Re: [expert] DVD (newbie) full screen

2002-02-20 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:27:56 -0800 (PST), Michael Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3:42pm... David Joham ran for the door shrieking: > > >Hello > > > >I have just bought a dvd drive (12x - I hope this is enough for watching > >DVDs) and have some qustions: > > > >a) Is is against the law watchi

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.17 and supermount LIVE!

2002-02-20 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 10:13 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:32:48 -0800 > James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > > Could you post a full list of the RPMS!!! (oh and thanks loads the > > supermount site doesn't have a patch for 2.4.17 posted yet)

RE: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration

2002-02-20 Thread Aron Pilhofer
What do you mean *all* the tables? Look in the directory mysql/data/ if there isn't anything in there, or the tables that are there - namely, user - are empty, you found your problem. >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Thompson >Sent:

RE: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration

2002-02-20 Thread Aron Pilhofer
If you never set a root password, you should be able to log in as root with no pass. MySQL is very picky about syntax. Please, if you can, tell us exactly what you type when you log in. If you can, also send us a listing (select * from) your current user table. That might give us a cluse what's up

RE: [expert] i586 or i686 rpms

2002-02-20 Thread Franki
yeah, even though k6-2's were equal or faster then the PII's that were around at the time, they are just 586 class CPU's. PII's are classed as 686... go figure.. but I had many benchmarks that showed k6-2 was definatly faster then equal PII.. and aa K6-3 (if you can find one) absolutly killed t

Re: [expert] i586 or i686 rpms

2002-02-20 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 08:32 pm, you wrote: > I have been trying to figure out and looking up info, but does anyone > know if a K6-2 550 mhz is equal to a i686 or a i586. I just want to know > so I can download any i686 rpms if possible to take advantage of the cpu. > > Harold 586, 686 sta

Re: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration

2002-02-20 Thread Ken Thompson
Another thing that's strange, all the tables in /var/lib/mysql are empty. Haven't looked at /usr/lib/mysql yet.. On Tuesday 19 February 2002 07:45 pm, you wrote: > hmm, strange thing, > > did you ever set up a password for root? > > -CUT- > % mysqladmin -uroot -P$passwordmysql > % mysqlad

Re: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration

2002-02-20 Thread Ken Thompson
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 07:45 pm, you wrote: > hmm, strange thing, > > did you ever set up a password for root? Nope defaule install, cant make changes to it even as root.. > -CUT- > % mysqladmin -uroot -P$passwordmysql > % mysqladmin --flush-privileges > -CUT- Tried that, seem

RE: [expert] Mail question

2002-02-20 Thread Franki
I'll go along with most of that, except for the cronjob on fetchmail.. I run fetchmail in deamon mode, (see fetchmailconf) then I can either start it manually, or via a connect script, or via ip-up.local or whatever.. then when I am finished, I use a home grown shell script called hangup to do

RE: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-20 Thread Franki
ftp://ftp.antivirus.com/products/freetools/ here is the info I have posted before about it. download filescanlinux.tar (when you untar it, it has install instructions and a pdf file) If the scanner install gives you a message that it wont' install because you don't have redhat release 6, (and

RE: [expert] DVD (newbie) full screen

2002-02-20 Thread Michael Holt
3:42pm... David Joham ran for the door shrieking: >Hello > >I have just bought a dvd drive (12x - I hope this is enough for watching >DVDs) and have some qustions: > >a) Is is against the law watching DVDs on linux? >b) Full screen - How to get full screen with ogle? I used Crtl-F but the >movi

RE: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-20 Thread Michael Leone
On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 15:01, Franki wrote: > do a search on the newbie archives for Trend Filescan, > > I have posted details on it many times, its under free-tools on their site. > yes its free, I didn't notice anything saying for personal use, just that it > was free, but it could be for person

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-20 Thread Michael Leone
On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 21:15, James wrote: > Mike, > I'm using MailScanner on my box. It's at http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/ That combined with either McAffee or Sophos .dat files (I recommend sophos) scans all the mail I get. Actually, I was planning on using Amavis, but (like Mai

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.17 and supermount LIVE!

