ApacheCon cards

2002-07-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
We've got some 'postcards' printed up for hand distribution (not suitable for posting!) about ApacheCon in November. Would anyone care to have some to distribute at the next couple/few LUG meetings? Or at work, or whatever? If so, please reply on-list so we don't get dozens of requests and have

Re: Linux on IBM Laptops / Survey Questions

2002-07-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Greg Kettmann wrote: > > My questions to you folks are twofold. Are you interested in Linux on > Thinkpads? Are you kidding? That's all I run on mine -- and it frosted me when I bought mine from IBM last year that I had to get Winblows preinstalled on it. :-( -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanage

Re: Enlightenment and key bindings

2002-07-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Also, make sure it is really E that is grabbing those keys. > I know, for example, the GNOME Panel can have hotkeys bound to it. > Right-click any panel, select the "Panel" submenu, and choose > "Global Preferences". In the resulting dialog box, select the > "Miscell

Enlightenment and key bindings

2002-07-09 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Rrrr.. been fighting with this one a while. I upgraded one of my RH 6.2 home systems to RH 72+up2dateness, and Enlightenment is doing something funky with a couple of my key bindings. My $HOME/.enlightenment/keybindings.cfg file labels specific actions (goto desktops) for Alt-F1 and Alt-F2, but

Re: Open SSH for Red Hat 6.2

2002-07-02 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ummm... oh, yeah, duh. *forehead slap* You need to add a define. > Like this: > > rpm --rebuild openssh-3.4p1-1.src.rpm --define 'build_6x 1' Closer, but no SEE-gar (as Albert would say): auth2-pam.c:146: `__func__' undeclared (first use in this function) Mean

Re: Open SSH for Red Hat 6.2

2002-07-02 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Building an RPM from source is pathetically easy. Simple execute: > > rpm --rebuild name-of-source-rpm-file Nice advice, but doesn't work; the build fails with cipher.c not finding a few EVP_CIPH_* symbols. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedwein

Re: sendmail and alternate ports

2002-06-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2002-06-06 at 05:53, Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > Regardless.. Normally, when sendmail speaks to another system > it will use port 25. Does anyone know if there's a way to tell > it "when you connect to mail.fo

sendmail and alternate ports

2002-06-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
I'm at LinuxTag in Germany, and whomever is providing the network is blocking port 25 (SMTP). Don't ask me why.. :-/ Regardless.. Normally, when sendmail speaks to another system it will use port 25. Does anyone know if there's a way to tell it "when you connect to mail.foo.com, use port 4000

ApacheCon 2002 US: Deadline for submissions is TO-MORROW!

2002-05-30 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Greetings! One last reminder: the deadline for submitting proposals for sessions to be presented at ApacheCon 2002 in Las Vegas this November is *to-morrow*, Friday 31 May 2002. If your submission isn't in the system by the close of business EDT, it won't be c

SpamAssassin stats

2002-05-20 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Considering the recent thread(s) touching on SpamAssassin, I thought I'd mention that in the 9 weeks I've been having it run interference on my main mailbox, it has intercepted about 125 megabytes of spam. That's roughly sixty megabytes a month. The time saving to me has ben significant. :-) --

Apache mailing list

2002-05-15 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
I've noticed a few Apache-related messages going by recently, and it just occurred to me that maybe the users' list might be a useful resource about which people don't know. See http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html>. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Au

Re: Apache configuration question

2002-04-29 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Tilly, Lawrence" wrote: > > I deal with this mostly from the point of view of the WebSphere > Application Servers and head up the performance monitoring drive. Ehh.. WAS isn't supported on Apache 2 yet AFAIK. Not on Linux, anyway. OS/390, maybe (using a version of 2.0 more than a year old),

Re: Apache configuration question

2002-04-29 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well, it looks like Ken nailed our pretty well. Time to talk to the > powers-that-be to bring us up to date on our version. Why is threading such a big issue? Is it just a buzzword 'gotta have' for someone, or is there technical justification? -- #kenP-)} Ken

Re: Apache configuration question

2002-04-29 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote: > > There is some info on threading (HAVE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT) in the > performance tuning notes at > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/perf-tuning.html. If you do a search > on Apache.org's documentation site, you might find more on it. That has nothing to do w

