Re: [expert] Frickin spam and spamassassin

2003-11-11 Thread Michael Noble
If you have not setup a filter in procmail, here is what mine looks like: ## File all spam mail :0: * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes SPAM This is catching 98% of all spam received. I would not suggest sending spam to /dev/null, by sending it to a folder you have the ability to make sure spammassassin does

Re: [expert] Mirroring contents of old drive onto new drive

2003-11-11 Thread Michael Noble
Use rsync: rsync -az /old /new Mike Tom McLaughlin wrote: Hi all, I have an 80 gig xfs formatted drive that I use for data storage. The drive is almost full so I have ordered a new 200 gig drive to replace it. Now I need to figure out how to mirror the contents of the old drive onto the new

[expert] fetchmail not working on 9.2

2003-11-09 Thread Michael Noble
I installed 9.2 all the patches and fetchmail does not work. I can go back to 9.0 and fetchmail works. Has anybody gotten fetchmail to work on 9.2, if so what is the trick? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Impending drive problem?

2003-11-09 Thread Michael Noble
Anne, Usually when a drive starts to make noise, it is caused by the bearings. I have had drives last for years while making noise. But if this is a new drive (less than a year) you will probably be able to get it replaced. But since you will have to deal with the manufacturer of the drive

Re: [expert] Impending drive problem?

2003-11-09 Thread Michael Noble
said it has been a while and may have the basic command a little off. But the original (noisy) drive will still be in working order. If you have it, I have also heard that the latest Norton Ghost will also work. Mike Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 09 Nov 2003 5:06 pm, Michael Noble wrote: Anne

[expert] Autofs and hiding mount points

2003-11-05 Thread Michael Noble
By default Autofs hides indirect mounts till it is used. Is there any way to prevent this behavior. I realize that this is actually a nice security by obscurity feature, but my users do not always know the directories inside the indirect path and being able to see the directory name would really

[expert] updates to 9.2

2003-10-29 Thread Michael Noble
I just reloaded my 9.2 and installed updates. Now I not only do not have any screen savers but the menus are almost completely empty. Some of the Start option menus are completely gone. I can not even get a terminal started. I have been fond of Mandrake but this is really a disappointment when

[expert] Veritas Netbackup

2003-10-12 Thread Michael Noble
I have Veritas Netbackup (master is a SUN Box) and am trying to get it to backup a Mandrake 9.0 client. Does anybody have any experience with this? The master (SUN) tries to install the client software on the Mandrake box, but get permission denied. I have tried adding the master server to

Re: [expert] Problem with 9.0 and updates

2003-10-01 Thread Michael Noble
Well I rebuilt the system today with 9.1 and in doing the updates it still tried to go to the cdrom. I put a dummy cd in the drive and it went along happily. Since I just did a complete update to 9.1, I will see how it acts tomorrow (the system is at work). Really do not want to disable

[expert] Auto installation question

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Noble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does Mandrake have any way to automate installations similar to SUN Solaris Jumpstart? Mike -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

[expert] Problem with 9.0 and updates

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Noble
I have installed 9.0 on a machine with 1G of memory so of course it uses the enterprise kernel. When I go to get updates it tries to access the cdrom drive and hangs for a long time. If I put a cd in the drive the update goes without problems. Does anybody know why this is happening and other

Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...

2003-09-02 Thread Michael Noble
To combine multiple files into one just do the following: cat file1 file2 file3 newfile Mile Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 01 Sep 2003 6:18 pm, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one

Re: [expert] ls

2003-07-20 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] tar backups Fail on Restore

2003-07-18 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] In-Wall home networking questions.

2003-06-23 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] In-Wall home networking questions.

2003-06-22 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] In-Wall home networking questions.

2003-06-22 Thread Michael Noble
, Paul Rodriguez wrote: So just a normal switch (say 20-port) connected to the cable/dsl router? What role does the router play? Is it for use as a firewire? - paul On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 22:49, Michael Noble wrote: I assume you ment RJ-45. All you need is a switch that will handle all

Re: [expert] In-Wall home networking questions.