2002-02-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:32:48 -0800 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > Could you post a full list of the RPMS!!! (oh and thanks loads the > supermount site doesn't have a patch for 2.4.17 posted yet) > sure thing...below are the packages that I installed. iptab

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-20 Thread Michael Leone
On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 18:59, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > Hi > > just out of curiosity, why do you need an anti virus for? if it's a mail > server for commercial company then you shouldn't do less then a good > commercial anti virus, and if it's for private use, then remember that > this anti viruses

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux {Need for]

2002-02-20 Thread James
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:09:54 -0500 Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 20 February 2002 06:59 pm, you wrote: > > Hi > > > > just out of curiosity, why do you need an anti virus for? if it's a mail > > server for commercial company then you shouldn't do less then a good > > c

Re: [expert] Floppy Blocked

2002-02-20 Thread James
Micheal, Had the same problem with mine so what I did is. First edit /etc/fstab and add user to the line about /dev/fd0 (see the code snip below.) *snip* (/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,nosuid,exec,user,noauto,codepage=850,nodev,unhide 0 0 *snip* Once I did this us

Re: [expert] system monitoring reports

2002-02-20 Thread James
You might want to check this out... it's php so that part will work on solaris. Don't know enough to know if solaris has procfs though. http://phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net/ James On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:05:50 -0500 synrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to create reports of the sys

Re: [expert] No rpm database

2002-02-20 Thread James
Heres a FAQ for rebuilding an RPM database. http://hermes.afaa.asso.fr/users/pascal/linux/rpm-rebuilddb James On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:52:08 -0500 (EST) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > > Seems like I remember some kind of command that would bring u

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-20 Thread James
Dan, This might help, or it might frustrate. The site seems to be down but the fresmeat link is, http://freshmeat.net/projects/partimage/ It is supposed to work a lot like ghost and can do reiserfs ext2fs NTFS, HPFS, FAT16, and FAT32 backs up and or copy DD's. ( I found it yesterday while

RE: [expert] No rpm database

2002-02-20 Thread Franki
I have the same problem, my system says I have far less packages then I actually do installed. I had the same problem, then I did an expert/update and it fixed the prob, but half of my installed packages are not in the db. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-20 Thread James
Mike, I'm using MailScanner on my box. It's at http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/ That combined with either McAffee or Sophos .dat files (I recommend sophos) scans all the mail I get. James On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:22:59 -0500 "Mike Leone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all. I'm

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux {Need for]

2002-02-20 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 06:59 pm, you wrote: > Hi > > just out of curiosity, why do you need an anti virus for? if it's a mail > server for commercial company then you shouldn't do less then a good > commercial anti virus, and if it's for private use, then remember that > this anti viruses s

RE: [expert] File server

2002-02-20 Thread Franki
try trend filescan, search the newbie archives, I have posted all the details on teh free linux version several times.. its pretty good, I use it on many servers in conjunction with amavisd and it has always worked great. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

RE: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-20 Thread Franki
do a search on the newbie archives for Trend Filescan, I have posted details on it many times, its under free-tools on their site. yes its free, I didn't notice anything saying for personal use, just that it was free, but it could be for personal use. Use it with amavisd and postfix. amavis.org

Re: [expert] Remote backup

2002-02-20 Thread Randy Kramer
Belkie, Dan wrote: > Can anyone recommend any data backup server software for Linux? > > I would like to remotely back up my office computers to my home through the > night. I would like to only update the data that has changed. > > Anyone know of anything like this? Look into rsync. It's what

Re: [expert] i586 or i686 rpms

2002-02-20 Thread Joseph Braddock
K62 chips are i586. On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:32:37 -0800 Harold Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been trying to figure out and looking up info, but does anyone > know if a K6-2 550 mhz is equal to a i686 or a i586. I just want to know > so I can download any i686 rpms if possible to