Re: Apache configuration question

2002-04-29 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Tilly, Lawrence" wrote: > > Any more info is appreciated greatly. Like what? Maybe the 'how it works' presentation at http://Ken.Coar.Org/Podium/> might be useful.. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Serv

Re: Apache configuration question

2002-04-29 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Apache (1.3.23) by default appears to run single threaded. Correct. > This apparently can be changed at compile time Incorrect. Apache 1.3 is always and immutably single-threaded, except on Windows. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golu

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
mike ledoux wrote: > > You neglected to add 'console=ttyS0,9600' to your kernel line > as required to tell the kernel to use the serial console. This > is why {key} isn't working on the serial line, and also > explains why you don't see anthing on the serial line before > mgetty starts. Well, p

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Derek D. Martin" wrote: > > At some point hitherto, Rodent of Unusual Size hath spake thusly: > > > > How about for Grub? > > Not sure about making grub work on the serial console, but the > arguments to the append keyword above should simply be appended to

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Benjamin Scott wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, at 9:01am, Ben Boulanger wrote: > > ... but I wonder if that kernel config option "SysRq key" > > would help you here. > > Yah, you send a serial break signal, followed by one of the > Magic keys. Sending BREAK followed by 'b' (for boot) might be

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Ben Boulanger wrote: > > To get kernel info output to the serial line (and lose it on the VGA > line), in lilo.conf add: > serial=0,38400n8 > image=blah > append="console=ttyS0,38400" http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/doc/serial-console.txt.html> suggests that you can get it on

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Derek D. Martin" wrote: > > I disagree, with the caveat that if you do enable console output on > the serial port, IIRC it will not also output to the monitor. But I > may misremember this detail. Console output on the serial line is good. Console INput on it would be even better.. -- #ken

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Cole Tuininga wrote: > > You have to have serial support turned on on the server obviously, do > not turn on "support for console on serial port". Believe it or not, > this is not what you want. Then you just need to add a line to your > /etc/inittab to listen for it. I don't have access to my

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Ben Boulanger wrote: > > To get kernel info output to the serial line (and lose it on the VGA > line), in lilo.conf add: > serial=0,38400n8 > image=blah > append="console=ttyS0,38400" How about for Grub? > and to get a vty on your serial line, in inittab add something like: >

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
John Abreau wrote: > > Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1. Is there any way to get access to the console through the > >serial port? I have another system that does this for VMS > >and T64U systems (anyone remember VCS?), but

Re: console access through serial port?

2002-04-25 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[Apologies for the late replies; my system went into atomic wedgie mode right around the time I sent, and I've been wading through mail ever since it came back up.] Bayard Coolidge USG wrote: > > Well, when you're on an Alpha system, you always have console > access available, one way or the oth

Re: On GNU/Linux

2002-04-21 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Paul Iadonisi wrote: > > Oh, boy! I think you may have just stirred a hornets nest. Indeed. This discussion, with rms' participation, occurred on this very list about three/four years ago. I took the same position as the original poster in this thread, but I used the analogy (among others) th

console access through serial port?

2002-04-18 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Rrr.. one of my servers is requiring intervention (read: rebooting) on an almost daily basis now. This leads to two questions: 1. Is there any way to get access to the console through the serial port? I have another system that does this for VMS and T64U systems (anyone remember VCS?), bu

Re: slide show software

2002-03-22 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Mansur, Warren" wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a kind of "slide show software" > available on Linux? Well, it falls into the category of HTML and not really suited for what you want to do (the xv solution looks better), but I have a SourceForge project for Web-based presentations at ht

MAC at TCP level

2002-03-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
I'm not real conversant with the various packet formats. Is there anything at the TCP packet level that might include the MAC address of either endpoint? If so, I rather guess it isn't used, but I'm not even sure it exists. In other words, is the MAC address completely inaccessible in a WAN envi

Re: More spam discussion

2002-03-11 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
I spent the week-end getting SpamAssassin set up and working on my behalf. FWIW, I updated my description of the process: http://Ken.Coar.Org/musings/spam-fighting.html>. Just in time; last night I received more than 800 spam messages. (!) -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini htt

