I've been watching how this thread progressed. I've noticed two pieces
of FUD that keep appearing.
1. The assumption that a virus writer wouldn't know that he/she needs to
be root to do real damage and that he/she won't do just that. Don't
give yourself a sense of false security here. All
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 23:38:05 -0700
James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been watching how this thread progressed. I've noticed two pieces
of FUD that keep appearing.
1. The assumption that a virus writer wouldn't know that he/she needs to
be root to do real damage and that he/she won't do
Raider wrote:
On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 21:42, J. Craig Woods wrote:
Sevatio,
I couldn't agree with you more. This is the Great Secret that
Micro$oft, Symantec, and many other big software companies, work so hard
to keep secret. Just consider what they stand to lose, in revenue, if
more people
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I have KDE 3.0.1 (the /opt version) and LM8.2. Before I go to the KDE
lists I ask here, as there may be a problem with Mandrake per se.
A problemette with 3.0.0 that remains in 3.0.1 is that KDE Control
Centre applications which are supposed to
Hi, i have problem then making shaphot in LVM
i create a shapshot volume with
lvcreate -L300M -s -n tmp_snapshot /dev/sys/tmp
it succeeds but then i try to mount it i get error:
mount /dev/sys/tmp_snapshot
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sys/tmp_snapshot,
or too
Hi everyone,
I have a friend who is new to Mandrake (but not Linux) and is interested in
removing supermount. He has tried disabling it in mcc, and that did the trick
a/f/a the CD-ROM drive, however the diskette drive is still being managed by
supermount for some reason. Does anyone have
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 13:59:48 -0500
Timothy R. Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have a friend who is new to Mandrake (but not Linux) and is
interested in
removing supermount. He has tried disabling it in mcc, and that did
the trick a/f/a the CD-ROM drive, however the
the desicion, which device is handled by supermount is set - as usually
- in /etc/fstab.
in order to get your floppy working w/o supermount, you should change
the floppy entry:
CUT
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
On Sunday 02 June 2002 03:12 pm, you wrote:
But there is the majority of real dumb ppl. I remember a case where a
lady in USA won a liability case against a manufacturer of microwave
ovens because the manual of the oven did not state explicitely that you
must not put your cat in the oven for
I'm using LM 8.2 (new install), and running several mailing list. I
have grown to like MailMan, a GNU tool.
At msec 3 4 I am continually having to reset the /home/mailman perms
back to 02775. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can stop the
madness? I have already tried the
Hi
I tried and installed two different distributions of linux on the same
machine in order to compare them, etc.
The first one was a Mandrake 8.1 and I use its lilo to boot all other
OS. Everything was OK and worked smoothly.
However, I installed a SuSE 7.0 and during the installation process
Date sent: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:16:24 +0300
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Subject:[expert] running 2 linuxes on a single machine
Well, it is possible to
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, darklord wrote:
On Sunday 02 June 2002 03:12 pm, you wrote:
But there is the majority of real dumb ppl. I remember a case where a
lady in USA won a liability case against a manufacturer of microwave
ovens because the manual of the oven did not state explicitely that
So sprach Jeferson Lopes Zacco am 2002-06-02 um 20:36:32 -0300 :
Yes there is... AOL...
AOL? What do you mean by that?
Alexander Skwar
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darklord wrote:
Sorry if there are any lawyers in the crowd - I just think there is way too
much useless litigation in this country... ;-(
Which country would that be? Isn't Mandrake a French source distro?
Isn't this a worldwide mailing list?
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Subject:
Re: [expert] running 2 linuxes on a single machine
Date:
Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:56:35 +0300
From:
Chavdar Videff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Alexander Skwar wrote:
So sprach Jeferson Lopes Zacco am 2002-06-02 um 20:36:32 -0300 :
Yes there is... AOL...
AOL? What do you mean by that?
O! thats just nasty...yuck!
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On Monday 03 June 2002 01:38 am, James wrote:
I've been watching how this thread progressed. I've noticed two pieces
of FUD that keep appearing.
1. The assumption that a virus writer wouldn't know that he/she needs to
be root to do real damage and that he/she won't do just that. Don't
.On Monday 03 June 2002 01:38 am, James wrote:
I've been watching how this thread progressed. I've noticed two pieces
of FUD that keep appearing.
