Cringely

2003-10-28 Thread brian
I would imagine that at least a double-digit percentage of this lists subscribers read Cringely already, but if you don't, this weeks article is worth a perusal: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20031023.html -- brian ___ gnhlug-discuss

Cringely

2003-10-28 Thread brian
I would imagine that at least a double-digit percentage of this lists subscribers read Cringely already, but if you don't, this weeks article is worth a perusal: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20031023.html -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: reviews of Mandrake 9.2?

2003-10-27 Thread brian
What I've heard it that is was pretty buggy out of the gate and had a lot of odd little problems... On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 09:27, Rob Lembree wrote: Has anyone run Mandrake 9.2 yet? Opinions, comparisons to Red Hat 9? Anyone want to do a talk on it perhaps? Every now and then, I like to

Re: reviews of Mandrake 9.2?

2003-10-27 Thread Brian Chabot
of it at: http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=268 Hope this helps, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: shunting virus spam

2003-10-21 Thread brian
these bloody 150K virus spams so they can be shunted aside before spamassassin starts wasting time on them? they're killing my system.. -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Allowing remote root login

2003-10-16 Thread brian
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 12:14, Tom Buskey wrote: I have a free email address that redirects to my real address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's a valid email address but I get little spam on it. Probably because the harvesting software discards addresses with spam in them. Thanks to everyone who

Re: Linux Business Proposals?

2003-10-13 Thread Brian Chabot
, but the licensing fees would be up there... impeding on our profit.) Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Linux Business Proposals?

2003-10-12 Thread Brian Chabot
in seeing proposals that have workd in similar situations. Anyone have any that have worked? Thaks in advance, Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Best In Class

2003-10-08 Thread Brian
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 07:39, Jon maddog Hall wrote: Mixture of Windows, Unix and Linux systems, the person needs to do these things over the net, preferably with a graphical interface. Over the Internet, or over an intranet? Are there concerns for reliability/timliness (ie in real-time?)

Re: RH9 - setting up to a print server????

2003-10-05 Thread Brian Riley (maillist)
This would defeat the whole purpose of having the print server, i.e. Not having to have a given computer up and running in order to print, the print server and printer use about one-fifth the the electricity that a Winders box uses! (I live off the grid and saving 80-130 watts matters!) On

RH9 - setting up to a print server????

2003-10-04 Thread Brian Riley (maillist)
server? Cheers ... 73 de brian riley, n1bq ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Web Hosting

2003-09-23 Thread Brian Karas
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 00:52, Greg Bonnette wrote: http://www.dotservant.com/webhosting/compareplans.shtml Their plans seem fair. I am currently using enom.com for registrar/dns/pop3 services, but it looks like I can consolidate much of that in a dot servant plan and save money. Has anyone

Re: Microsoftheaded, hugely stupid - procmail recipe

2003-09-19 Thread Brian
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 22:29, Brian Chabot wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Brian wrote: I'm also working on a perl/cgi-based procmail manager (we have about a dozen email servers to maintain) that allows you to have 1 master procmail body that can be edited via html GUI and then sync'd

Re: Microsoftheaded, hugely stupid - procmail recipe

2003-09-18 Thread Brian
email servers to maintain) that allows you to have 1 master procmail body that can be edited via html GUI and then sync'd to the remote boxes. -- Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman

IP backup solutions?

2003-09-13 Thread Brian
I need to backup some Winders machines in a remote location (California) to a server in Massachusetts. I could do this by paying Veritas a bunch of money and running the backup on a Win2K box, but I'd rather not. However, I haven't (in my admittedly narrow search) found a linux-based IP backup

Re: OT: Network problem

2003-08-29 Thread Brian Karas
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 18:34, Neal Richardson wrote: I needed to install a small hub in part of the build that was not on the network. When I connected the hub to the switch from the crossover port the whole network came crashing to the ground and the server locked up hard. Upon further

Technical Support Specialist I

2003-08-04 Thread brian
I hope this isn't out of line, but we have the following position available at our company. I figured that someone on the list might be interested, and/or know someone interested. Access NorthEast, established in 1999, is a Network Service Provider offering Internet Connectivity, Private

Re: I need suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptopkeyboard

2003-08-01 Thread brian
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Five-hundred and five dollars!?! For adjusting a valve?? exclaims the manager. Once upon a time a company charged too much for a keyboard. Why? Because they could. I guess you can look at it both ways (not meaning to be too negative...)

Re: [gnhlug-announce] Books for review and door prizes

2003-07-18 Thread brian
On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 13:30, Morbus Iff wrote: Incidentally, I contributed to Linux Server Hacks, and did Perl consulting on Google Hacks ;) To anyone who hasn't read it, the Linux Server Hacks book is a great collection of, well, hacks. That book was (to me at least) worth 3x it's cover

Re: PGP/GPG Key signing party

2003-07-17 Thread Brian
On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 13:34, Matt Brodeur wrote: You, as usual, are on crack. This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask... I've only lived in the Nashua area for a couple of years and haven't found any good, reliable crack houses. In Detroit they were much easier to find, and

Re: DSL firewall/router solutions?