Re: printconf half-creates printers

2002-03-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Dan Jenkins wrote: > > Well, according to Redhat > printconf creates the /etc/printcap on the fly. (I presume you meant > printcap & not printtab). Yes, printcap (sorry). By on-the-fly, they mean it creates it each time it's run, and leaves it as one of its outputs. It gets newly created each t

printconf half-creates printers

2002-03-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Okey, RH 7.2 with most updates applied. I used printconf to add a Samba printer, the one served by my Windoze box. It shows up in printconf, but not in printtab, nor in /var/spool/lpd. So nothing can print to it because only printconf knows about it (no idea where printconf is storing the info

Re: HTML Code

2002-03-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2002-03-06 at 17:22, Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > Why do Windows Users use Outlook Express (eg. virus magnet express) Feh. I've taken to calling it 'Outbreak Express.' -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Autho

Re: HTML Code

2002-03-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2002-03-06 at 17:01, Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > JavaScript has some seriously nice applications, but instead all it gets > used for is popups, image mouse-overs, and virus propagation. *sigh* And frame management, which is virtually impossible

Re: HTML Code

2002-03-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2002-03-06 at 16:24, R. Sean Hartnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > Can anyone tell me the HTML code to insert that would cause a link when > selected it would open up in a new browser? , I think. No JavaSchlock needed. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwed

Re: PHP security flamewar (was: Apache "codered" looming???)

2002-03-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Derek D. Martin" wrote: > > > I think the problem you are seeing is that your average web designer > > cannot code worth a damn. > > I definitely agree that this is a huge factor. But that does not go > very far to explain why there have been reletively few Perl-related > advisories recently

Re: Apache "codered" looming???

2002-03-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Derek D. Martin" wrote: > > I'll go one better than that. If you use PHP, STOP. They have > security bulletins released about once a week, it seems (o.k. I'm > exaggerating A LITTLE). About the only "vendor" with more frequent > releases is Microsoft... Eh, I don't buy that. Please back it

Re: BIOS entry for Quantex CPU?

2002-03-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Thanks for the help, everyone; particularly for the pointers I didn't find in Google. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" ***

BIOS entry for Quantex CPU?

2002-03-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
One of my relatives has a friend (yeay, yeah, you've heard this before.. :-) who has a Quantex CPU. She now needs to get into the BIOS to change a setting, but a) the manual doesn't indicate the BIOS entry key sequence, b) Quantex is gone, and c) the [very quick] black startup screen doesn't seem

IRC server software

2002-02-27 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Does anyone have any recommendations for an open-software IRC server? Preferably full-functioned with lots of security knobs? -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" **

Re: Interesting Newbie article at CentraLUG.org

2002-02-13 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
RABNUD wrote: > > A minimal system should still provide help for a newbie The first time I surreptitiously sat down at a VMS screen, the only command I could think to type was 'help'. And the response was so complete that I instantly fell in love. Theretofore my experience with online assistan

Re: [TriLUG] RH 7.2 bash 2.05.8(1) whacked?

2002-02-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
James Manning wrote: > > [Rodent of Unusual Size] > > Anyone else seen this? Or have a suggestion on how to proceed? > > sounds like the LANG/LC/etc settings issues. iirc, LC_SORT=C > LANG=C, or something like that. I forget :) *@&#*(&@!!! LANG="en_US&qu

RH 7.2 bash 2.05.8(1) whacked?

2002-02-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Something seems *really* whacked out with bash wildcards. Firstly they aren't being listed in case-sensitive lexical order (A B C a b c) they way they should be, and secondly ranges are *really* screwed up: % cd /tmp % mkdir test % cd test % touch A B C a b c % /bin/ls -1 a A b B c C % /bin/ls -1

Re: uptime is a drug

2002-01-28 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Jack Hodgson wrote: > > I'm kinda amused at how I'm unwilling to do a particular bit > of system maintenance because it involves shutting down the > machine, and I like seeing my uptime stats get bigger. Indeed. I have two machines that have been up since the last century, and I have the same r

Re: AOL to buy Red Hat?

2002-01-23 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Every 6 months!?!?! I'm happy to go two weeks without > getting another coaster in the mail. My dog doesn't even > like playing with them any more. I'm thinking of using > them to construct my own Very Large Array to really > take SETI@Home to heart. Or a solar furn

Re: Anybody running 2.4 and AMD???

