Re: [expert] how to acknowledge changes to msec

2002-07-28 Thread Todd Lyons
gikoreno wrote on Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:50:43PM -0400 : When I look into /var/log/messages I get various of the following: Security Warning: There are modifications for port listening on your machine : A system that is under some load will list false listening ports because some process is

Re: [expert] how to acknowledge changes to msec

2002-07-28 Thread gikoreno
Thanks Todd, I'll keep that in mind (hadn't thought about it). gikoreno --- On Sun 07/28, Todd Lyons < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Todd Lyons [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 23:33:29 -0700 Subject: Re: [expert] how to acknowledge changes to

[expert] quota patch in kernel?

2002-07-28 Thread gikoreno
Hi everyone: I looked in the XFS (SGI) mailing lists and found the following links to be useful: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-xfs=101697728801467=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-xfs=101701227031491=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-xfs=101701969005112=2

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread David Guntner
civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Well, you noted I was very terse in my message. I hate to be the bearer of bad news. But first try Put in CD#1 cd /mnt/cdrom rpm -ivh --force basesystem-8.2-1mdk.i586.rpm This will generally blow away anything done to /bin /sbin or /lib Use

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread David Guntner
James Sparenberg grabbed a keyboard and wrote: If you find Tripwire a bit much to install you might look at Snort (from freshmeat) it's a little less of a hassle to install and is on par with the free version of TripWire. Ah, it's a fresh meat product. :-) Thanks, James. I'll go over

[expert] Marcelo Tosatti on the main issues with the kernel

2002-07-28 Thread Bjarne Thomsen
Did you read this http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2118919,00.html What are the main issues with the kernel at the moment? With VM (virtual memory) on high-end machines, we have some problems. We have IDE problems too. Some chipsets are corrupting data, which I'm really worried about.

[expert] PHP vs MYSQL

2002-07-28 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Well, I guess it had to happen. If you hang around this stuff long enough, eventually you're going to need a database. I know, this may be a really subjective question, but what's the comparison between php mysql? Is one better/worse, easier/harder than the other? Or are they just different?

Re: [expert] KDE:(re)starting artsd gracefully: How?

2002-07-28 Thread Chuck Shirley
On Sunday 28 July 2002 00:35, Damian G wrote: hey, instead of killing/reviving the poor arts all the time, have you tried to make your game work with artswrapper? as in [user@localhost user]$ artswrapper nameofmyveryimportantsoftware maybe it'll help. that wrapper stuff is supposed to make the

Re: [expert] PHP vs MYSQL

2002-07-28 Thread Seppo Järvinen
PHP is a scripting language not a database MYSQL is a database not a language if you want to make db based websites you're going to need both unless you use something else for the site scripting (Perl) On 28 Jul 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Well, I guess it had to happen. If you hang around

Re: [expert] PHP vs MYSQL

2002-07-28 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Yeah, Sorry, my fingers typed that before my brain caught up with them. Ric On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 09:48, Seppo Järvinen wrote: PHP is a scripting language not a database MYSQL is a database not a language if you want to make db based websites you're going to need both unless you use

[expert] SPT=80 messages

2002-07-28 Thread David Relson
While looking at yesterday's events in /var/log/messages, I noticed a lot of iptables messages for TCP:80 (http). Three ip address accounted for the majority of the messages. One of the addresses, 63.209.80.235, happens to be from mandrake.com . Going to http://www.mandrake.com this

Re: [expert] KDE:(re)starting artsd gracefully: How?

2002-07-28 Thread Damian G
Do you mean artswrapper or soundwrapper? I use soundwrapper to run uhm.. i really dunno what's the difference.. xmms, but for things where sound sycnchronization is important (games, video applications, etc.) it introduces way too much lag, even though I have artsd running with

Re: [expert] quota patch in kernel?