1. The assumption that a virus writer wouldn't know that he/she needs to
be root to do real damage and that he/she won't do just that. Don't
On 3 Jun 2002 at 9:03, Albert E. Whale wrote:
At msec 3 4 I am continually having to reset the /home/mailman perms
back to 02775. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can stop the
madness? I have already tried the /etc/security/msec/security.conf file
and have not found a valid
Why not? If there is a security bug hidden somewhere it better be made
public quickly, so somebody is going to fix it and somebody else is
going to validate the fix. And, in the meantime, you will be aware of it
and might decide to take some action.
I don't think anybody wants a
And this leads to the simple conclusion that if one has physical access to a
computer, then security is largely out the window. Any clown could come in
and bootup with a rescue disk (addressing the linux aspect) and do whatever
to your drives. If they had the time, they could also bring in a
Thank you Ray!
That fits the Bill Perfectly!
I guess I was unable to follow the documentation. I did not see the reference
in the man msec page in the man mseclib page.
Might I recommend a little update on the Documentation for the Man Page on
msec?
Ray Warren wrote:
On 3 Jun 2002 at 9:03,
Well my alias on apache server present in MDK 8.2 are
not working .. now even the preconfigured alias ie
/icons/
acess forbidden message is coming
what can be wrong ?
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*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Allah-hu-Akber*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤
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Do You Yahoo!?
On Monday 03 June 2002 10:29 am, D. Olson wrote:
On Monday 03 June 2002 11:13 am, you wrote:
Just to put my .02 in on that.
I'm not sure that a trick like that is something that should be
broadcast on a public list.
Why not? Isn't that how things get fixed?
For instance, if there is a
Check the Directory Permissions, I had that on mine as well. Apparently there
is a different user for Apache in 8.2.
faisal gillani wrote:
Well my alias on apache server present in MDK 8.2 are
not working .. now even the preconfigured alias ie
/icons/
acess forbidden message is coming
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Subject: Re: [expert] samba and SWAT and webmin and MCC
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From: Lee Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've seen people mention
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Olle Hallin wrote:
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Subject: Re: [expert] samba and SWAT and webmin and MCC
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From: Lee Roberts
I can't recall if it was discussed recently in this list or not but I would
swear that not too long ago someone mentioned a problem with orinoco cards
and the yenta_socket module. I have an orinoco gold card installed on a
Mandrake 8.2 system, using the wvlan_cs module with the yenta_socket.
On Monday 03 June 2002 11:13 am, you wrote:
Just to put my .02 in on that.
I'm not sure that a trick like that is something that should be broadcast
on a public list.
Why not? Isn't that how things get fixed?
For instance, if there is a big exploit in Mandrake's patchwork kernel, and
no one
I have a desktop containing a PCI to PCMCIA card with an Orinoco Gold and a
laptop using a Zoomair prism2-based wlan card. I know the Zoomair works fine
as I have successfully used it to connect to various wireless networks. I
have not had the same experience with the Orinoco card, however.
I know this is somewhat off topic, but do any of you have suggestions on
how to test a modem / phone line? Please read the following before
responding.
My problem is that I get a lot of disconnects on my 33 kbps dial up
line.
Several months ago, my ISP adopted a new policy -- I won't try to
Randy,
Have you noticed any difference the frequency of disconnects based
on weather? E.g., is it any worse after it rains compared to an
extended dry spell? What about time of day? Is it any worse during
the day compared to night time?
Do you use the same phone line for your regular voice
On Monday 03 June 2002 11:39 am, you wrote:
And this leads to the simple conclusion that if one has physical access to
a computer, then security is largely out the window. Any clown could come
in and bootup with a rescue disk (addressing the linux aspect) and do
whatever to your drives. If
just to keep it on the list
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THanks Udo, but those are suggestions that I have already tried.