2002-01-21 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2002-01-21 at 17:27, Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > No, I'm just having them with 2.4.2 on a ThinkPad T21. > I thought it was because of the S3 video chipset, and > adding an 'Option ShadowStatus' to XF86Confi

Re: Anybody running 2.4 and AMD???

2002-01-21 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2002-01-21 at 17:14, Rich C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > And experiencing random lockups? No, I'm just having them with 2.4.2 on a ThinkPad T21. I thought it was because of the S3 video chipset, and adding an 'Option ShadowStatus' to XF86Config had fixed it, but n

Re: [TriLUG] Re: RH 7.1 on ThinkPad T21 hanging

2002-01-11 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
zeroK wrote: > > I am curious to know which ss-hack it was and which > window-manager you are using. (I like details. I remember it > was "greynetic" before.) I'm running Enlightenment 0.16.4; I'm not sure which hack it was this time. Next time I'll try nuking the saver to see if that does an

Re: [TriLUG] Re: RH 7.1 on ThinkPad T21 hanging

2002-01-11 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Jonathan Magid wrote: > > My experience shows that the lockups on late-model thinkpads > is just the console. You can login remotely and (usually) > reboot the machine. Just killing X doesn't clear it. After > hearing about problems with gpm alongside X on these machines, > I've tried it without

Re: [TriLUG] Re: RH 7.1 on ThinkPad T21 hanging

2002-01-09 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > Given the circumstances you describe, and assuming it's on a network, > I'd try to ssh in, and see if the computer's crashed, or if it's "just" > the console. I'm pretty sure it's really a hard hang, since it wouldn't hibernate when I shut the lid. However, I've disabl

RH 7.1 on ThinkPad T21 hanging

2002-01-08 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Now that I'm using my T21 more and more, I'm leaving it on for longer periods of time. Not as long as I'd like, though, since it seems to do a hard hang sometimes. At least twice I've noticed that it happened when xscreensaver was running the greynetic hack; that's what was frozen on the screen.

Re: VMware networking guroi?

2001-12-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
geoff allsup wrote: > > If your host machine is on ethernet, and you can assign an IP for your > guest OS, bridged networking is what you need. The thing is that the network address assigned to the host differs. At home, eth0 will get a 192.168.*.* address; at work it will get an address on my

Re: VMware networking guroi?

2001-12-11 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Benjamin Scott wrote: > > What kind of trouble are you having? We might be able to > help you better if we knew what was going wrong. :-) Heh, point taken. (I should know better, eh?) Okey, here goes: I installed VMware 3.0 (eval) on my new RH 7.1 laptop. (So new it was still named 'localho

VMware networking guroi?

2001-12-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Anyone here geel expert on the subject of getting a VMware VM (Win2K) to access the (Linux) host system's filesystems and network? -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "All right everyone! Step aw

Re: Linux Friendly aDSL

2001-11-17 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote: > > So, I set out to find a DSL provider in my area that met > the following criteria: > > 1) Static IP Addresses > 2) Good spped > 3) Linux friendly > 4) Aloows me to run my own services > > Ambitious, and a little unrealistic, I know. But, I have found one!!! > (I

[Fwd: The FSF Europe recommends: avoid SourceForge (fwd)]

2001-11-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
>From another Linux list.. Maddog, any comment from our resident VA personality? Original Message Subject: [TriLUG] Fwd: [The FSF Europe recommends: avoid SourceForge (fwd)] Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 12:36:34 -0500 From: (suppressed) To: (suppressed) Many of you may have seen thi

Re: Sawfish, Enlightenment.. any RH 7.1 WM

2001-11-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Karl J. Runge" wrote: > > Why not do it the old fashioned way in your ~/.xinitrc shell script; > just write a little loop or two to launch the rxvts. This separation > may help you from getting bitten the next time you change WM or GUI. Thanks! Something persistent and generic would be great;

Sawfish, Enlightenment.. any RH 7.1 WM

2001-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
{sigh} The main thing that is holding me back from really making use of my 6.2->7.1 upgraded systems is the window manager. When I did the upgrade, I chose Enlightenment because that's what 6.2 used by default, and I really didn't want to have to learn a new WM midstream. Unfortunately, the Enli

Re: Mailing list sw.

