Re: [expert] opening a port

2002-06-06 Thread J. Craig Woods
Darren King wrote: I use my linux box as a firewall for my home network (it has 2 nic cards). I need to open port 4188 for use. I ewas told I need to use port forwarding. Can someone point me in any direction as far as useful doco for this goes? Darren Not enough info about your

Re: [expert] unsubsribe expert

2002-06-06 Thread James
On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 04:05:42 + Steven Boothe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: u Did I miss something in the above message? James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] unsu--- expert

2002-06-06 Thread Damian G
u Did I miss something in the above message? James just a full-fledged Expert ready to say goodbye to this list, it seems ;o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] running 2 linuxes on a single machine

2002-06-06 Thread Chavdar Videff
Actually, I figured out it is just that: I must have misunderstood the point when thinking that LILO boots an OS from the partition mentioned. No one ever mentioned that in manuals and how-to's. However, when I copied vmlinuz.suse and System.map of suse to the boot partition of the mandrake

[expert] mdk8.0 slows down

2002-06-06 Thread hans schneidhofer
hi, have discovered the following behavior on my mdk 8.0 : anytime, I have started the dsl-connection, the system begin to slopw down more and more. for example : started the dsl-connection in the evening on yesterday 21:20 thew first time. all is running fine - after a reboot.. now - in the

Re: [expert] running 2 linuxes on a single machine

2002-06-06 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 10:18 +0300, Chavdar Videff wrote: Actually, I figured out it is just that: I must have misunderstood the point when thinking that LILO boots an OS from the partition mentioned. No one ever mentioned that in manuals and how-to's. However, when I copied vmlinuz.suse

Re: [expert] opening a port

2002-06-06 Thread Michael van der Kolff
I'd say more specifically have a look at the howtos on the netfilter page (netfilter.samba.org). Cheers, Michael van der Kolff A Perfect PC Gymea, Sydney, Australia On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 16:16, J. Craig Woods wrote: Darren King wrote: I use my linux box as a firewall for my home network

[expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA

2002-06-06 Thread weller
Dear all, I am trying to install/update (from LM 8.0) LM 8.2 (from CD) on my laptop; but it gets as far as configuring for PCMCIA and seems to stall and go no further! I don't have any PCMCIA cards installed. While LM 8.0 installed fine, I can't find anyway round this; it's driving me

[expert] testing...

2002-06-06 Thread J. Craig Woods
Is html turned off now? Never used kmail. Guess it is kinda cool for a gui kind of thing drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.html Character is built upon the debris of despair --Emerson Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] problem with Slideshow on LM 8.2?

2002-06-06 Thread Albert E. Whale
Well, yes, you'll have that. But why not use the machine? If the intent of security tools is to keep the 'BAD GUYS tm' out, why are the 'GOOD GUYS tm' unable to use the system as well? Of Course I can login as a lesser user. However, I prefer root access, and if I have to su - on my private

Re: [expert] testing...

2002-06-06 Thread Randy Kramer
J. Craig Woods wrote: Is html turned off now? Never used kmail. Guess it is kinda cool for a gui kind of thing No HTML in this message! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] problem with Slideshow on LM 8.2?

2002-06-06 Thread Tom Badran
On Thursday 06 Jun 2002 2:08 pm, Albert E. Whale wrote: Well, yes, you'll have that. But why not use the machine? If the intent of security tools is to keep the 'BAD GUYS tm' out, why are the 'GOOD GUYS tm' unable to use the system as well? Of Course I can login as a lesser user. However,

Re: [expert] Lost of ext3 partitions

2002-06-06 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, civileme wrote: [small snip] And the old adage is still true: Data not backed up is data lost Civileme Civileme, I wish I would have heeded your warning some time back when you warned against using ext3. while it was just a workstation and all the data files are on

Re: [expert] Lost of ext3 partitions

2002-06-06 Thread Hoyt
On Thursday 06 June 2002 10:23 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: And the old adage is still true: Data not backed up is data lost Civileme Pilots say the two most useless things are the fuel they left on the ground and the altitude above them. For us, I suppose it's security updates we didn't

[expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread Azrael
I have had problems viewing encrypted dvd's with xine - in that I can't do it. I used to be able to a year or so ago.. I have taken backwards steps it seems :) The default mdk 8.2 setup didn't work for me.. couldn't seem to install plugins for it. So I uninstalled and went with the following

Re: [expert] problem with Slideshow on LM 8.2?

