Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread Vinod Parthasarathy
Hi, I joined the ILUGC mailing list recently. This is my first email to ILUGC. Since we are on the topic of syllabus, let me mention one important point that I have not seen mentioned so far in engineering circles. I have seen the syllabus of many engineering colleges that come under Anna Univer

Re: [Ilugc] telnet port is safe fot SMTP purpose ?

2009-08-07 Thread Mohan Sundaram
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > > When you are working with ISPs who block *all* outgoing connections on > port 25 but *allow* outgoing SMTP traffic on port 26.  There is little > choice that their end user customers have, that is the ISPs network > policy to prevent SPAMMERS fr

Re: [Ilugc] telnet port is safe fot SMTP purpose ?

2009-08-07 Thread Arun Khan
On Friday 07 Aug 2009, Mohan Sundaram wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Ramkumar wrote: > > Dear Friend, > >                By default, some client place they blocked port > > 25.some client they open port 23 .In this place i decided to use > > SMTP port as 23 instead of 25 ? is it good? >

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:39 AM, pavithran wrote: | I am not sure if we could say that the syllabus is ok though I agree | that a student could definitely make a lot of the current syllabus. \-- That is where most people have the wrong conception, IMO. A syllabus is only a guideline, and

[Ilugc] Re :Final Year Project Idea

2009-08-07 Thread bala chandar
> I must warn you that compiler design is a difficult topic which needs > lots of time and guidance. You could spend many years on this subject. I dont want to exactly optimize the code.I just want to highlight the piece of code where the programmer can optimize.I studied a module in I

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Saturday 08 Aug 2009 12:56:54 am pavithran wrote: > > We all know that open source projects require persistence, consistency, > > and long term planning. Wordpress is being developed for the past 4 > > years, and drupal for more than 6 years. So as all other open source > > projects like phpbb

Re: [Ilugc] Can't connect to local MySQL server

2009-08-07 Thread Arun SAG
Hi, On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Dhilip S wrote: > >i'm having the problem in Mysql. i frequently getting this Mysql sockect > >error. > >$ mysql -u root > >$ *Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > >'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) > >HOW to over come this error? > > First star

[Ilugc] Can't connect to local MySQL server

2009-08-07 Thread Dhilip S
i'm having the problem in Mysql. i frequently getting this Mysql sockect error. $ mysql -u root $ *Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) HOW to over come this error? * ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread pavithran
2009/8/7 senthilraja P : > We all know that open source projects require persistence, consistency, and > long term planning.  Wordpress is being developed for the past 4 years, and > drupal for more than 6 years.  So as all other open source projects like > phpbb, open bravo etc.. But new people c

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread pavithran
2009/8/7 Shakthi Kannan : > | and also the fact that our academic project > | syllabus is so premature. > \-- > > Syllabus is ok. Just that people don't know how, and where to apply it > in practice. I am not sure if we could say that the syllabus is ok though I agree that a student could definit

Re: [Ilugc] Final Year Project Idea

2009-08-07 Thread Raja Subramanian
Sorry to reply to my own post... On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > In optimization parlance, this technique is called "constant folding". >    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant_folding You could also classify it as a "loop invariant", ie, a value which does not change

Re: [Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-07 Thread M.S.Sree Pratheep
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > > Friends. > > I have a text file. How to create 1,00,000 copies of the same file? > If you are going to use those files only for reading, then this would work for i in {1..10} do ln -s $file $file.$i done -Sree Pratheep. __

Re: [Ilugc] Final Year Project Idea

2009-08-07 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:24 PM, bala chandar wrote: >     I am Balachandar.Final year B.Tech - IT student.I want to develop > a c language code optimizer. Good choice! Code optimization is a fascinating topic. I did this during my college days too :-) I must warn you that compiler design is a d

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, My thoughts below: --- On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:15 PM, senthilraja P wrote: | We all know that open source projects require persistence, \-- Yes. --- | consistency, \-- Too generic a statement. --- | and long term planning. \-- Not necessarily required, IMO. --- | The reason why indian

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread senthilraja P
On 8/7/09, Srinivasan Sundararajan wrote: > > hi all: > if possible, we could have a demo on select projects on the software > freedom day, may even give prizes for the top three or so ; more > importantly, announce that > "FOSS projects to be done during 2009-10 even sem will get support > from u

Re: [Ilugc] Final Year Project Idea

2009-08-07 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
> I want to develop a c language code optimizer. I know the > compiler's can optimize the code but its not effective always. > I did a small experiment with the below code .. 0. Did you used GCC for this experiment? 1. Have you checked the below page? http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.4.1/gcc/O

