Re: [Eug-lug] Permission denied on /dev/null

2005-02-13 Thread Bob Miller
Mr O wrote: That along with get_pty: not enough ptys is driving me fscking nuts. I've seen the problem all over Google but never a straight answer. Last time it happened to me I don't remember how I fixed it but I did. Has anyone else seen this or know *exactly* why it happens so I can make

[Eug-lug] Weird error in /var/log/messages

2005-02-13 Thread Rob Hudson
I saw this error message: Feb 13 10:20:04 saaz MCE: The hardware reports a non fatal, correctable incident occurred on CPU 0. Feb 13 10:20:04 saaz Bank 1: 9151 These are the only 2 lines that reference the error. Any idea what the error might have been? Thanks, Rob

[Eug-lug] tar up home for a nuke and pave

2005-02-13 Thread Mr O
I've seen it come across the list before but don't know an easy way of searching the archives. How do I tar my home directory and a couple others so I can move them off disk to restore later with all permissions? Also, when restoring I should untar home first before creating the user right? Any

Re: [Eug-lug] tar up home for a nuke and pave

2005-02-13 Thread horst
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:33:08 -0800 (PST) From: Mr O [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Eug-lug] tar up home for a nuke and pave I've seen it come across the list before but don't know an easy way of searching the archives. How do I tar my home directory and a couple others so I can move them off disk

Re: [Eug-lug] tar up home for a nuke and pave

2005-02-13 Thread Mr O
Is there any way to speed up tar? Not backing up anything system related like /usr or /etc. Just personal stuff like pics, docs, downloads, and game maps and settings. A zillion thanks of gratitude. --- horst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:33:08 -0800 (PST) su

Re: [Eug-lug] tar up home for a nuke and pave

2005-02-13 Thread horst
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:35:50 -0800 (PST) From: Mr O [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there any way to speed up tar? There maybe, but don't worry it should be reasonable (several minutes, not hours). The major time is spent on the compression --that's the -z part to get .tgz files. So 'tar -cf

Re: [Eug-lug] What is a GBG Fingerprint?

2005-02-13 Thread larry price
That would be a GPG fingerprint, stands for Gnu Privacy Guard it's an implementation of the PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) system which is a public key cryptosystem. A fairly good introduction to GPG and cryptographic signing is available here

[Eug-lug] Replying to the forum?

2005-02-13 Thread Zeb Packard
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