Re: [expert] kde screensaver problem

Dave & Greg, You've both suggest "green" mode. That could be the problem. I hadn't known that KDE had a "power save". Given _that_ information, I've now unchecked "Enable Display Energy Saving". Thanks for the tip. We shall see what happens next :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] kde screensaver problem

At 12:03 PM 3/9/03, M. Talanana wrote: Hi, Did you install "kdeartwork"? All the screensavers which come with kde are in this package. You can even put your own pictures in the directory "$HOME/.kde/kslideshow/pics" and select "Slide SHow" during configuring your screensaver. Give it a try with

[expert] kde screensaver problem

Hi, I've been a gnome user for several years and have pretty much ignored kde. Recently I've read some positive reviews of kde that talked about the features, shared controls, etc. I decided to give it a try. Onto my Mandrake 9.0 system, I installed kde*-3.0.5a-1.1mdk. All seemed fine until

[expert] 2.4.19 ping problem

166.90.244.250 Is anybody familiar with this problem? Is there a solution? Thanks. David ---- David Relson Osage Software Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ann Arbor, MI 48103 www.osagesoftware.com tel:

RE: [expert] problems with msec daily

At 03:16 AM 12/2/02, Franki wrote: I am gettng that same error, but mine is worse.. bzcat: Can't open input file ./newaliases.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file ./mailq.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file ./lpr.1.bz2: No such file or director

Re: [expert] Procmail spam filter recipes?

At 11:30 AM 11/22/02, Praedor Tempus wrote: Well, it now appears that all is right with the world. I managed to get my wireless connections between desktop and laptop up and running so as to allow both machines to connection share a dialup account from the desktop. I also got my KDE slow startup

Re: [expert] log files never deleted?

Have you tried running logrotate from the command line? That would show you its error messages ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] log files never deleted?

In normal operation, each week the logs are rotated to old names, i.e. /var/log/messages becomes /var/log/messages.1 and .../messages.1 becomes messages.2 and 2 becomes 3, etc. The old log files are gzipped to save space. This is done as part of logrotate. You do have the logrotate rpm insta

[expert] problem running gnome-control-center

Hi, I recently upgraded my workstation from Mandrake 8.2 to Mandrake 9.0 by installing a gazillion rpms. All was fine until last night when I rebooted it for the first time. Problem #1: When I try running gnomecc from the control panel, nothing happens. Looking at the properties, I find the

[expert] bogofilter [was: Spamassassin]

At 11:54 PM 10/31/02, Jack Coates wrote: On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 20:37, Vox wrote: > > This time Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > becomes daring and writes: > > > I'd also suggest preparing management for a new box -- classic pentiums > > are fine for C apps but real dogs when it comes to Perl. > >

Re: [expert] usernames

At 02:53 PM 10/28/02, Norman Zhang wrote: Hi, How do I disable login names on the login screen? I think msec does it. But I don't want all there features. Is there a config file I can edit? Regads, Norman My recollection is that a right click will bring up a preferences dialog that allows th

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

FWIW, my 3 Mandrake boxes all have /etc/group - sshd:x:94: /etc/passwd - sshd:x:94:94::/home/sshd:/bin/true /var/empty exists on all 3 and two have /var/empty/sshd (which is empty - no files). At 11:08 AM 10/28/02, James Sparenberg wrote: On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 05:53, bascule wrote: > i've just

[expert] bogofilter [was: Spam Assassin]

At 12:47 PM 10/23/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Brian York wrote: > Who has experience with spam assassin? > > Can it be setup as a passthough server or does it have to be used on the > actual mail server. > Brian, You might also find bogofilter to be of interest. Its a fa

[expert] problem building rpms

Hi, My Mandrake 9.0 system (upgraded from 8.2) is giving me errors when running "rpm -ta". It complains that /usr/bin/id doesn't exist (see below for output of "rpm -ta"). I've checked and see that I have /bin/id (part of sh-utils-2.0.15-2mdk), and can correct the problem via a symlink, i.e.