2001-11-01 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Scott Garman wrote: > > Thanks to Mike, Rich, and Steven for answering my query. > I was actually under the impression that majordomo was > one of the most complicated list managers to set up, but > I guess I'll give it a shot. I have a script and some templates that can make adding lists a one-

Re: PalmOS .pdb file format?

2001-10-23 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Paul Lussier wrote: > > >Google for 'txt2doc'. It's an open tool for turning > >text files into Palm DOC .pdb files. And back again. > > Maybe I should have been more clear. The Windows DLL > actually parses the .pdb file and turns it into a Quicken > compatible .qif file, which *is* ascii te

Re: PalmOS .pdb file format?

2001-10-23 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Paul Lussier wrote: > > Does anyone know the file format of the Palm .pdb file format? > > I have a palm app I've been using for years which unfortunately, > requires windows to sync and extract the data into a txt file > format. Google for 'txt2doc'. It's an open tool for turning text files i

Re: Windowing changes from RH 6.2 to 7.1

2001-10-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Derek D. Martin" wrote: > > [In the tone and voice of John Cusack at the beer bash in _Say > Anything_] YOU MUST CHILL! Yeargh. I need RH 7.1 for some stuff, and having the frelling wm get in my way is not making me happy. It's supposed to make life easier, not become an obstacle.. > Sawfis

Re: Windowing changes from RH 6.2 to 7.1

2001-10-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
ARGH!! Sawfish seems to have the look I want (reminiscent of Enlightenment on RH 6.2), but it FORGETS MY WINDOW PLACEMENT! (Yes, that is a shout; a scream, actually, of frustration.) And I said 'save setup' when I logged off.. I habitually use 6 virtual desktops with two xrvt windows in each. R

Re: Windowing changes from RH 6.2 to 7.1

2001-10-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Derek D. Martin" wrote: > > > What happened to Alt-F[1-n] to switch to the appropriately- > > numbered desktop? > > Do you mean virtual console? They still do, just as they > always have, unless you're in X, just like they never did. I mean X. In 6.2 w/Enlightenment, Alt-Fn switches to the

Windowing changes from RH 6.2 to 7.1

2001-10-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Bah. I just installed RH 7.1 on my new laptop, and I feel definitely scroodled. Again. Enlightenment in 7.1 resembles that in 6.2 not at all; 7.1's Sawfish seems to be what 6.2's Enlightenment was. And once I switched to Enlightenment thinking it would look like 6.2's, I couldn't switch back wi

Re: Apache Help.

2001-10-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Greg Kettmann wrote: > > I'm running RH 7.1 with the default Apache (1.3.19). > When I start the service it just says > FAILED. There is nothing in the error logs. Red Hat plays silly-buggers with the script names, and I run a custom setup, so I don't know what the name actually is. However, l

Re: Website defacement (was: Anti-terrorism bill...)

2001-10-01 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Benjamin Scott wrote: > > comparing a network security compromise to a kid throwing > a brick through a window is just not reasonable, either. Unless you postulate that it's being bunged through from the *inside*, by someone who doesn't belong there. :-) Then the analogy works, I think. -- #ken

Re: Home again, and a glimpse of the future

2001-09-20 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International" wrote: > > I can see limiting it to only one bag (not including a > person's purse or pouch), but eliminating it completely > will drive all airlines into bankruptcy (IMHO) > as people chose other methods of transportation. I'm with yo

Re: What happened?

2001-09-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Someone set up us the bomb!" Sorry, couldn't resist.. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "All right everyone! Step away from the glowing hamburger!" **

[Fwd: United, American info numbers for relatives/survivors]

2001-09-11 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Not verified.. but in the interests of getting this into the hands of relatives and family members ASAP... Original Message Subject: United, American info numbers for relatives/survivors Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:43:08 -0700 United relative info line: 1-800-932-8555 Press Rele

Re: Disable Windoze daylight savings time dialog???