2003-07-14 Thread brian
We use a lot of Greatspeed brand routers for our corporate DSL offerings. They seem to be pretty reliable, and they have models with a decent built-in firewall. Check ebay, you can usually find them out there for less than $100. Check out www.dyndns.org , or similar, for a free dynamic dns

Re: [gnhlug-announce] SLUG problem solution meeting Monday 7/147pm at UNH in Morse 301

2003-07-10 Thread Brian
On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 21:21, Bruce Dawson wrote: I'm mostly wondering how other sites handle this with minimal hardware and proprietary software investments. I think many sites consider downtime to just be part of life for server moves, upgrades, etc. Even name brand sites like ebay and Amazon

Re: [gnhlug-announce] SLUG problem solution meeting Monday 7/147pm at UNH in Morse 301

2003-07-10 Thread Brian
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 10:16, Bob Bell wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:56:51AM -0400, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think many sites consider downtime to just be part of life for That's pretty stupid if they do. Clustering technologies should let you avoid this. Not every site

Re: [gnhlug-announce] SLUG problem solution meeting Monday 7/147pm at UNH in Morse 301

2003-07-10 Thread Brian
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 11:52, Bob Bell wrote: Well, then these sites should install HP-UX or Tru64 UNIX with TruClusters and keep me employed :-) I'll be sure to mention that to them... ;) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X-No-Archive and its ilk

2003-07-08 Thread brian
. On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 14:12, Kevin D. Clark wrote: brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, and then I felt sorry for the poor clod who has his real email address hanging out in the wind. Your response is very naive. Regards, --kevin -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED

Dimensional Warp Generator...

2003-07-08 Thread brian
Anybody else been getting these Dimensional Warp Generator Needed spams lately? Any idea what the purpose of sending a completely useless message is?? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X-No-Archive and its ilk

2003-07-08 Thread brian
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 15:54, Kevin D. Clark wrote: A couple of other things: 1: A bit of netiquette. If you respond to my email privately, and I reply to your reply privately, then it's not OK for you to subsequently reply and CC: a public mailing list. I intended for my original

Re: Dimensional Warp Generator...

2003-07-08 Thread brian
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 16:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. The first time I got one, I laughed so hard I nearly did myself injury. Originally, I figured someone had just paid to have it spammed out as a gag. But they keep coming. Nowhere near as bad as the ads for the enlargement of sexual

Re: Dimensional Warp Generator...

2003-07-08 Thread brian
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 16:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally did what I should have done: Googled for it. The consensus appears to be that it is a spam technique: Spammer sends out an inventive email like this. Curious people, knowing it obviously is not a legit commercial effort, go to

Wireless PDA workstation

2003-07-02 Thread brian
Ob content: I'd prefer if it ran linux... Anyone have a good recommendation (or warning) in regards to a decent,portable wireless PDA-esque device? I was looking at some of the Pocket PC-enabled phones at Verizon (current wireless provider), but don't want to go that route if I can help it.

Re: DSU/router/switch/traffic-shaper gizmo (maybe OT)

2003-07-02 Thread Brian
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 13:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a need to divide up an Internet feed among several tenants in a building. The feed will come in on a T1 or similar. Upstream provider gives us a CSU and a routable IP block. So we need to plug into the CSU and be a router.

Small footprint linux

2003-06-23 Thread brian
looking/downloading? Thanks... -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Detecting root kits?

2003-06-23 Thread brian
always trojaned, hence the reason to use find. Also, a useful command is RPM -Va. The output is documented in man rpm, but it checks all of the files from RPMs for changes. You could also make this quicker by targetting things like passwd or util-linux. Ben -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Small footprint linux

2003-06-23 Thread brian
the X if you want small. That is my worry, is that I won't be able to get any sort of a desktop, which I would kind of really like to have... -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman

Re: Small footprint linux

2003-06-23 Thread brian
(not X) and TCP/IP stack. Getting Linux plus X plus a TCP/IP stack in 32M is pretty tough - you can't even do it on the Zaurus. -Mark -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo

RE: OT- Comcast Subscriber Agreement

2003-06-16 Thread brian
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 13:51, Tilly, Lawrence wrote: As an aside to this, it's interesting how some cable ISPs are configured differently than others. I was on attbi for a little over a year, and with them I had to actually register each of my PCs that I wanted to be on the Having worked with a

Re: Free brewing kit

2003-06-12 Thread Brian
be picked up in Central New Hampshire E-mail me for more info and address Kevin ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Book swap?

2003-06-04 Thread brian
on... that was a gimmie...) s/American/European/ :) -- brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Dvorak Predicts Death of Linux

2003-06-04 Thread brian
Dvorak is an idiot Bob-Cringly-Wanna-Be. I used to think he actually had some insight, about 15 years ago, but I no longer pay him any mind. He reminds me of a raving lunatic still grasping for attention, most of his work is either a statement of the obvious or a bizzaro prediction. This

Re: Book swap?

2003-06-03 Thread brian
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 08:18, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also have an autographed hardcover copy of John Moy's OSPF book, if anyone needs an OSPF manual. Which one? Blue or yellow? Yellow... No, Blue!!! ... Ahhh! Anyone know the airspeed

Re: PERC3 Di RAID controller?

2003-05-30 Thread brian
I installed RH7.2 on a Dell 1650 with Perc3Di recently. In this particular case I used a CD that came with the server that walks you through some pre-config stuff and then prompts you fro the RH CD's. Not sure if the Dell CD is what actually had the perc drivers. On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 14:17,

Re: rsync, passwords and getting my logs

2003-05-27 Thread brian
'Twere it me, I'd use scp and keys. Makes SSH easier and allows for secure copying without having to dork with passwords. BTW, on a related note, I've been working on the same concept, but am parsing log files from many servers into a MySQL database. Makes for easy lookup of issues, and also

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