Re: [expert] gcc-3.2 optimization problem

At 06:53 PM 9/23/02, Todd Lyons wrote: >David Relson wrote on Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 05:57:35PM -0400 : > > Greetings, > > > > I have a small C program that shows -O1 and -O2 optimizations problems, I > > believe. What's the proper channel for reporting the pr

[expert] gcc-3.2 optimization problem

Greetings, I have a small C program that shows -O1 and -O2 optimizations problems, I believe. What's the proper channel for reporting the problem? Thanks. David David Relson Osage Software Systems, Inc. [

Re: [expert] Who Broke Sort?

At 06:50 PM 9/5/02, Ric Tibbetts wrote: >Ok, it's been a long time since I've needed to do this, and maybe I just >forgot how. > >But: > >To sort out duplicate lines in a text file, didn't "sort -u" do the >trick? Or am I getting fuzzy & old? > >I have a large text file that I receive on a regular

Re: [expert] Strange => Portsentry Security Violations home.english-quest.com.br 09/05/02:04.02 system check (fwd)

Ricardo, You're seeing the results of logcheck, which is run as part of /etc/cron.daily. logcheck searches the system log files for strings from its configuration files, which are in /etc/logcheck/. The messages are classified according to which config file has the matching string. The goa

Re: [expert]

At 03:44 PM 8/25/02, you wrote: >On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 19:41, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > PLEASE put slocate back in the default install, and on a disk in every > > version of the release (Download PowerPack etc etc) Oh and if you do > > make sure to put the cron job back in slocate. > >slocate

[expert] Postfix & SpamAssassin

Greetings, I'm struggling to get SpamAssassin working properly with Postfix. I think I'm close, but things aren't working quite right. I've read the helpful documents at http://advosys.ca/papers/postfix-filtering.html, http://advosys.ca/papers/filter.sh.txt, and http://hints.linuxfromscratc

Re: [expert] What to use to analyse Apache logs?

At 05:40 PM 8/20/02, you wrote: >Hi guys, >the title pretty much says it all. >I want to look at total traffic and be able to analyse the logs for intrusion >attempts >any suggestions? >-- Have you looked at webalizer? I believe it's pretty good for analyzing apache logs :-) However, it may no

Re[2]: [expert] Passwd file conversion?

Clayton, Have you tried runing "grep common_user_id /etc/passwd /etc/shadow", or comparable command, on both boxes> It'd show you whether the hashed passwords are the same (or not). David At 07:23 PM 8/16/02, you wrote: >Are you sure?? I have a Linux box getting users and passwords via NIS

Re: [expert] Why no amanda packages?

At 08:17 AM 8/16/02, you wrote: >On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 08:04, Scott wrote: > > I second that as well as including slocate :) > >[jason@orpheus jason]$ which slocate >/usr/bin/slocate >[jason@orpheus jason]$ > >it might depend on your install-time options. try: > >[jason@orpheus jason]$ sudo sloca

Re: [expert] I think I found a bug in msec

At 05:32 PM 8/3/02, you wrote: >Hey David, > >So you know if your patch was incorporated as an update for MandrakeUpdate? >If it wasn't it'd be nice if it did. > >gikoreno > > > > You get the same "-1" by using webmin to create a userid. I > > posted a > > python patch for this several months ago.

[expert] patch for msec-webmin-chage problem

= maximum_regex.search(ret[1]) or minimum_regex.search(ret[1]) res2 = inactive_regex.search(ret[1]) if res and res2: current_max = int(res.group(1)) David Relson

Re: [expert] I think I found a bug in msec

At 04:09 PM 8/3/02, you wrote: >David Relson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > > At 01:50 PM 8/3/02, you wrote: > > > > > >It looks like msec doesn't know what to do with a -1 when it tries to list > > >the current password aging when it is run. &

Re: [expert] I think I found a bug in msec

At 01:50 PM 8/3/02, you wrote: >In my earlier message, I noted that running msec after setting >password_aging(-1) in the level.local file was giving a message, "msec: >unable to parse chage output," when running msec. The first time I ran it >after setting that value, I didn't get the error mess

Re: [expert] tripwire on isos???