2002-06-06 Thread aewhale
Tom Badran wrote: On Thursday 06 Jun 2002 2:08 pm, Albert E. Whale wrote: Well, yes, you'll have that. But why not use the machine? If the intent of security tools is to keep the 'BAD GUYS tm' out, why are the 'GOOD GUYS tm' unable to use the system as well? Of Course I can login as

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread nDiScReEt
Azrael wrote: I have had problems viewing encrypted dvd's with xine - in that I can't do it. I used to be able to a year or so ago.. I have taken backwards steps it seems :) The default mdk 8.2 setup didn't work for me.. couldn't seem to install plugins for it. So I uninstalled and went

[expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Ok, this one is probably really obvious. But I'm in a really stupid state today, and can't see it I just loaded a fresh install of 8.2 on a box. I also loaded KDE 3. Everything seems to be going good, except: When I telnet to another box, and export the display back, it gets refused (yes, I ran

RE: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-06 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Looks like this one made it. Now I'll try the one that counts (the one with the question in it). Ric -Original Message- From: Tibbetts, Ric Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 12:43 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list. Testing. I've not

Re: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-06 Thread s
On Thursday 06 June 2002 11:52 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Looks like this one made it. Now I'll try the one that counts (the one with the question in it). Ric Yeah, the test ones always make it. :D Don't feel like the lone ranger, 2/3 of mine never make it either. shrugs -s Want to buy

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread kwan
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Ok, this one is probably really obvious. But I'm in a really stupid state today, and can't see it I just loaded a fresh install of 8.2 on a box. I also loaded KDE 3. Everything seems to be going good, except: When I telnet to another box, and

Re: [expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA

2002-06-06 Thread James
On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 05:18:56 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I am trying to install/update (from LM 8.0) LM 8.2 (from CD) on my laptop; but it gets as far as configuring for PCMCIA and seems to stall and go no further! I don't have any PCMCIA cards installed. Although I haven't

RE: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN
Does Ogle not work to you likings? It supports dvd menu navigation as well. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB -Original Message- From: Azrael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed I

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread Larry Sword
I have the following packages and xine plays encrypted just fine. I believe the only package I had to download separately and install was the xine-lib-d4d-0.9.8-0. # rpm -qa | grep xine xine-lib-d4d-0.9.8-0 xinetd-2.3.4-4mdk xine-oss-0.9.8-4mdk libxine0.9.8-0.9.8-4mdk xine-plugins-0.9.8-4mdk

[expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-06 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Testing. I've not had much luck getting messages to post for some reason. Just testing to see if this one makes it. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
I've tried the below. It's stranger than that. If I drop to a VC, and try X -query remotehost -once :1 It fails with the error that it cannot open display. (nothing to be exported on that one.). There's no firewall running. It has to be an X permissions thing. It's just not allowing remote

RE: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread kwan
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: I've tried the below. It's stranger than that. If I drop to a VC, and try X -query remotehost -once :1 It fails with the error that it cannot open display. (nothing to be exported on that one.). There's no firewall running. It has to be an X

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread et
MSEC? level 3 or above? man msec says this: You must be root to run msec . Launch msec x to set you security level to x (x=[0-5]). It'll modify your system according to security level x features. For a fine description of each security level, consult the

RE: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
msec... Level 1 or above, and only localhost can access X -=SPLAT=- I just got hit with a BFO (Blind Flash of the Obvious). Thanks, I needed that! -Original Message- From: et [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert]

RE: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread Svante Signell
Tibbetts, Ric writes: msec... Level 1 or above, and only localhost can access X -=SPLAT=- I just got hit with a BFO (Blind Flash of the Obvious). Thanks, I needed that! -Original Message- From: et [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] MSEC? level 3 or above? man

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread nDiScReEt
Azrael wrote: nDiScReEt wrote: Azrael wrote: I have had problems viewing encrypted dvd's with xine - in that I can't do it. I used to be able to a year or so ago.. I have taken backwards steps it seems :) The default mdk 8.2 setup didn't work for me.. couldn't seem to install

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread kwan
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Svante Signell wrote: Sorry for stepping in here, but I have been following this list on this subject for a while. My problem is probably related. Using ssh I can export the display as non-root to another machine, but not as root. Not even when starting an

