Re: [expert] mode message

2001-04-12 Thread Matthew Micene
in an svga text mode for the console? It sounds to me like LILO is being passed a boot option video mode that it doesn't recognize. Usually these are used for svga console modes. Check /etc/lilo.conf and see what options are being passed by default on boot to LILO. -- Matthew Micene Systems D

Re: [expert] FrontPage Extentions..

2001-04-11 Thread Matthew Micene
. Otherwise you are going to have to find compat-libc5 for your release. www.rpmfind.net is a good resource for tracking down what packages provide what files, as now you can search for the file you need and it will list the packages which provide it. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express

Re: [expert] Network hassle

2001-04-09 Thread Matthew Micene
ear as mud, isn't it? See the earlier thread on this list about i686 and i586 binaries for a "good" discussion of this problem on k6's. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [expert] Network hassle

2001-04-09 Thread Matthew Micene
ard facing services, and only on a network you have other security measures in place. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [expert] 7.1 kernel upgrade rpm --checksig fails

2001-03-22 Thread Matthew Micene
failing with error downloading package ... that is another issue completely as far as I can tell. I haven't yet been able to determine a specific cause, but it shouldn't be because of a --checksig failure, otherwise ALL of your updates should fail. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express

Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Xserver unexpected shutdown.]

2001-03-21 Thread Matthew Micene
"fix" is to not use more than 1 xsession at a time. :) I had hoped the 4.0.2 update would resolve the issue, but I hadn't gotten around to installing it, and it sounds like you and Tom have had problems with that supposed fix anyway. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express

Re[2]: [expert] windows hosed my MBR

2001-03-21 Thread Matthew Micene
ts, but you can't cd into it to delete things from it, then the csh script above may have bad side effects. If you just need to test for the existence of the directory in bash, change the -x test in the if statement to a -d. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Xserver unexpected shutdown.]

2001-03-20 Thread Matthew Micene
problems the place to look for support and to report this bug would be xfree.org. It is not a chipset specific problem from what I have been able to gather, rather a bug in the code introduced in the 4.0 revamp. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc

Re: Re [expert] No exit from Evolution WM:

2001-03-19 Thread Matthew Micene
ou back to a command line after a "startx"), it will also work at runlevel 5, dropping you back to the initial graphical login. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [expert] Ports needed? and config for security.

2001-03-16 Thread Matthew Micene
. Otherwise, consider a firewall application for behind the router. Hope this helps -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [expert] How to log iptables rules?

2001-03-16 Thread Matthew Micene
erstanding... -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [expert] Ports needed? and config for security.

2001-03-15 Thread Matthew Micene
. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com # Set up some variables to make changing things easier IPCHAINS="/sbin/ipchains" LOCALIP="" LOCALMASK="255.255.255.0" ANYWHERE="0/0" NS1="" NS2=""

Re: [expert] openssh / ssh ?

2001-03-14 Thread Matthew Micene
/SSH question, search ZDNet, Slashdot, The Register and some other tech news sites as this distinction has recently hit the news. Ylonen is attempting to enforce the 1998 trademark on SSH, so this particular topic is floating about the internet currently. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development

Re: [expert] operating system switch tool?

2001-03-06 Thread Matthew Micene
the other end, Mandrake put out a Lin4Win distro which allowed you to launch Linux from the Windows desktop. I am not sure if they could run concurrently, but maybe someone from Mandrake could fill in a few blanks about it? -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coas

Re: [expert] PC - to - Phone

2001-03-06 Thread Matthew Micene
-to-Phone product for Linux, and I believe someone on the list was attempting to create a pool of people to address this issue. Check the archives for the full thread -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk

Re: [expert] Continuous Message Logging

2001-02-28 Thread Matthew Micene
the behavior most people got with the buggy syslog. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close Express Search Inc.Unless the host that isn't close www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [expert] Staggering Closer ??!!??

2001-02-22 Thread Matthew Micene
that looks like alias eth0 (drivername). Of course, having done all that I still can't get one of my Mandrake boxen to recognize the two cards it has on boot, but they insert fine by hand afterward. Maybe I should stop being helpful... -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast

Re: [expert] kernel 2.4 and iptables

2001-02-22 Thread Matthew Micene
. It doesn't patch or touch the 2.4 kernel code in any way, but it must have the 2.4 kernel and headers installed to compile -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close Express Search Inc

Re: [expert] gui login panel

2001-02-20 Thread Matthew Micene
XFCE should be as simple as copying the format of the KDE script and setting the permissions properly in that directory. And last but not least, check to make sure that Gnome, enlightenment, fvwm, or whatever else is properly installed. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host

Re: [expert] IP alias trouble --- CROSSPOST

2001-02-15 Thread Matthew Micene
alias" as an option within the man page on ifconfig. It's not an option per se. Ifconfig addresses the aliases directly, so to set aliases for eth0 you would use ifconfig eth0:0, eth0:1, eth0:2, etc. where :N is the alias number. Does that help? -- Matthew Micene A host

Re: [expert] Dumb question...

