, Have you considered the WAP to WAP approach, the Linksys WAP11 device supposedly can be turned into a bridge via firmware upgrade. http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/FrequentlyAskedQuestions I'm not doing this stuff, but a friend is and it's a fairly low cost

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Looking for..... Log parsing etc functionality

2002-05-10 Thread Kevin Flanagan
s tried it. Kevin -Original Message- From: Trevor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:17 AM To: Kevin Flanagan Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Looking for. Log parsing etc functionality This will get you started... you can use bash/perl to update the guardian shell

[e-smith-devinfo] Looking for..... Log parsing etc functionality

2002-05-09 Thread Kevin Flanagan
I'm interested in something that does the following. - Scan appache logs for NIMDA / Code red hits - do the whois type functions to figure out who owns the domain - Generate an email to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the offendor - Create a daily report for the admin, (me) - send a brief overvie

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Backup to ISO?

2002-04-26 Thread Kevin Flanagan
Quoting Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Gordon, > On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 06:55:17AM -0400, Kevin Flanagan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > Has anyone thought of implementing this kind of thing for SME? I > think > > that with the knowledge of

[e-smith-devinfo] Backup to ISO?

2002-04-26 Thread Kevin Flanagan
This month's issue of Sys Admin has a good article on backing up your system to .ISO images which you can burn to CD. Has anyone thought of implementing this kind of thing for SME? I think that with the knowledge of the base system it'd be fairly easy to create a "Emergency restore CD" of the