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Thursday 06 Jun 2002 19:15, Larry Sword wrote: I have the following packages and xine plays encrypted just fine. I believe the only package I had to download separately and install was the xine-lib-d4d-0.9.8-0. Can you tell us where from please? I can't find this in the usual places. --

RE: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ok, if it's msec, then it's extremely inconsistent. I just checked my home box. It was built from the same CDs as the one I just built today at work. Both systems were built from the same CDs. Both systems are running msec level 2 X works normally on one (I can log into a remote machine, and

Re: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-06 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 12:59, s wrote: On Thursday 06 June 2002 11:52 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Looks like this one made it. Now I'll try the one that counts (the one with the question in it). Ric Yeah, the test ones always make it. :D Don't feel like the lone ranger, 2/3 of mine

[expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how to temporarilyturn off?

2002-06-06 Thread Damon Lynch
Hi fellow Mandrake users, I installed Mandrake 7.2 in my old office in India. I setup a basic firewall and Internet sharing using ipchains as I recall. It was setup using a simple script that was very likely recommended on MandrakeUser at the time. Sorry but I don't recall what the script was

Re: [expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA

2002-06-06 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 06 June 2002 13:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I am trying to install/update (from LM 8.0) LM 8.2 (from CD) on my laptop; but it gets as far as configuring for PCMCIA and seems to stall and go no further! I don't have any PCMCIA cards installed. While LM 8.0 installed

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread et
Msec ain't a service you run, it is a script that sets security permissions, and I bet you ran it durring the install. Do you remember a question where one of the possible answers was paraniod? or open to crackers? or should only be used on workstations not connected to a network? as I

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread Larry Sword
If you do a google search for xine-d4d-0.9.8-0 it will give several sources. or the Penguin Liberation Front http://plf.zarb.org or http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/~jcm/skyblade/ Larry Peter Ruskin wrote: On Thursday 06 Jun 2002 19:15, Larry Sword wrote: I have the following packages

Re: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 June 2002 06:02 pm, you wrote: On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 12:59, s wrote: On Thursday 06 June 2002 11:52 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Looks like this one made it. Now I'll try the one that counts (the one with the question in it). Ric Yeah, the test ones always make it.

[expert] SNF 7.2

2002-06-06 Thread Linux Admin
Has anyone had this problem: I set up SNF 7.2 with dual NIC's. I have cable modem access which uses DHCP. Whenever I reboot the Firewall it will not grab an IP from my ISP. It just hangs at Bringing up Eth1. Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread Azrael
nDiScReEt wrote: Azrael wrote: nDiScReEt wrote: Azrael wrote: I have had problems viewing encrypted dvd's with xine - in that I can't do it. I used to be able to a year or so ago.. I have taken backwards steps it seems :) The default mdk 8.2 setup didn't work for me.. couldn't seem

Re: [expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how to temporarily turn off?

2002-06-06 Thread et
InteractiveBastile, but have you tried SSH? you prolly turned off telnet, but might have left SSH? On Thursday 06 June 2002 06:12 pm, you wrote: Hi fellow Mandrake users, I installed Mandrake 7.2 in my old office in India. I setup a basic firewall and Internet sharing using ipchains as I

Re: [expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how totemporarily turn off?

2002-06-06 Thread Damon Lynch
No it wasn't InteractiveBastille :-) It was something downloaded from the net. I'll try SSH first of course, but it's not easy trying to sort these things out when the other machine is on dial-up. I'm pretty sure I stopped all outside activity. What is the best program I can run on Mandrake

Re: [expert] A Linux Virus on the loose.

2002-06-06 Thread Raider
On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 18:22, Praedor Tempus wrote: This might actually be a useful tool for use when you forget your root password...and perhaps the procedure would suggest a fix to prevent it? In case this might happen to you a better idea would be to write the password down on a piece of

[expert] X Freezes

2002-06-06 Thread Andrew Berry
I am running: Mandrake 8.2, KDE3, IceWM, XFree86 4.2.0. Hardware: P166 MMX 64 Mb Ram 120 Mb Swap S3 Virge 2D card Monster3D Voodoo1 3D card Dual boot with Windows 98se using graphical LILO. My computer seems to randomly freeze up. It stops responding to everything (mouse, keyboard,

Re: [expert] A Linux Virus on the loose.