2001-07-13 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Rich C wrote: > > Did you uncheck the "Automatically adjust clock for daylight > saving time changes" in the Date/Time Properties dialog? I suspect the two responses that suggested this were missing the point. I really think Karl *wants* the change, he just does not want to have to hold Windows

Re: StarOffice batch export

2001-07-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
David Andrew - Sun MDE wrote: > > Yes you can. In StarOffice, "File" -> Save As > Then in the Save As Gui, select as File type,"Rich Text Format" > Save and you are done!! Um, I know. The problem is doing it from the command line -- 'batch mode', if you like. I cannot easily add a GUI sequen

StarOffice batch export

2001-07-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Does anyone know if there is a way to tell StarOffice on Linux to export/save-as documents as RTF? I am writing a couple of books in StarOffice Writer, but my editor can only read RTF (do not ask!). I am keeping the files in CVS, and check them out automagically for remote access, but I would li

Linux Comes of Age

2001-07-09 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Just FYI: http://www.xent.com/pipermail/fork/2001-July/001760.html> -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Apache Software Foundation http://www.apache.org/ "Apache Server for Dummies"http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Apache Server Unleashed"

Re: Alpha CPU dead?

2001-06-26 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Benjamin Scott wrote: > > I know we have some still-DECies-at-heart on this list, as well > as some Alpha people... do you guys know anything? Only that CPQ evidently acquired stupidity as a core competency along with everything else from Digital. }-( -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagw

[Fwd:Florida police reportedly harass anti-MS Linux protestes]

2001-06-07 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Um. Original Message Subject: FWD: Florida police reportedly harass anti-MS Linux protestes Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 00:08:19 -0400 From: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 19:18:42 -0400 Fr

X display wackiness

2001-05-23 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
I am running RH 6.2 and GNOME & Enlightenment on a ThinkPad 600E, and I am having trouble with X. Occasionally. Normally the display is just fine -- however, under certain circumstances it will get repainted about a third larger in the Y dimension, pushing things off the bottom of the screen and

An interesting trend..

2001-04-18 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
>From this month's Netcraft report: > Dogfood > > [25]AltaVista switched OS for its primary website to Linux on March > 29th, forsaking its previous owner's Compaq Tru64 (nee Digital UNIX) > OS. Tru64 lost its other major reference website [26]Amazon to Linux > last September, and prior to t

Re: Stupid HTML Tricks (or I hate HTML :)

2001-03-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Paul Lussier wrote: > > However, HTML has decided that the characters in the button text > are of a variable width font. Put the button text inside '' or some other monospacing element. The text will not be as pretty, but oh well.. You could probably play games with styles and typefaces to spe

OT: Announcement of list for Apache speakers/writers

2001-03-02 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Please pardon the brief off-topic spam.. it seemed that some here might be interested in this. APACHE SPEAKING/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES If you are a speaker, writer, or author with experience with any of the Apache software packages (see http://www.apache.org/>), or a publisher, editor, or meeting/

Re: Got Cracked?

2001-02-26 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Karl J. Runge" wrote: > > BUT, you also gotta block and/or shutdown RPC services. E.g. > rpc.nfsd, rpc.statd, rpc.mountd. We usually think of these > as UDP services, but there are often TCP counterparts. > Regardless, they are not protected by /etc/hosts.deny !!! > Run rpcinfo -p to see the lis

Re: Apache Web Server

2001-02-16 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Kurth Bemis wrote: > > commercial goes against the GPL and apache licences i believe. No, neither. Both permit commercial redist. The primary difference is that the GPL requires that the source be included in any redist, and the Apache licence does not. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar

Re: Apache Web Server

2001-02-16 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Vince McHugh wrote: > > My MIS director was asking me if there is a > "commercial version" of Apache Web Server. Since I do > not know the answer to that I told him I would pose > the question to this illustrious group. What does he mean by 'commercial?' A version for which you can purcha

[Fwd: [Fwd: Up2Date (was: Warning Banner?)]]

2001-02-15 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
;Apache Server Unleashed" <http://ApacheUnleashed.Com/> On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 11:05:44PM -0500, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > I am forwarding this to TriLUG because of the Folx in Red Hats > who hang out here.. > -- >The up2date utility is (usually) wonderful for a small nu

Re: Up2Date (was: Warning Banner?)