2001-02-15 Thread Matthew Micene
r favorite Unreal Tournament faces. The kdm configs should reside in /etc/X11/kdm or something along those line. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close Express Search Inc.

Re: [expert] LM 7.2 and still network probs

2001-02-13 Thread Matthew Micene
that should work. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close Express Search Inc.Unless the host that isn't close www.ExpressSearch.com is busy, hung or dead

Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.1-*mdk doesn't like Athlon?

2001-02-12 Thread Matthew Micene
is modutils. That should resolve the module problems. There are a few other things that are recommended to upgrade before trying to use a 2.4 kernel. Nothing that I know about parallel ports in specfic tho. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems

Re: [expert] sub domain

2001-02-09 Thread Matthew Micene
are hosting site1.abc.com, site2.abc.com, site3.abc.com, where each site is a seperate entity (user, business, etc), AND you want to host these all from a single box, then you get into virtual domains, which I know little about :) -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast

Re: [expert] Embarrassingly basic question

2001-02-09 Thread Matthew Micene
ofessionals may have differing views (like some I know who will not, under any circumstances subnet a 10.0.0.0 private network as a Class C, and say thats what 192.168.0.0 is for). -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Manager

Re: [expert] DENY 127.0.0.1 in logs??

2001-02-08 Thread Matthew Micene
similar broadcasts from boxes with this utility installed. It sounds like a misconfigured Compaq Server somewhere on the cable segment. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close Express

Re: [expert] quick security question.

2001-02-07 Thread Matthew Micene
. More than likely nmap received a specific kind of non-response when it hit this port that allowed it to identify a packet filter in place. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close

Re: [expert] re:re: daft question

2001-01-31 Thread Matthew Micene
installed on the box, there is another slick way. Read the file and write the file. Tcl is cross platform and saves files in the "native" style, paths and carriage returns. Very useful and simple. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems D

Re: answers, maybe (was Re[2]: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list)

2001-01-31 Thread Matthew Micene
the 2GB file size limit inherent in the system. I haven't used the patch so I can't point you to the right location, but it has been resolved and I am under the impression that the 2.4 kernel series has this fix implemented. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast

Re: [LONG] [expert] cert#37843 Just Hacked - Hidden Directory!

2001-01-23 Thread Matthew Micene
our jobs for us. I'll stop now -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close Express Search Inc.Unless the host that isn't close www.ExpressSearch.com is busy

Re: [expert] Script empties file?!

2001-01-18 Thread Matthew Micene
constructs for file handling. Check to see how the file is being opened, and how it is being opened. Make sure it is being opened for appending only if this were say a log file. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one

Re: [expert] error message

2001-01-16 Thread Matthew Micene
twork address that you have used a properl netmask. The next thing you'd want to do is let the folks who write firestarter about this problem. They will be able to help, and if this is a failing of the interface, definitely need to know about it. -- Matthew Micene A host is a

[expert] Security Lists

2001-01-16 Thread Matthew Micene
Has anyone else been seeing traffic on the Security lists? I have seen several posts on Bugtraq from Mandrake Security about updates but nothing on the Mandrake lists. Anyone have any ideas? -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development

Re: [expert] Fwd: Installation classes and security levels

2001-01-10 Thread Matthew Micene
On Wednesday 10 January 2001 05:56 am, you wrote: Thanks, someone else sent me a postscript document with a very detailed description of the differing security levels. That postscript doc sounds interesting, would you or the author be willing to pass a copy on to me as well? -- Matthew

Re: [expert] No logs since 24 Dec

2001-01-08 Thread Matthew Micene
not properly restarting. Also check the logrotate scripts (if you are using log rotate). Sending syslog the -HUP signal does not properly restart the daemon, you should use /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog restart (or just check out that script to see what the proper signal is). -- Matthew Micene

Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.0 bootup problem

2001-01-08 Thread Matthew Micene
backwards compatibility with older drivers that haven't been updated. I haven't built/run a 2.4 kernel in a while so I can't speak to specifics, but it is something to check up on. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Manager

Re: [expert] Kernels: Compiling Mandrake-specific needs -secure version

2001-01-03 Thread Matthew Micene
n the UNIX mindset (like everyone being able to see all running processes with ps). Its a useful patch, and I have included it in every box I have built. Save one, Win4Lin doesn't like something the OpenWall patch does, and I haven't spent the time to figure out what exactly. -- Matt

Re: [expert] One BIG anoying Pain in the A**

2000-12-29 Thread Matthew Micene
and satisfaction. And that part of the problem with RPM is poorly crafted rpms. And this is a necessary tool for administration purposes. Ah well, its Friday... /rant -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk

Re: [expert] ipv6 support

2000-12-13 Thread Matthew Micene
/IPv6+Linux-status-conf.html . Peter Bieringer's site has how-tos as well as the status of various ports and projects dealing with bringin IPv6 to LInux. Hope this helps -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one

[expert] KDE2 question

2000-12-05 Thread Matthew Micene
it on a hardware issue. I don't particularly have a need to run multiple X sessions, however when the need arises it would be nice to not have to kill sessions in order to switch back and forth. Has anyone else seen this behavior? have a workaround? -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express

Re: [expert] mpg123

2000-12-05 Thread Matthew Micene
that. -- Matthew Micene A host is a host from coast to coast, Systems Development Managerand no one will talk to a host too close Express Search Inc.Unless the host that isn't close www.ExpressSearch.com is busy, hung or dead Keep in touch with http

Re: [expert] security problems ,,help

2000-12-04 Thread Matthew Micene
actions with the IP address it would be hard to tell what activity is really going on. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless

Re: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-29 Thread Matthew Micene
know, I'm not sure of blackbox's footprint. I have noticed that the footprint for X 3.3.6 and twm is about 85M, and X 4.0.1 seems to eat as much memory as it can get its hands on (from 118M to 240M). -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.Express

Re: [expert] in which RPM can I find update-alternatives

2000-11-16 Thread Matthew Micene
for update-alternatives will return a list of all rpms which contain that file. Just for future reference. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too

Re: [expert] xcalc problems

2000-11-14 Thread Matthew Micene
user catagory of options, not one to ignore and pretend it was a misfeature the developers left in. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close

Re: [expert] How to sync time with server.

2000-11-14 Thread Matthew Micene
like http://www.eeics.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/ which lists all sorts of stratum 2 timeservers. And yes, these servers are up 24-7-365. Most of these allow access by just about anyone, make sure you pick one in your area and check to see if there is an access policy first. -- Matthew Micene

Re: [expert] unsubscribe

2000-11-14 Thread Matthew Micene
with the rest of the security updates?? -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't close is busy, hung or dead Keep in touch

Re: [expert] Server Partitioning

2000-11-13 Thread Matthew Micene
On Thursday 09 November 2000 13:12, you wrote: should know of any special considerations before I set up the partitions. I hope this being Monday, and your e-mail being from Thursday, this isn't going to be a day late and a dollar short but oh well. First of all, I suggest taking a look at

Re: [expert] Need Fetchmail Mailing List

2000-11-09 Thread Matthew Micene
On Wednesday 08 November 2000 23:21, you wrote: If anyone knows of an excellent fetchmail mailing list, would you send me the information? The official fetchmail mailing list is [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is mostly aimed (from what I understand) at a co-development level, bugfixing etc. The

Re: [expert] VMware finding Win98

2000-10-30 Thread Matthew Micene
On Sunday 29 October 2000 19:58, you wrote: grin...inside a box? I can certainly understand that VMware might want to diddle with its own copy of W'98 that's not installed in standard fashion. From Bill's comment it seems I've missed a chunk of documentation. Ok, just to weigh in on this,

Re: [expert] Coyote firewall connection

2000-10-27 Thread Matthew Micene
On Friday 27 October 2000 15:09, you wrote: I can ping all machines in the network from Mandrake. Reset the cable modem and rebooted the firewall. Netscape does not find the connection. Warning: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net

Re: [expert] ./configure problem

2000-10-23 Thread Matthew Micene
magic that goes on in a configure script, but with a little patience they are not too ureadable. Fire up emacs and search for the error string. Sorry not to be more helpful -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host