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread kwan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Aron Pilhofer wrote: > >The developer offered some help and suggested a possible entry in my > >.Xdefaults. This didn't fix the error though. He believes it to be a > >config error on my part. > > Ah yes, the old "when in doubt, blame the user" gambit. ;) > Works for me :)

Re: [expert] Sybase question

2002-02-20 Thread kwan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, synrat wrote: > I noticed a lot of Database discussions going on, maybe someone can help >me out. I installed Sybase SQL Anywhere studio for Linux and the > installation seemed pretty smooth. However, I can't get the database to > start. When I type ./dbeng7 /var/db/asa

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Joseph Braddock
I'd have to concur with Rob. Postgres seems to be a very feature rich and stable database. We are looking to moving some of our Oracle databases to it. MySQL seems to get much more press, but it simply lacks many features required for serious database use (stored procedures, transactions, su

Re: [expert] DVD (newbie) full screen

2002-02-20 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 04:42 pm, you wrote: > a) If you're using Ogle, AFAIK in the United States it is technically > illegal because you're using libdvdcss. So much for the land of the free (Restrictions may apply). I don't have a running windows. How can I watch my DvDs? b) Ogle n

Re: [expert] Remote backup

2002-02-20 Thread Brian Parish
Have a look at rsynch. haven't used it, but that's the sort of thing it's intended for. Brian On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 10:49, Belkie, Dan wrote: > Can anyone recommend any data backup server software for Linux? > > I would like to remotely back up my office computers to my home through the > nigh

[expert] i586 or i686 rpms

2002-02-20 Thread Harold Hartley
I have been trying to figure out and looking up info, but does anyone know if a K6-2 550 mhz is equal to a i686 or a i586. I just want to know so I can download any i686 rpms if possible to take advantage of the cpu. Harold Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http:

Re: [expert] Problem with update mandrake

2002-02-20 Thread Brian Parish
This is probably the most asked question, with "why is kapm-idle using al my cpu?" a hot contender. Simple answer to prevention is: Don't use update to install kernels. It breaks things almost every time. You can jump into rescue mode and fix the links etc. if you know what you are doing. The

[expert] Sybase question

2002-02-20 Thread synrat
I noticed a lot of Database discussions going on, maybe someone can help me out. I installed Sybase SQL Anywhere studio for Linux and the installation seemed pretty smooth. However, I can't get the database to start. When I type ./dbeng7 /var/db/asademo.db /var/db being a writtable direc

[expert] tcsh question

2002-02-20 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
Hi I'm looking for the tcsh equivalent for this statement in /etc/bashrc: PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"`. my problem is with the 'echo -ne'. the built-in echo in tcsh doesn't understand '-ne'. does anyone have any ideas about that? (btw, I'm using tcsh on sol

Re: [expert] Strange network problems

2002-02-20 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:11:58 -0700 Ken Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Go to http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker%40linux-mandrake.com/ and enter "cups wtf" in the search box... HTH, Pierre > Hi All, > Got a gremlin in my box, I can't make the network configuration stay. > Using Mandrake Con

[expert] Remote backup

2002-02-20 Thread Belkie, Dan
Can anyone recommend any data backup server software for Linux? I would like to remotely back up my office computers to my home through the night. I would like to only update the data that has changed. Anyone know of anything like this? Thanks! -- = Dan Belkie -

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-20 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
Hi just out of curiosity, why do you need an anti virus for? if it's a mail server for commercial company then you shouldn't do less then a good commercial anti virus, and if it's for private use, then remember that this anti viruses scans for windows viruses, not linux. you can safely read your

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Aron Pilhofer
>The developer offered some help and suggested a possible entry in my >.Xdefaults. This didn't fix the error though. He believes it to be a >config error on my part. Ah yes, the old "when in doubt, blame the user" gambit. ;) But seriously, is there any reason you wouldn't want to use MySQL/Postg