2003-06-22 Thread Michael Noble
, Michael Noble wrote: I assume you ment RJ-45. All you need is a switch that will handle all the network lines that go into the basement. If you have cable/DSL for internet then you should get a Linksys Cable/DSL router(you might want to get a wireless which also has RJ-45

Re: [expert] In-Wall home networking questions.

2003-06-22 Thread Michael Noble
, Michael Noble wrote: I assume you ment RJ-45. All you need is a switch that will handle all the network lines that go into the basement. If you have cable/DSL for internet then you should get a Linksys Cable/DSL router(you might want to get a wireless which also has RJ-45. The setup

Re: [expert] Linux equivalent to Windows Domain

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] per-directory umask

2003-06-16 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] script help

2003-06-08 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] Mail formats revisited

2003-06-06 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Noble
not need to usr it. P.S. In the future, please consider asking this sort of question on the newbie list (or, better yet, on a generic linux/unix list.) YCITMIGA... Come on this list is for people to learn and ask questions. Mike -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

Re: [expert] Mail formats

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Noble
a mbox dir from a maildir folder? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Evolution - Default browser

2003-06-02 Thread Michael Noble
as standard browser, but Evolution still opens Mozilla... Does anyone knows how I can Evolution make using Galeon too ? I tried different ways I found in google, but it still doesn't work. Steven -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] Evolution - Default browser

2003-06-02 Thread Michael Noble
work. Steven -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] opening links

2003-06-01 Thread Michael Noble
I am using Mandrake 9.0 and would like to know how to change the default action of using galeon when clicking on web links in mail and other applications. I would like to change this to use Mozilla. Thanks, Mike -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services

[expert] Wine access to printers

2003-05-31 Thread Michael Noble
reports that the printers are not accessable. These are network printers. Thanks for any help. Mike -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Michael Noble
://www.ideadesigners.com [iseries web technologies] mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 78019724 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Michael Noble
The command does not create a tar file, it uses STDIN and STDOUT. Mike On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 17:23, Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 19 March 2003 08:11 pm, Michael Noble wrote: To copy directories and files keeping ownership and permissions, etc the same, use the following: tar cf - dir

[expert] Using SSH without passwd

2003-03-15 Thread Michael Noble
I have been trying without success to use ssh to remote machines as myself and as root. It works fine as long as I give a password for the UID. What I need is to be able to use SSH without the need to be prompted for a passwd. Can anybody tell me how to do this. Thanks, Mike Want to buy

Re: [expert] Kmail POP filter

2003-03-09 Thread Michael Noble
I do now know about pop being able to delete html, but procmail will. If the server is UNIX/Linux then you can setup procmail to filter your mail by setting up a .procmailrc file in your home directory. If you are trying to filter all mail then you can setup a /etc/procmailrc file and it will.

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-26 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] Playing DVDs

2003-02-22 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] adding scsi tape drive

2003-02-16 Thread Michael Noble
to add hardware to a Linux box without having to rebuild the system. Thanks again! Mike On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 17:32, g wrote: g wrote: Michael Noble wrote: harddrake2 does see the scsi contoller, where I am having difficulty is setting up the device files in /dev for the tape drive. i

Re: [expert] adding scsi tape drive

2003-02-16 Thread Michael Noble
On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 17:32, g wrote: i tried it, but found that makedev was not installed. could also be why when i tried 'man makedev', i got a 'not found'. so i did not go any further with it. Just to let you know makedev is MAKEDEV. Mike -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [expert] adding scsi tape drive

2003-02-14 Thread Michael Noble
setup and without a backup method it makes that kinda difficult, but I have done it before. Thanks for all of your help. Mike On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 22:44, g wrote: Michael Noble wrote: Sorry I forgot, I am using Mandrake 9.0 and Adaptec Ultra160 (29160). What I am trying to find out is how

[expert] adding scsi tape drive

2003-02-10 Thread Michael Noble
I have just added a scsi card (adaptec) and a DDS4 4mm dat drive. How do I get Linux to know the tape drive is installed and talking to it? Thanks, Mike -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] root rsh access to mandrake machine

2003-01-31 Thread Michael Noble
. Can anybody tell me how to allow this? Thanks, Mike -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] 9.0 in production

2003-01-23 Thread Michael Noble
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Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Michael Noble
compatability, and ease of install? Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com