2002-06-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 June 2002 07:54 pm, you wrote: On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 18:22, Praedor Tempus wrote: This might actually be a useful tool for use when you forget your root password...and perhaps the procedure would suggest a fix to prevent it? In case this might happen to you a better idea

Re: [expert] DVD viewing with xine - help needed

2002-06-06 Thread nDiScReEt
Azrael wrote: nDiScReEt wrote: Azrael wrote: nDiScReEt wrote: Azrael wrote: I have had problems viewing encrypted dvd's with xine - in that I can't do it. I used to be able to a year or so ago.. I have taken backwards steps it seems :) The default mdk 8.2 setup didn't work for

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread kwan
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, et wrote: Msec ain't a service you run, it is a script that sets security permissions, and I bet you ran it durring the install. Do you remember a question where one of the possible answers was paraniod? or open to crackers? or should only be used on workstations not

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 June 2002 08:40 pm, you wrote: On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, et wrote: Msec ain't a service you run, it is a script that sets security permissions, and I bet you ran it durring the install. Do you remember a question where one of the possible answers was paraniod? or open to

Re: [expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how totemporarily turn off?

2002-06-06 Thread Sridhar Govindarajulu
Try nmap, or the GUI front end nmapfe; Sridhar - Original Message - From: Damon Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how totemporarily turn off? No it wasn't

Re: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-06 Thread J. Craig Woods
On Thursday 06 June 2002 11:42, you wrote: Testing. I've not had much luck getting messages to post for some reason. Just testing to see if this one makes it. Ric That makes two of us, Ric. I fear Mandrake has been tweaking the old sympa server. drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT

Re: [expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how totemporarily turn off?

2002-06-06 Thread William Kenworthy
It was probably pmfirewall (excellent, and deservably popular at the time) - do a search and you may find it. If not, I may have a copy that I can look at and see what can be done - email me privately if so. Alternative is to just email the other office the ipchains command to open port 22 and

[expert] A simple test

2002-06-06 Thread J. Craig Woods
Well if sympa does not like sherman, what about a machine name mandrake? drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net Art is the illusion of spontaneity Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread kwan
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, et wrote: IF you REALLY know what you are doing, that gives you security thru the firewall, and NAT, but there are a bunch of other ways to add security to the box, and that is where Msec and the related scripts come in of course if all you need is NAT,,,la la dee

Re: [expert] SNF 7.2

2002-06-06 Thread Jim Tarvid
On Thursday 06 June 2002 07:03 pm, you wrote: Has anyone had this problem: I set up SNF 7.2 with dual NIC's. I have cable modem access which uses DHCP. Whenever I reboot the Firewall it will not grab an IP from my ISP. It just hangs at Bringing up Eth1. Thanks Could be you have your wires

Re: [expert] A Linux Virus on the loose.

2002-06-06 Thread D. Olson
On Thursday 06 June 2002 07:54 pm, you wrote: On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 18:22, Praedor Tempus wrote: This might actually be a useful tool for use when you forget your root password...and perhaps the procedure would suggest a fix to prevent it? In case this might happen to you a better idea

Re: [expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how totemporarily turn off?

2002-06-06 Thread Damon Lynch
Yes that's it, pmfirewall. A very handy little program. Does the following command allow accepting of SSH if pmfirewall has turned it off? - ipchains -A input -p TCP -d any/0 22 -j ACCEPT I'm not very familiar with the command line program they should run to figure out if sshd is running.

[expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-06 Thread J. Craig Woods
Well my last post was a most intriguing explication of the quantum theory as it correlates with spectroscopy and singularity. Even when the renown physicist, Stephen Hawking, read it, he commented on its value as a break-through treatise. But, alas, it did not make it to the list. I will

Re: [expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how to temporarily turn off?

2002-06-06 Thread J. Craig Woods
On Thursday 06 June 2002 22:37, you wrote: Yes that's it, pmfirewall. A very handy little program. Does the following command allow accepting of SSH if pmfirewall has turned it off? - ipchains -A input -p TCP -d any/0 22 -j ACCEPT I'm not very familiar with the command line program they

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-06 Thread Brian Parish
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 13:56, J. Craig Woods wrote: Well my last post was a most intriguing explication of the quantum theory as it correlates with spectroscopy and singularity. Even when the renown physicist, Stephen Hawking, read it, he commented on its value as a break-through

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-06 Thread J. Craig Woods
On Friday 07 June 2002 00:18, you wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 13:56, J. Craig Woods wrote: Well my last post was a most intriguing explication of the quantum theory as it correlates with spectroscopy and singularity. Even when the renown physicist, Stephen Hawking, read it, he commented