Re: rdate server?

2001-10-08 Thread James R. Van Zandt
If your isolated network *does* need sub-second accuracy, you can still use ntpd to syncronize the machines, if you provide one time server with a radio clock. See the ntpd docs for details. - Jim Van Zandt ** To unsubscribe f

Re: Ethernet and Linux

2001-10-08 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Paul Lussier wrote: >> You also need equipment capable of handling it. In particular, you cannot >> do FDX with a repeater. You need a switch. > > Correct, though, is there anything actually prohibiting a repeater from > using FDX, or is it simply that the manufacturers wish

Re: Backwards Compatibility (was: Windowing changes ...)

2001-10-08 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 17:12:56 EDT Benjamin Scott said: > I am of two minds about this one. You've got 2? Can I borrow one, I lost mine! > On the other hand, far too many commercial software vendors seem to >worship at the altar of the God of Backwards Compatibility, to the de

Re: Ethernet and Linux

2001-10-08 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 15:05:24 EDT Benjamin Scott said: > In theory, it will work that way. Personally, I want to move to Theory. >Everything works in Theory. :-) Good point :) Let me know when you get there, I'm curious if Theory lives up to their marketing literature ;) >>

Re: Mandrake 8.0 audio problems

2001-10-08 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, mjo wrote: > I was trying to avoid reverting to the 2.2 kernel, but I don't really > need 2.4 on this machine, and if Ben says 2.2 works, well... I can't > live without my stereo. I am told that (a) Linux 2.4.10 has a much-improved user experience over prior 2.4.x releases,

Re: Mandrake 8.0 audio problems

2001-10-08 Thread mjo
Sound is very out of my realm, but here goes... I knew I was going to install Mandrake 8.1 this weekend anyway, so I was waiting to see if that magically fixed my problem before changing kernels. It didn't completely, but it did help. Sorta. I was running Mandrake 8.0 (2.4.3 kernel) and as o

Backwards Compatibility (was: Windowing changes ...)

2001-10-08 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote: > Nobody seems to agree with me, but IMHO I feel problems like what you > described are one of if not the biggest thing that will hold back OSS. I am of two minds about this one. On the one hand, behavior like this had led to no end of trouble for all

Re: Ethernet and Linux

2001-10-08 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Paul Lussier wrote: > Well, in theory, I think it depends upon the protocol, but I think in > general, the cards will auto-negotiate with whatever network equipment > they're connected to. In theory, it will work that way. Personally, I want to move to Theory. Everything wo

Re: Ethernet and Linux

2001-10-08 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 14:22:14 EDT Brian Chabot said: >I have an odd question related to network performance... > >In general, do most current Linux NIC drivers default to full-duplex or >half-duplex? Well, in theory, I think it depends upon the protocol, but I think in general,

Re: Re(1): clone a raid array

2001-10-08 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: "Paul Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kyle Masters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 10:53 AM Subject: Re: Re(1): clone a raid array > In a message dated: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 01:28:03 EDT > "Kyle Masters" said: > > >Wou

Re: Ethernet and Linux

2001-10-08 Thread Rich Payne
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Brian Chabot wrote: > I have an odd question related to network performance... > > In general, do most current Linux NIC drivers default to full-duplex or > half-duplex? As usual 'it depends'. I know for example that the current eepro100 driver has no auto-negotiation code a

Ethernet and Linux

2001-10-08 Thread Brian Chabot
I have an odd question related to network performance... In general, do most current Linux NIC drivers default to full-duplex or half-duplex? I was asked this question at work and I couldn't give a definitive answer Thanks, Brian --

Re: CERT Advisory CA-2001-27 Format String Vulnerability in CDE ToolT alk

2001-10-08 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Not that the warning isn't appreciated, but who runs CDE on Linux? Beats me. > For that matter, who runs CDE? ;-) Plenty of people, especially those who don't know how to replace their window manager. Although I suspect that the number of CDE

Re: CERT Advisory CA-2001-27 Format String Vulnerability in CDEToolT alk

2001-10-08 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Taylor, Chris wrote: > For those of you using TOOLTALK RPC Database Service, there is a > vulnerability opened when using this on a Linux box running the Common > Desktop Environment (CDE)... Not that the warning isn't appreciated, but who runs CDE on Linux? For that matt

CERT Advisory CA-2001-27 Format String Vulnerability in CDE ToolTalk

2001-10-08 Thread Taylor, Chris
FYI: I expect many of you have already learned of this vulnerability, but in lieu of all the current security conversations here I figured I would drop a line. For those of you using TOOLTALK RPC Database Service, there is a vulnerability opened when using this on a Linux box running the Common D

Re: Re(1): clone a raid array

2001-10-08 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 01:28:03 EDT "Kyle Masters" said: >Would dd do the trick of piling all of a single-drive's data onto a 3-disk >array and have the ability to boot from it? It would definitely work, the only problem is tht using dd also copies your partition map information.

Re: Samba Printing.

2001-10-08 Thread Greg Kettmann
Thank you for the excellent writeup. I was tied up over the weekend, but will try it all today. I have that very book, although it maybe not be the most current version. Mine is Version 2. It was always my favorite because it was the first place I ever found a good writeup of the boot process.