Re: [expert] Timwarp

2002-02-20 Thread Mark Weaver
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 02:53, James wrote: > All, > For people who wonder why you don't maintain a large site with vi. I submit the >following time warp page from the mandrake site. According to this PowerPack 7.2 is >the latest release. *grin* (I'm not complaining just enjoying please no one

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread kwan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Wednesday 20 February 2002 19:51, you wrote: > > > If anyone > > > needs only a simple flat-file database for personal use, try > > > xmbase-grok: > > > > Interesting program. How is its performance with large data files? > > Haven't tried it with

[expert] DVD (newbie) full scrren

2002-02-20 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello I have just bought a dvd drive (12x - I hope this is enough for watching DVDs) and have some qustions: a) Is is against the law watching DVDs on linux? b) Full screen - How to get full screen with ogle? I used Crtl-F but the movie doesn't cover all the screen. It is just a retangle in th

Re: [expert] No rpm database

2002-02-20 Thread Oscar
El mié, 20-02-2002 a las 18:54, Praedor Tempus escribió: > This is an updated Mandrake 8.1 system. I was perusing the cooker rpm > list to see if it had any newer kde 3.0 beta release rpms. When I > decided to check a few "new" rpms against what I already had, I got > this: > > [praedor@d152

Re: [expert] Strange network problems

2002-02-20 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 12:55 pm, you wrote: > Are you by any chance running cups? Yep, I am... > > > Hi All, > > Got a gremlin in my box, I can't make the network configuration stay. > > Using Mandrake Control Center to set up a static IP on my machine seems > > to work fine, set's it u

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Aron Pilhofer
Yeah, true enough for applications...of course. The question (I thought) was about the many collections of code snippits out there, which people have written with one db or another in mind. Very, very easy to adapt those to whatever database manager/server you are using - maybe I misunderstood.

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Aron Pilhofer« sagte am 2002-02-20 um 12:19:56 -0500 : > Just FYI, (almost) any script written in PHP for mysql can be adapted quite > easily for any RDBM, including Postgres. That's one of the really nice > things about PHP, IMHO. Well, in *theory*, you're right. But this holds only so long tr

Re: [expert] ucd-snmp-* lib dependency problem?

2002-02-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Feb 16, 2002 at 03:22:06PM -0700, Scott Karns wrote: > I just attempted to update my system running Mandrake 7.1 > with the recent ucd-snmp-* security updates. It seems there > might be a dependency problem: > > rpm -Fvh ucd-snmp* > error: failed dependencies: > libbz2.so.0 is nee

Re: [expert] Strange network problems

2002-02-20 Thread H.McM
Are you by any chance running cups? > Hi All, > Got a gremlin in my box, I can't make the network configuration stay. > Using Mandrake Control Center to set up a static IP on my machine seems to > work fine, set's it up and I can use the network. > Ahh, now comes the fun, when I reboot, it loos

[expert] system monitoring reports

2002-02-20 Thread synrat
Is there a way to create reports of the system performance over a long period of time ?? I need something, open source of third party, or maybe some scripts exist that take snapshots of top, proc, vmstat and whatever else is outthere. Any suggestions ? It would be nice it also worked on Solar

[expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-20 Thread Mike Leone
Hey all. I'm trying to get antivirus scanning of my postfix mail server, and need an antivirus scanner. Is it true that TrendMicro's InterScan is free for personal Linux use? the web page doesn't say that, but it was mentioned on a mailing list I'm on. If not Trend, then who would be a good on

Re: [expert] Floppy Blocked

2002-02-20 Thread Michael Viron
Try adding your username to the 'floppy' group. If it's not there, you won't be able to use the floppy. Michael At 10:55 AM 02/20/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Hi: > >Recently i will install a Linux Mandrake 8.0 using CDRom. When i try to >access Floppy appear a message that say "You don't have

[expert] Strange network problems

2002-02-20 Thread Ken Thompson
Hi All, Got a gremlin in my box, I can't make the network configuration stay. Using Mandrake Control Center to set up a static IP on my machine seems to work fine, set's it up and I can use the network. Ahh, now comes the fun, when I reboot, it looses the host name and IP address. So, I set it al