At 02:29 AM 8/2/02, you wrote: >Call me paranoid, but I have to ask- Did the tripwire RPM not make it >onto the 8.2 isos. I've been lazy, and have finally gotten around to >wanting to start using tripwire. And then I noticed something quite >disturbingly strange- There appears to be no trip

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

At 08:24 PM 7/30/02, you wrote: >On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:06:02 -0700 >James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:20:52 -0700 > > Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > James Sparenberg wrote on Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 08:50:24PM > > > -0700:> On the subject of Cr

[expert] SPT=80 messages

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 morning,

[expert] lsb dependency on wu-ftpd

David David Relson Osage Software Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ann Arbor, MI 48103 www.osagesoftware.com tel: 734.821.8800 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] netstat - segmentation fault

Greetings, As part of /etc/cron.daily, msec is run. As part of msec, "netstat -pvlA inet"" is run and seg faults. The seg faults first occurred July 5 (while I was on vacation) and have occurred every day since then. Here're the first few lines of the email sent by Cron Daemon: error runnin

Re: [expert] galeon problem

At 09:53 PM 7/1/02, you wrote: >Gary Dunn wrote on Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 03:40:54PM -1000 : > > On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 15:30, Todd Lyons wrote: > > > > > Get the mozilla-1.2.5.src.rpm from the Cooker SRPMS directory and > > > recompile it on your machine with: > > > rpm --rebuild mozilla-1.2.5.src

Re: [expert] rc.local question

At 10:00 PM 7/1/02, you wrote: >David Relson wrote on Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:59:03PM -0400 : > > Greetings, > > > > /usr/local/bin/check >/dev/null 2>&1 & > > Prior to 8.2, the program would start and run detached, just like I > > wanted.

[expert] rc.local question

Greetings, Tonight I rebooted my machine (due to an electrical outage) and noticed that rc.local isn't functioning properly. Here's some detail: As part of my system startup, I start a system monitoring program. In /etc/rc.local I have the following line: /usr/local/bin/check >/dev/

Re: [expert] compiling a c++ program in mandrake

At 09:14 PM 6/27/02, you wrote: >faisal gillani wrote: > >>hello there i have started using mandrake as one of my >>normal usage O/S but i still cannot make out how to do >>development in c++ for example in my windows i have >>turbo c 3 which i use IDE to develop programs if i want to make a progr

[expert] dansquardian initscript patch

The initscript for dansquarding is missing the ampersand (&) needed for detaching the daemon. Here's a patch: --- /etc/init.d/orig/dansguardian Thu Mar 14 12:33:28 2002 +++ /etc/init.d/dansguardianFri Jun 7 14:06:48 2002 @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ if [ -f ${BINARYLOCATION}dansguardi

[expert] dansquardian patch

Greetings, Script /etc/dansguardian/logrotate has two path errors (missing "/"). The patch is below. David --- /etc/dansguardian/logrotation.orig Thu Mar 14 12:33:27 2002 +++ /etc/dansguardian/logrotation Fri Jun 7 13:39:03 2002 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ #!/bin/sh # DansGuardian logrotati

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

At 05:43 AM 6/4/02, Alastair Scott wrote: >There are excellent suggestions here: > > > >Completely random password generators are a bad idea, but a former ISP >of mine had an ingenious package which produced passwords based on

Re: [expert] speaking of viruses

At 01:43 AM 6/4/02, you wrote: >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/.exis

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

At 11:00 AM 6/3/02, praedor wrote: >Well? Pray-tell, how does one go about appending a new user to Passwd with >UID 0? Altering Passwd should itself require root priviledges - I cannot >even get in to single user mode to do damage without my root passwd. I >haven't had to do it for a long time

Re: [expert] msec changes Mailman perms

At 10:45 AM 6/2/02, you wrote: >I'm not sure of the exact file, since I'm not running a mailing list, >and don't have a /home/mailman. >However, if I were you, I'd look at the msec config files in >/usr/share/msec > >Just a thought. I may be wrong. > >Ric > > >On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 08:49, Albert E

Re: [expert] phpSysInfo question

Barry, A neat little script. It's working fine on my machine, which it tells me has been up for 2 days 11 hours 48 minutes. Regarding the title, I'd start the process of finding it with the following commands: cd phpSysInfo-2.0 find . -type f | xargs grep -i system.informat

Re: [expert] Upgrading glibc

Alfredo, 12 machines is a lot. I upgraded 3 machines from 8.1 to 8.2 in the following manner: Downloaded all the rpms and put them on an ftp server in /var/ftp/public/Mandrake/8.2/i586/RPMS. Then used urpmi to upgrade each machine. This involved a lot of 1: select a package

Re: [expert] Upgrading glibc

Part of the design for shared libraries includes the ability to have different versions exist on a machine and have the proper one be used. If you take a look in /usr/lib, you'll see lots of version numbers in the library names. So, by theory and design one should be able to have glibc-2.1.3

Re: [expert] OT Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.