Re: [expert] ./configure problem

2000-10-20 Thread Matthew Micene
./configure. which version of KDE do you have installed? can you provide a list of the kde packages you have installed (rpm -qa | grep kde output ... or the like :)? -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from

Re: [expert] Sending linux box off to camp

2000-10-20 Thread Matthew Micene
access, and from there its an evelation of access attack. Not too difficult, with the right tools -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close

Re: [expert] Sending linux box off to camp

2000-10-20 Thread Matthew Micene
by hand (or script)? -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't close is busy, hung or dead Keep in touch with http

Re: [expert] Sending linux box off to camp

2000-10-20 Thread Matthew Micene
to mount the directory by hand... hmm.. I'd have to ponder a bit more, especially late on a friday afternoon :) -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk

Re: [expert] MDK 7.2 gcc

2000-10-18 Thread Matthew Micene
really got to me. hmmm, it must be a bad morning... already ranting in public -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that i

Re: [expert] Off to camp once again.

2000-10-17 Thread Matthew Micene
daemon for a mailing list. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't close is busy, hung or dead Keep in touch

Re: [expert] Off to camp once again.

2000-10-17 Thread Matthew Micene
As an aside, if anyone is planning or is running webmin, there has been a security update from them that was released today on freshmeat. I urge you all to get it and update your systems. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [expert] Off to camp once again.

2000-10-16 Thread Matthew Micene
: httpd named proftpd sshd webmin mysql postfix -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close

Re: [expert] Off to camp once again.

2000-10-16 Thread Matthew Micene
table, you can nuke both.I am not an expert on configuring gateD but have heard its not so bad. Because of the way RIP works, routeD should be start it and forget it. RIP is not real good for border applications due to the lack of security. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager

Re: [expert] man page question - unix history lesson

2000-10-03 Thread Matthew Micene
things are put where they are. Not only does it have little gems like the above man page hierarchy, but also discussions about the use of /opt vs. /usr/local/ vs. /usr for installation of third party software. m -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com

Re: [expert] Development Environment: Gnome or KDE?

2000-10-02 Thread Matthew Micene
vorite window manager first THEN develop for it. There is nothing worse that coding for an environment you don't enjoy using simply because it is supposed to be the "right" environment. m -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com ___

Re: [expert] Time and Date synchronization..

2000-09-29 Thread Matthew Micene
, and timed can be setup to be a master local server. The adjustments for timed are accurate enough for most timestamp sensitive stuff. m -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one

Re: [expert] OT: OnStream DI30 IDE tape backup unit

2000-09-28 Thread Matthew Micene
the tape :) I am not an expert cpio user but if you'd like, privately email me and I can perhaps run some tests for you? -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk

Re: [expert] Locale problems

2000-09-28 Thread Matthew Micene
to locales-2.3-9. I think i grabbed that package from the cooker directory on eecs.umich mirror but check rpmfind.net -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host

Re: [expert] thanks for the check port cmdln

2000-09-12 Thread Matthew Micene
utput were listening THROUGH the firewall, but showed the need for a firewall to be put in place :) M -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too c

Re: [expert] thanks for the check port cmdln

2000-09-11 Thread Matthew Micene
haven't found a good place in prefdm or the like to pass that arg automatically. If anyone has any tips please post them. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk

Re: [expert] IPChains and Masqerading script help!!

2000-09-08 Thread Matthew Micene
to bounce packets across a subnet to the dhcp server. I would suggest the man pages (of course :) ) as well as ISC's web site http://www.isc.org/dhcp.html for further information since you are already spending the weekend in documentation... :) -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager

Re: [expert] IPChains and Masqerading script help!!

2000-09-08 Thread Matthew Micene
is not affected and should be fine to use. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't close is busy, hung or dead Keep

Re: [expert] telnet server not working...

2000-09-08 Thread Matthew Micene
that -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't close is busy, hung or dead Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com

Re: [expert] multiple logons

2000-09-07 Thread Matthew Micene
solution. -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't close is busy, hung or dead

Re: [expert] Copying data to another HD

2000-08-28 Thread Matthew Micene
/mount points/filesystems you wish to copy. I use it for moving partitions around all the time. Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. matt at expresssearch dot com -- A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't

Re: [expert] Copying data to another HD

2000-08-28 Thread Matthew Micene
Ahh .. the joys of posting without proofreading The proper command line *should* read: (cd src/ tar cf - . ) | (cd dest/ tar xvf -) replacing the $$ in the first post with ... this will actually work instead of throwing odd errors at the command line :) Matthew Micene Systems