[expert] Floppy Blocked

2002-02-20 Thread Simon Zarate
Hi: Recently i will install a Linux Mandrake 8.0 using CDRom. When i try to access Floppy appear a message that say "You don't have the right access to open Floppy". I check the properties of /mnt/floppy and all access are good. What happend? how can remove the block? ___

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 02:08 am, you wrote: > Try postgres and mySQL for starters. > > -Original Message- > From: Harold Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:16:50 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] databases for linux > > > I was wondering how many

Re: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration

2002-02-20 Thread Ken Thompson
On Monday 18 February 2002 05:41 pm, you wrote: > hi, > > my.cnf is **not** for setting up permissions like who is allowed to > create/alter/update/etc tables. > > if you are not allowed to alter tables, it is **very** likely that you > have to "GRANT" the user you are using to connect to the data

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 19:51, you wrote: > > If anyone > > needs only a simple flat-file database for personal use, try > > xmbase-grok: > > Interesting program. How is its performance with large data files? Haven't tried it with anything major, but I suspect performance would start to su

Re: [expert] No rpm database

2002-02-20 Thread kwan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > Seems like I remember some kind of command that would bring up the entire > database from nothing, instead of just reindexing...but I'll have to dredge > back into the annals of my memory to get that stuff. There's an initdb option, but this won't pop

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread kwan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Wednesday 20 February 2002 16:35, you wrote: > > > I'm using Postgres now as the backend to my library (about 2,000 books, > > 300 CDs). > > Wow, that's like swatting a mosquito with a cruise missile. If anyone > needs only a simple flat-file datab

Re: [expert] No rpm database

2002-02-20 Thread Praedor Tempus
This is an updated Mandrake 8.1 system. I was perusing the cooker rpm list to see if it had any newer kde 3.0 beta release rpms. When I decided to check a few "new" rpms against what I already had, I got this: [praedor@d152-159 praedor]$ rpm -qa |grep kdeartwork error: db3 error(-30988) from

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread kwan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Aron Pilhofer wrote: > Just FYI, (almost) any script written in PHP for mysql can be adapted quite > easily for any RDBM, including Postgres. That's one of the really nice > things about PHP, IMHO. At the time I was writing the library scripts I didn't know much about PHP. I

Re: [expert] No rpm database

2002-02-20 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 11:46, you wrote: > GREAT!!! Somehow, I've lost my rpm database. I've tried doing an "rpm > --rebuilddb" but it doesn't do squat. According to rpm, I have NO rpms > installed. > > Is there ANY way to fix this short of reinstalling EVERYTHING? > > praedor Christ,

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 16:35, you wrote: > I'm using Postgres now as the backend to my library (about 2,000 books, > 300 CDs). Wow, that's like swatting a mosquito with a cruise missile. If anyone needs only a simple flat-file database for personal use, try xmbase-grok: http://www.bitr

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Aron Pilhofer
Just FYI, (almost) any script written in PHP for mysql can be adapted quite easily for any RDBM, including Postgres. That's one of the really nice things about PHP, IMHO. Again, though, the difference between MySQL and Postgres really have more to do with feature set and speed than ease of setup

RE: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-20 Thread Smith, Albert C
dd can be done or you can use cpio There are however mirroring utilities for linux that you can download and install. These utilities do a mirror and keep the mirror's synced until you break the mirror. Here is a link to the howto to do a software raid, which is a little more reliable then dd o

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-20 Thread Sven Heinicke
I think rsync would be a better choise. Belkie, Dan wrote: > Hi guys, > > Can anyone suggest a simple way to mirror or make a exact copy of a current > Linux drive? > > For example if you had two hard drives, make one a backup them remove it and > put it in a safe place. > > Can this be don

[expert] No rpm database

2002-02-20 Thread Praedor Tempus
GREAT!!! Somehow, I've lost my rpm database. I've tried doing an "rpm --rebuilddb" but it doesn't do squat. According to rpm, I have NO rpms installed. Is there ANY way to fix this short of reinstalling EVERYTHING? praedor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http:

[expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-20 Thread Belkie, Dan
Hi guys, Can anyone suggest a simple way to mirror or make a exact copy of a current Linux drive? For example if you had two hard drives, make one a backup them remove it and put it in a safe place. Can this be done with the dd command? = Dan Belkie Forzani Group L

[expert] Virus Scanner

2002-02-20 Thread Belkie, Dan
For the whole network. Thanks = Dan Belkie Forzani Group LTD System Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 403.717.1400 ext 1642 Mobile: 403.605.6354 http://www.sportchek.ca = "Parts that don't exist can't break." -Original Message- F

RE: [expert] File server

2002-02-20 Thread Simon Zarate
For Server-Client (Enterprise) or for each PC?. Simon Original Message Follows From: "Belkie, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [expert] File server Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:54:02 -0700 Good Morning all! Ca

RE: [expert] File server

2002-02-20 Thread Belkie, Dan
Good Morning all! Can anyone suggest a product? I'm looking for some sort of virus scan for my network. Something I can install on the firewall or some other inline box that will scan all incoming / outgoing data for viruses. Ideas? = Dan Belkie Forzani Group LTD Sy

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Baines, Dominic
The open source DB's are great but I'd also suggest you try some commercal RDBMS giants too: Oracle www.oracle.com or direct download page at http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle9i/software_index.htm Oracle 9i and 8i are both available for Linux as a download. You need to sign up for a

RE: [expert] Hot to remove the default route to 0.0.0.0

2002-02-20 Thread Stefano POGLIANI
Does anyone know which is the most correct way to remove the default route 0.0.0.0 ? When issuing netstat -nr I see a line of this type: 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1.0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 eth0 If I dial, I am not able to ping ANY site. If I use "route delete default" then I can dial and

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread kwan
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Rob wrote: > Postgres (in my experience) has always been very stable and easy > to learn and use. Probably the most so of all RDBMs I have used. > I dont know what experience (or closed minded ?? viewpoint) Harold > has to justify masocism in regard to postgres (maybee he used

Re: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration

2002-02-20 Thread udo rader
hmm, strange thing, did you ever set up a password for root? -CUT- % mysqladmin -uroot -P$passwordmysql % mysqladmin --flush-privileges -CUT- or even deeper, have the privilege-tables already been created? -CUT- % mysql_install_db -CUT- if you did that, you migh

[expert] Problem with update mandrake

2002-02-20 Thread Eduardo P.Román O.
I upgrade mandrake with the utility to update. and update the kernel to 2.3.8-34.1mdk, and now nothing work. how can i fix this problem. becouse not have eth0 nothing. To start the system i use a diskette with the kernel. Somebody may help me. EPRO Want to buy your Pack or Services from Ma

Re: [expert] File server

2002-02-20 Thread Kathy Montgomery
Thanks so much, everyone, for your recommendations. I'm certainly entering into this project much more informed. I think I'm definitely going to use a separate machine for my file server, but it's neat to know I don't have to (which didn't occur to me before). - Kathy Kathy Montgomery wrote:

Re: [expert] File server

2002-02-20 Thread J.P. Pasnak
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 15:50, you wrote: > > Has anyone done this or does anyone have any tips on getting started? > > Yes, Samba is the way to go. And no, NFS is not required, because the Mdk > installations can use Samba to share, just as easily as they can use NFS. > However, since Win9x c

Re: [expert] Cant go back to X when I go to any consoles with c-alt-F"#"

2002-02-20 Thread Hoyt
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 02:39 am, you wrote: > Everything was working great until one day! > > If I am using any graphical interface, lets say KDE, > and then I switch to any of the consoles using the > shortcut ctr-alt-F2 lets say, when I try to go back to > kde using ctr-alt-F7 "or someti

[expert] Kernel 2.4.17 and supermount LIVE!