At 10:42 AM 5/28/02, you wrote: >This is getting more and more OT, bt since no one is seeming to >complain... just tell me, which one is Bush and which one is Clinton? > >Wooky Bush is on the porch and Clinton has his pants around his knees. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeS

Re: honeyport/shutdown [was: Re: [expert] OT, my ftp site]

At 10:04 PM 5/24/02, Femme wrote: >Yes I'm seeing 1433 turn up alot along with some suspicious ports :( > >Don't know what to do about it I reconfigured Bastille intoa more >paranoid mode, and since I've done that 20 mins ago, it seems to be >holding up much more like the BrickWall its supp

[expert] Re: honeyport/shutdown

Pierre, Neat site. I've taken a quick look at it and intend to _read_ it in depth. As a detail, file HoneyPort_Nimda.log gives a "Requested Page Not Found" error. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] It gets stranger (was patch for msec.py)

Craig, I don't know if anyone else at MandrakeExpert is interested in this, so perhaps we ought to switch from the mailing list to private emails??? At 02:40 PM 5/23/02, you wrote: >File created with UMASK 022: > >4 -rw-r--r--1 root root 29 May 23 13:08 test > >File creat

Re: [expert] patch for msec.py [was: file permissions in secure mandrake]

At 12:50 PM 5/23/02, you wrote: >David, > >Now this is a bit strange. I have the same values set in my >"/etc/sysconfig/msec" file as you have in your file, and I am running the >same cron jobs as you. So far, so good, but the files created in >"/var/log/security" are all being created with 6

[expert] PATCH - World Writeable Files

gt;st_mode) + && ! S_ISFIFO(sb->st_mode) ) fprintf(writeable_fd, "%s\n", file); /* * Unowned user check. */ Please fix msec_find!!! Thanks. David ---

[expert] patch for msec.py [was: file permissions in secure mandrake]

At 03:00 AM 5/23/02, you wrote: >Try http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php >Paragraph "Customizing msec With Overrides" might answer your question. > >raffaele > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>When a secure mandrake boots up, it appears to check through the system >>and set permissions on fi

Re: [expert] postfix and aliases

At 07:44 AM 5/19/02, you wrote: >David Relson wrote: > > > > > > I had "mail.mydomain.com" as a PTR record to the A record for > > "mydomain.com". I think that postfix didn't realize that the two names > > were equivalent, so it was for

Re: [expert] postfix and aliases

At 05:58 PM 5/17/02, you wrote: >On Fri, 17 May 2002 15:51:14 -0400 >David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having a problem with postfix and /etc/aliases. I want mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECT

[expert] postfix and aliases

Hi, I'm having a problem with postfix and /etc/aliases. I want mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I add "admin: user" to /etc/aliases and then run newaliases, I see mail.mydomain.com attempt to forward the message to itself - which is rejected as "(mail for m

Re: [expert] Finding Files in MDK 8.2

Both /usr/bin/locate and /usr/bin/slocate are part of the slocate package. The current version is slocate-2.6-2mdk. After installing it, you might want to run slocate. Knowing that this happens as a daily cronjob, I usually run /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron to have slocate run with the norma

Re: [expert] Chkrootkit shows nothing ??