2001-02-14 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
I am on another Linux list here in the Triangle, home of Red Hat, and a bunch of their people hang out there. I have forwarded this idea to that list for some cross-pollination. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar Apache Software Foundation

maddog does Santa Clara

2001-02-13 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Just FYI, our Very Own maddog will be giving the 'guru' keynote at ApacheCon 2001 in Santa Clara this April.. http://ApacheCon.Com/ -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar Apache Software Foundation "Apache Server for Dummies"

Re: Warning Banner?

2001-02-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Bob Bell wrote: > > How about editing the source from a source RPM? After rebuilding > the source RPM, you've got both a patch to submit to the maintainer, > and a working version that should match your (new) RPM checksum > checks. Now *there* is a thought.. I try to avoid munging GPLed code,

Re: Warning Banner?

2001-02-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > the login: prompt is issued by getty. I do not believe that is the case for telnet and other network sessions.. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar Apache Software Foundation "Apache Server for Dummies"

Re: Warning Banner?

2001-02-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Peter Cavender wrote: > > Hack the source for login. Not too hard. I've customized mingetty > and login on RedHat. I can help if you need. What distro you running? Eeuw. Unfortunately, since /bin/login is one of the main cracker target files, this will always cause my security checks to show

Re: apache question

2001-02-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
cdowns wrote: > > apache-1.3.12-3 what is the problem on a redhat 6.2 installation where > you cannot access the web page and get access denied ? is there > something mispelled in httpd.conf or something ? The problem is almost certainly with linuxconf. Look in your httpd.conf file for a line l

Re: up2date gritching

2001-02-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > > # up2date -l > > Retrieving list of all available packages... > > Removing installed packages from list of updates... > 100.0% > Removing packages marked to skip from list... > 100.0% > Getting headers for available packages..

Re: Warning Banner?

2001-02-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
On a related note, how may one change the 'login: ' prompt? -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar Apache Software Foundation "Apache Server for Dummies" "Apache Server Unleashed"

up2date gritching

2001-02-12 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
I have RH 6.2. I ran up2date this morning, and it repeatedly blew out with package location problems. So I tried to update up2date, and ended up having to download/ install about half-a-dozen packages to get up2date-2 going. Now that is done, and it *still* is not working, although at least it

Re: Got Cracked?

2001-02-11 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
$*@^#*&^(@ missing reply-to.. }-( -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar Apache Software Foundation "Apache Server for Dummies" "Apache Server Unleashed" "Kenneth E. Lussier" wro

Re: Virtual interface?

2001-01-08 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Next question.. how do you set up an alias in netcfg? -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar Apache Software Foundation "Apache Server for Dummies" "Apache Server Unleashed" *

Re: sendmail rule debugging to syslog?

2000-12-27 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Kevin D. Clark" wrote: > > How about "sendmail -bD -v"? (or some variant) No joy; it still results in a communication error and incomplete reporting. :-( -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar Apache Software Foundation "Apache Serve

sendmail rule debugging to syslog?

2000-12-27 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Unfortunately, I have to spend some time debugging my sendmail.cf file.. there are some rules that work correctly in -bt mode that *don't* when in production -bd mode. Essentially, what I *want* is to see the input and output for a particular rule, similar to that shown in -bt mode -- except I wa

Re: Salvaging a CD

2000-12-20 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Benjamin Scott wrote: > > Time for a public service message: Remember, kiddies, backups > are your friends. What do you think this ^@*&^&*#$%^ CD *was*? Yrgh, backups of yer backups.. {sigh} Thanks for the suggestions! -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar Apac

Salvaging a CD

2000-12-20 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
{sigh} One of the things that always worries me when adding to a CD. I've got about 350MB of gzipped log files on a CD, 12 files total. Yesterday I tried adding three more, and there was a glitch in the transfer rate. Even though Easy CD Creator (don't ask!) said the CD was created successfull

Recommendations for DDS-3 tape drives?

2000-11-16 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Once again I turn to the gurus.. Does anyone have any recommendations to make for a DDS-3 SCSI tape drive? I need to get one soonest to change over my backups at home (too much data for CDRs now).. ObMumble: Check out http://Advogato.Org/> if you haven't already. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar

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