2002-07-28 Thread Larry Sword
ML 8.2 has the quota system applied in the kernel. BTW have you tried to use the linuxconf program to setup quotas on the file system? gikoreno wrote: Hi everyone: I looked in the XFS (SGI) mailing lists and found the following links to be useful:

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread J. Craig Woods
James Sparenberg wrote: David If you find Tripwire a bit much to install you might look at Snort (from freshmeat) it's a little less of a hassle to install and is on par with the free version of TripWire. James Apples and oranges: they are two *completely* different programs.

Re: [expert] SPT=80 messages

2002-07-28 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
On Sunday 28 July 2002 08:20 am, you wrote: While looking at yesterday's events in /var/log/messages, I noticed a lot of iptables messages for TCP:80 (http). Three ip address accounted for the majority of the messages. One of the addresses, 63.209.80.235, happens to be from mandrake.com .

Re: [expert] quota patch in kernel?

2002-07-28 Thread gikoreno
The links I showed below explain why it is not possible to use the command as a normal user. There is an if statement that is not right. The patch I was referring to is the one that fixes this if statement, and therefore gives normal users the ability to check their own quota again. I don't know

Re: [expert] quota patch in kernel?

2002-07-28 Thread Larry Sword
Okay, now I see what you are saying, as I'm heading off to the shallow end of the pool ;-) Larry gikoreno wrote: The links I showed below explain why it is not possible to use the command as a normal user. There is an if statement that is not right. The patch I was referring to is the

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread Jason Bowman
On Monday 29 July 2002 02:10 am, James Sparenberg wrote: David If you find Tripwire a bit much to install you might look at Snort (from freshmeat) it's a little less of a hassle to install and is on par with the free version of TripWire. James Maybe you ment something like AIDE? Snort

[expert] Unmountable Samba mounts and other oddities

2002-07-28 Thread Rob Gillen
I've seen a problem for many different versions (latest 8.2) of Mandrake with Samba before, and I may have even inquired about it before. Whether it is a problem with Samba I have no idea, but I suspect not. I'm trying to get some info/advice about what might be potentially the problem

Re: [expert] Unmountable Samba mounts and other oddities

2002-07-28 Thread James Sparenberg
Rob, this is neither a fix or a reason. But it might enable you to fix the situation without a reboot. It sounds like what happened was that samba was desperately trying to access a non-existent share and took up all of your CPU cycles, thereby fuzzing up your DHCPD. What I would do is.

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:18:54 -0500 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Sparenberg wrote: David If you find Tripwire a bit much to install you might look at Snort (from freshmeat) it's a little less of a hassle to install and is on par with the free version of

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread James Sparenberg
On the subject of Crackers. Note this IP block owned by ATT 12.234.0.0/24 If been getting hit heavily from there by a number of compromised M$ boxes. I've alerted ATT but so far no answer, (it is Sunday though). So for the moment I'm blocking the entire IP block. . It's coming from NJ. See

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread J. Craig Woods
James Sparenberg wrote: DrJung, Your are again as you very often are, correct. However I suggested Snort because it is a possible intrusion that he has, not just a changed file. Tripwire doesn't tell you for example where the intruder is coming from. I find this to be a lot more

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread J. Craig Woods
James Sparenberg wrote: On the subject of Crackers. Note this IP block owned by ATT 12.234.0.0/24 If been getting hit heavily from there by a number of compromised M$ boxes. I've alerted ATT but so far no answer, (it is Sunday though). So for the moment I'm blocking the entire IP block.

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread David Guntner
Thanks to all for the suggestions of snort and tripwire. Once I get my system back up on its feet, I plan on installing both to keep an eye on my system. I'm also going to make sure that my FTP server and sshd server are listening to non-standard ports, to make it harder for someone to find

Re: [expert] Unmountable Samba mounts and other oddities

2002-07-28 Thread J. Craig Woods
Rob Gillen wrote: Some of you might already be familiar with the strange way that Linux will often disallow umount-ing or listing directory contents of a mounted smb share, returning the error text, Input/output error. I believe this error happens when a smb share is mounted, then that