Dan, The messages about "world writeable files" are from Mandrake Security (better known as /usr/sbin/msec). The first time it runs, it tells you about all the anomalies it detects - unusual file permision, etc. After that, each time it runs it compares what it finds (today) to what it found

[expert] secure kernel for pentium firewall

Greetings, The secure kernel included with 8.2 is built for a SMP Pentium III machine. Has Mandrake released a version for a plain old Pentium, such as the Pentium 133 currently running my firewall? Thanks. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mand

[expert] "Dirty Kernels" [was: Very bad review of Mandrake 8.2 boxed set]

At 07:15 PM 5/6/02, you wrote: >Mandrake has long had the problem where they ship a "dirty" kernel that >requires a make mrproper before you are ready to compile (not sure bout >8.2, but 8.1, 8.0 etc). Also there is one or more versions where you >actually had to load a setup file before you had

Re: [expert] msec - chage output

At 06:24 AM 5/6/02, Dave Naylor wrote: >Hi > >When cron.hourly is run on my machine, I get an email telling me:- > >"msec: unable to parse chage output" > >This seems to be generated from /usr/share/msec/libmsec.py after trying to: > >cmd = '/usr/bin/chage -M %d -I %d %s' % (max, inactive, entry[0

Re: [expert] Automatically start application on insmod

At 02:20 PM 5/2/02, you wrote: >Anyone here intimately familiar with modules? > >I'm trying to start my application automatically when a Compact Flash >is inserted into a Sandisk CF reader. Is there a facility in the kernel >or in insmod to automatically launch an application when a module is >ins

[expert] urpmi [was: Can Someone try to compile this?]

At 10:01 PM 5/1/02, you wrote: >On Wed, 1 May 2002, David Relson wrote: > > > >The above lines indicated a missing header file ( X11/xpm.h ). > > >In this case I knew that the file was part of libxpm so just hunted > > >through the disks with ' ls *xpm*d

Re: [expert] Can Someone try to compile this?

At 06:56 PM 5/1/02, you wrote: >On 1 May 2002, Nelson Bartley wrote: > > > That was what was causing my compile to bugger up... how did you figure > > out that was what you were missing? > > > > Nb > >-DVERSION=\"2.0.1\"\ >-DBINDIR=\"/usr/local/bin\" -DXMESSAGE=\"/usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage\" -c >wmt

[expert] gnome-games packaging

Greetings, There seems to be a problem with the packaging of gnome-games. If I install gnome-games-1.4.0.3-6mdk.i586.rpm on a system without it, then verify (via "rpm -V gnome-games"), rpm.verify complains of approx 25 missing score files for glines, gnobots2, gnotski, and mahjongg. Below is

[expert] msec vs. src.rpm

Greetings, I've noticed that when I build from a src.rpm, there are a lot of files with user and group ids which are not valid for my system. For example, ntp-4.1.1-1mdk.src.rpm gives me files with user 427 and group 6011. While I don't really mind these files, msec _will_ complain and _that

Re: [expert] Directory perms (was And the prize goes to Charles...)

At 09:01 PM 4/24/02, you wrote: >Brad Felmey wrote: >>On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 05:04, civileme wrote: >> >>>Of course, just make an ~/rpm directory with the subdirectories /BUILD >>>/SOURCES /SPECS /RPMS /SRPMS, and >>> >>>rpm -ivh samba-.src.rpm >>> >>>in an xterm or console AS USER. >>> >>>Then lo

Re: [expert] Re: File ownership WAS: Tina Gets AOL 5.0 working under Winex 2.0

At 08:51 PM 4/21/02, you wrote: >On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 19:14, David wrote: > > > > > Does not MSEC, if set to the appropriate level, check and correct > less-than-optimal file permissions and ownerships? > > > > Or maybe I got it all wrong. > >That a very good question, Dave. Would be nice to hav

Re: [expert] Mozilla PSM

At 04:55 PM 4/17/02, you wrote: >You shouldn't need this file if you're using the cooker Mozilla 0.9.9 >package. I'm currently using that package and I can access secure sites >without a problem Nelson, Thanks. With cooker's 0.9.9-2mdk rpms for libnss3, libnspr4, and mozilla I'm running happil

Re: [expert] MDK 8.2 Install - Internet Servies complaining...