2002-02-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
No...I'm not thumbing my nose at anyone, or crowing that I've accomplished something others had tried and failed at. I just wanted to let the list know that it "can" be done. I'm running a Mandrake 8.1 system AND the 2.4.17 kernel WITH supermount in full operation. I know this has been a thread o

Re: [expert] Mail question

2002-02-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:51:33 -0800 "Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > Hello all, > > I am having a bit of mail problem but don't know where to start. I want > to set up a mail server which supports pop, imap and webmail, and I also > need to collect mail from

Re: [expert] Timwarp

2002-02-20 Thread Hoyt
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 08:54 am, you wrote: > On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 02:53, James wrote: > > All, > > For people who wonder why you don't maintain a large site with vi. I > > submit the following time warp page from the mandrake site. According to > > this PowerPack 7.2 is the latest relea

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Rob
True. My mistake. Sorry Harold. On Wednesday 20 February 2002 12:00, you wrote: > »Rob« sagte am 2002-02-20 um 11:11:21 + : > > On Tuesday 19 February 2002 13:43, Harold wrote: > > ^^ > > No, Harold did not say this. Please learn to quote correctly! >

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Rob« sagte am 2002-02-20 um 11:11:21 + : > On Tuesday 19 February 2002 13:43, Harold wrote: ^^ No, Harold did not say this. Please learn to quote correctly! Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (engli

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Rob
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 13:43, Harold wrote: >And of > course if you're a self proclaimed masacist you could always take a look > at Postgres. Postgres (in my experience) has always been very stable and easy to learn and use. Probably the most so of all RDBMs I have used. I dont know what ex

RE: [expert] LILO Problem - Loading Linux EBDA too big

2002-02-20 Thread Mark Weaver
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 12:45, Jorge A. Pichardo wrote: > Yep. I updated the kernel through the Mandrake wizard and it burped > until the machine was booted. Anyway, thanks for the clues Braian and > BillK! It is up and running again! By the way when I run the boot CD and > going to the process of t

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Mark Weaver
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 11:16, Harold Hartley wrote: > I was wondering how many database software is there available for linux > and what the names of them may be.. > > Harold Harold, There are quite a few, most of which I can't recall off the top of my head, but the two most used are MySQL, and

[expert] weird error message - followup

2002-02-20 Thread Michel Clasquin
Hi all a few days ago I wrote: >The last few days, whenever I start a new terminal or CTL-ALT-Fn to a >terminal, the first thing to print is this spectacularly unhelpful error >message: [: : integer expression expected I have now tracked this down to /etc/profile.d/msec.sh (thanks to all who

Re: [expert] Secure settings and opening port 137

2002-02-20 Thread Jean-Christophe Berthon
Hello, First thank you for your reply :-) I already looked at the first point and the port was described in the /etc/services and it wasn't commented. I also comment the line in the hosts.deny but didn't try yet the IP thing. Anyway, I can access my mdk-box via ftp and it is working. I just can't

[expert] Evolution summary

2002-02-20 Thread Johan Loubser
I would like to use Evolution summary to get daly weather. The problem seems to be that the proxy seting is not set. My question is how to set the proxy seting for Evolution. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] I Broke Konqueror

2002-02-20 Thread Simon Naish
Exactly the same probs I've been having, Only fix I can find involves getting the simple settings and files from the .kde folder that you dont want to lose ie kab kmail and desktop and colour scheme, and binning the entire rest of .kde. Then start in console mode and as your user rm -rf /tmp/

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-20 Thread Simon Naish
Try postgres and mySQL for starters. -Original Message- From: Harold Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:16:50 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] databases for linux > I was wondering how many database software is there available for linux > and what the na

Re: [expert] Only root can use dri how to fix it?

2002-02-20 Thread Chuck Shirley
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 03:01, Steve Kieu wrote: >Hi, > >For some reason I dont know but today when I run >bzflags as normal user, things are terribly slow ; >even I have to reset the computer, I guess something >wrong with dri. After reboot, I try to run it as root >and it is good. Some permi