Re: How do I set up an IRC site?

2006-05-07 Thread Bigby Findrake
On Thu, 4 May 2006, Gary Kline wrote: Folks, I'm thinking of setting up an IRC page on my website so I can chat (live) with just a few people. Are there any tutorials on this? Othr than using GAIM and ymessenger, the last time I did live chat was circa

Re: Semi-OT: responding to attempted breakins

2006-05-03 Thread Bigby Findrake
On Wed, 3 May 2006, Robert Huff wrote: As a result of installing new bits on my system, and paying attention to old ones, I've noticed several attempted break-ins which I currently believe have been unsucessful. As I have the appropriate log files, I'd like to contact the

Re: X11 and virtual consoles.... (startx + vlock)

2006-04-26 Thread Bigby Findrake
1. What about backgrounding startx and then exiting your shell? 2. Have you tried using lock -np instead of vlock? On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Eric Schuele wrote: Eric Schuele wrote: Hello, [hadn't worn my newbie hat lately... so I thought I'd try it on.] Is there a way to run X via startx and

Re: rsh but no rcp as root

2006-04-17 Thread Bigby Findrake
In /etc/pam.d/rsh, in the auth line with pam_rhosts.so, make sure you have allow_root as on option, like this: authrequiredpam_rhosts.so no_warn allow_root On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Roger Williams wrote: I have a machine using FreeBSD 6.0 which wont let me rcp as

Re: Determining whether or not a SCSI disk is in use

2006-04-14 Thread Bigby Findrake
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Garrett Cooper wrote: Yes. Recently accessed or is being accessed. -Garrett Well, for a shell-script-hack, which (i) requires no new kernel and (ii) could be fairly portable but (iii) could conceivably miss some activity, you could do something like the following:

Re: Determining whether or not a SCSI disk is in use

2006-04-14 Thread Bigby Findrake
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Bigby Findrake wrote: I'm sorry, I'm an idiot - the script, in its current incarnation, needs to be modified. It's doing exactly what you don't want it to do - it will shut down the disk if there was activity. The if statement should read: if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ] On Fri

Re: persistent mixer volume levels

2006-04-14 Thread Bigby Findrake
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, David J Brooks wrote: What is the preferred method for making mixer volume levels persistent? As it stands now my sounds levels are dropped to about 75% after each reboot. I suppose preferred would depend on what your priorities are. If you change the kernel source, it

which list?

2006-02-06 Thread Bigby Findrake
Which list should I talk to with questions regarding g/vinum? Please either respond directly or cc me, as I'm not subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TIA /-/ Giving something away is the ultimate subversive act in a

problem with ipsec and sendmail

2005-09-15 Thread Bigby Findrake
I don't know if this is the right list, but here goes: I'm having trouble with an ipsec implementation. The ipsec part works fine, but now that it's set up, mail does not pass between the machines in question. I have set up ipsec on two machines, both connected to the internet. Machine A is