The CD stops automounting, but the floppy won't. And, I cannot mount
a floppy formatted with ext2, unless I go to root and issue
darklord wrote:
On Monday 03 June 2002 11:39 am, you wrote:
And this leads to the simple conclusion that if one has physical access to
a computer, then security is largely out the window. Any clown could come
in and bootup with a rescue disk (addressing the linux aspect) and do
hmm, that is strange indeed.
if your floppy is still supermounted (though disabled in fstab), then
what does a plain
% mount
give you?
and what is the content of /etc/fstab /etc/mtab?
another thing: if you disable supermount in /etc/fstab, you'll have to
umount the devices afterwards as
darklord wrote:
Wait! Its my MPEG of Tommy and Heather Locklear during their honeymoon, I'll
just bet ;-
Oh shit! You should have kept this quiet. I know for sure now you will
soon be fighting off attacks from all over the world. Just the thought
of that mpeg has me firing up the
Does anyone know if such a beast exists? Searching on freshmeat and
only htdig came up.
I have it running on a box that is running htdig against a bunch of
mailing list archives and it takes about 16hrs every time to complete
the entire run.
There *has* to be something more efficient than
On Mon May 27, 2002 at 07:46:42PM +1000, Mark Williamson wrote:
[...]
You can base your exim rpm on my own (www.rpmhelp.net), which I think
was done for 8.0 or 8.1 (forget which). It hasn't been updated in a
while.
I think it will resolve this problem. Just taking a peek at my rpm
Timothy R. Butler wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have a friend who is new to Mandrake (but not Linux) and is interested in
removing supermount. He has tried disabling it in mcc, and that did the trick
a/f/a the CD-ROM drive, however the diskette drive is still being managed by
supermount for some
thats why we have our servers under 3meters of concrete and behind
multiple access-control systems ... unless mcguyver comes along and uses
his swiss pocketknife to disengage all entrance barriers ;-))
even on enterprise they still have those bad aliens compromizing their
systems sometimes ...
On Monday 03 June 2002 10:13 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote:
.On Monday 03 June 2002 01:38 am, James wrote:
I've been watching how this thread progressed. I've noticed two pieces
of FUD that keep appearing.
1. The assumption that a virus writer wouldn't know that he/she needs to
be root to
DONT USE A COMPUTER?!!
SACRILIGE!
We must track down and burn this heretic before other listen to him and
come to their senses!!!
Thousands of SysAdmins with no real-life skills left to wander the
streets?
Imagine the mayhem!
K
Udo Rader wrote:
thats why we have our servers under
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:31:51 -0400 Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My problem is that I get a lot of disconnects on my 33 kbps dial up
line.
Hi Randy,
All of Bill's points plus...
- do you have call waiting or other intrusive-notification features?
sure the telco didn't add some by
Chavdar Videff wrote:
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Subject: Re: [expert] running 2 linuxes on a single machine
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:56:35 +0300
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I hear good things about Namazu -- see
http://www.namazu.org/doc/tutorial.html#can-not-do.
Randy Kramer
Vincent Danen wrote:
Does anyone know if such a beast exists? Searching on freshmeat and
only htdig came up.
I have it running on a box that is running htdig against a bunch of
mailing
On Monday 03 June 2002 11:39 am, you wrote:
The only way to prevent this is to turn off the booting from CD in bios and
Of course this wouldn't prevent them from booting from a floppy diskette.
password protecting bios, but then, with physical access it is trivial to
kill the bios password
On Monday 03 June 2002 12:04 pm, you wrote:
hype. As Civileme said (my paraphase), don't run as root, and be
aware that the closed source binary only apps and drivers you might
use on a Linux system should be your greater concern. They do taint
your kernel, Mandrake patched or not.
What?
civileme wrote:
Well, if we were to build it idiot proof, someone would build a better
idiot.
The linux virus is a danger to those who download binaries from dubious
sites. and to all who run as root. Even with our poison red screen and
autologin to a non-priveleged user, there
On Monday 03 June 2002 06:07 pm, you wrote:
thats why we have our servers under 3meters of concrete and behind
multiple access-control systems ... unless mcguyver comes along and uses
his swiss pocketknife to disengage all entrance barriers ;-))
even on enterprise they still have those bad
engage wrote:
chkrootkit displayed the following:
Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while...
/usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/Newt/.exists /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/.exists
/usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/resize_fat/c_rewritten/.exists /lib/aurora/default/.gtkrc
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