/usr/sbin/tcpd is in rpm tcp_wrappers. I learned that when I noticed chkrootkit couldn't find it ... At 10:28 AM 4/15/02, Carl Lindgren wrote: >I installed MDK 8.2 with the Higher Security setting and internet services >(Proftp, Postfix, IMAP, ...) are complaining that these services are unable

Re: [expert] best firewall

At 07:09 AM 4/15/02, you wrote: >Hi, > >You can try the Single Network Firewall from Mandrakesoft. It contains the >Bastille, a good hardening system and firewall. I believe it also contains >snort wich is a very good intrusion detection system. You only need a >whole computer for it. If you do

Re: [expert] xscreensaver questions

At 10:44 PM 4/13/02, you wrote: >Telnet in from another machine and do a ps -ef. Mike, An interesting idea ... I have been running top via a telnet session. Sometimes the screensaver is seeable in top's output and sometimes I don't see it (in a 25 line display), so that wasn't getting the jo

Re: [expert] xscreensaver questions

At 09:49 PM 4/12/02, mike wrote: >There really aren't THAT many. Just preview the screensavers, one at a time, >from the xscreensaver-demo gui. Turn on the ones you like, turn off the ones >you don't (or that don't work). True. There are a lot of 'em, but the number is manageable. Call me lazy

Re: [expert] xscreensaver questions

At 09:00 AM 4/12/02, you wrote: >On Thursday 11 April 2002 04:53 pm, David Relson Pontificated: > > Hi, > > > > I have xscreensaver configured to randomly pick a new screensaver every 5 > > minutes and I have two questions. > > > > 1 - Some of the screensa

[expert] msec vs. kernel-source

.' ${RPM_VA_TODAY}.tmp | sed 's/^...//' | sort > ${RPM_VA_TODAY} grep '^.c.' ${RPM_VA_TODAY}.tmp | sed 's/^...//' | sort > ${RPM_VA_CONFIG_TODAY} rm -f ${RPM_VA_TODAY}.tmp

[expert] xscreensaver questions

Hi, I have xscreensaver configured to randomly pick a new screensaver every 5 minutes and I have two questions. 1 - Some of the screensavers are very, very nice. Is there any way to determine which screensaver is being run? If a record was kept to a /tmp file or a logfile, that'd be fine by

Re: [expert] HELP-weird log messages appearing every 15 seconds or so

At 12:32 AM 4/10/02, you wrote: >To add to a previous post... check all your nics to see if perhaps it IS one >of your own boxes. If it is then it makes the search much easier. The next >step will be if you want to dig deeper is to do a packet trace of this traffic >and find out what the payload i

Re: [expert] msec typo

At 01:57 AM 4/6/02, you wrote: >Damian wrote: > > > > El vie, 05-04-2002 a las 12:56, David Relson escribió: > > >> The word > >> "Writeable" is incorrectly spelled. It should be "Writable". > > > i'm sure when i get hacked

[expert] msec patch [ was: world writeable files]

At 11:18 AM 4/5/02, you wrote: >Or better yet, is there a way to get the security check to ignore sockets >(which most of these are)? Below is a patch that excludes sockets (and also replaces a numeric value by the proper named constant (MACRO)). Hopefully it can get added to 8.2 and cooker.

[expert] msec typo

Greetings, msec says "Security Warning: World Writeable files found :" at the beginning of thee messages it logs to /var/log/boot.log. The word "Writeable" is incorrectly spelled. It should be "Writable". David -------

[expert] world writeable files

stfix/private/virtual Apr 5 04:11:43 osage : - /var/spool/postfix/public/pickup Apr 5 04:11:43 osage : - /var/spool/postfix/public/qmgr Apr 5 04:11:43 osage : - /var/spool/postfix/public/showq Apr 5 04:11:43 osage : - /var/spool/samba ----

[expert] group for postfix files

Hi, I have two Mandrake 8.2 systems and have noticed groups without entries in /etc/groups. For example, here are the listings of /var/spool/postfix/public from the two machines: [relson@osage /]$ ls -l /var/spool/postfix/public total 0 prw--w--w-1 postfix 35 0 Apr 5 10:42

[expert] msec vs. webmin - and a patch

Greetings, If I used webmin to add a user, the next time msec runs it complains: msec: unable to parse chage output I took a look at why this happens and found a fix, which is shown below. This fix has already made it into cooker. Any chance of an 8.2 update? Thanks. David ***