Re: [Ilugc] Debian Lenny LCD Monitor Resolution Change

2009-08-07 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
> I want to change my monitor resolution to 1600 x 900. Apart from your display, your video card (linux) driver also need to support the above setting. Try to find the details related to that or post the video card info to the list. Bye :) -- Bharathi S __

Re: [Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-07 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
> for i in `seq 1 $files_count` > do > cp $1 $1.$i > done If you create more no of files (>1K) in same dir, then it MAY slowdown the script speed. So just try to limit to ~1K files per dir. Try the following pattern: D000/file.001 to file.999 D001/file.001 to file.999 HTH :) -- Bharathi S _

[Ilugc] Re: ilugc Digest, Vol 63, Issue 23 (Action Required)

2009-08-07 Thread postmaster
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Re: [Ilugc] Final Year Project Idea

2009-08-07 Thread Siva Chandran P
>      Here j /100 is calculated only once and the execution time > reduces automatically.So i want to highlight these kind of places in a > code. I wonder if the compiler did not optimize these type of instructions since they are very obvious. -- Thanks & Regards, Siva Chandran P __

Re: [Ilugc] Final Year Project Idea

2009-08-07 Thread Prashanth
Hi Balachandar, On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:24 PM, bala chandar wrote: > > I want to highlight the > codes which can be optimized to get quicker execution. well, I guess you are talking about developing a code quality tool, there are bunch of them available for C. Splint is one which I know www.spli

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread pavithran
2009/8/7 Srinivasan Sundararajan : > hi all: > while there is considerable resistance from HoDs and other staff > members re FOSS projects, there have been a number of projects done in > the past three years.  I have been requesting the students / staff to > give me brief details, but the response

[Ilugc] Final Year Project Idea

2009-08-07 Thread bala chandar
Hi friends, I am Balachandar.Final year B.Tech - IT student.I want to develop a c language code optimizer.I know the compiler's can optimize the code but its not effective always.I did a small experiment with the below code and got a positive result for me.I want to highlight the codes which

Re: [Ilugc] Re: telnet port is safe fot SMTP purpose ?

2009-08-07 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:12 PM, sriram wrote: > there are several ways to limit those script attacks - more like > security by design. for example, one could do rate limiting of incoming > connections using iptables. to rate limit ssh connections to 3 per minute from > any single ip address, one wo

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread pavithran
2009/8/7 Krishna : > I also faced similar situation for a mini-project , they gave me a list of > topic , all were quite old ideas like library management, reservation > system, etc, But  I was allowed to do project in FOSS. Not all the lecturer > may know about FOSS and stuff. but they should not

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread pavithran
2009/8/7 senthilraja P : > I just wanted to share, that a team of final year students from Mahendra > engg college had done their final year projects in RoR.  They created a > project in rubyforge, for this, and uploaded their files in the SVN. > > http://rubyforge.org/projects/eduerp/ Kudo's to th

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread pavithran
2009/8/7 Arun SAG : >> I should have trimmed the long message :P.Any way thanks for pointing it. You again didn't do it right . Your message has a "<" symbol which suggests that its a quote and there is no message LOL Anyways I am having fun nitpicking .. Thanks :) Regards, Pavithran -- pavit

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread Arun SAG
Hi, >On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:07 PM, pavithran wrote: > 2009/8/7 Arun SAG : > > Please don't bottom post :P > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Trimming_and_reformatting > Regards, > Pavithran > > I should have trimmed the long message :P.Any way thanks for pointing it. -- A compute

[Ilugc] Microsoft Acknowledges Linux Threat to Windows Client

2009-08-07 Thread Shrinivasan T
Microsoft for the first time has named Linux distributors Red Hat and Canonical as competitors to its Windows client business in its annual filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/169619/microsoft_acknowledges_linux_threat_to_windows_cl

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread pavithran
2009/8/7 Arun SAG : >> > Please do not top post. Please don't bottom post :P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Trimming_and_reformatting Regards, Pavithran -- pavithran sakamuri www.pavithran.org ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.ii

Re: [Ilugc] Server Installations

2009-08-07 Thread Natarajan V
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Rajesh Kumar wrote: > Dear Ilugu > >        How to configure Tomcat Server and how to install Self-Signed > Certificate for Tomcat. What is the Self-Signed Certificate. > Did you try this? http://www.google.com/search?q=create+certificate+tomcat I got http://www.di

Re: [Ilugc] Server Installations

2009-08-07 Thread Shrinivasan T
Hi, > >        How to configure Tomcat Server and how to install Self-Signed > Certificate for Tomcat. What is the Self-Signed Certificate. > did you searched google for this? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1087834 This link talks on installing tomcat on ubuntu. for Self-Signed Certif

[Ilugc] Re: telnet port is safe fot SMTP purpose ?

2009-08-07 Thread sriram
Vamsee Kanakala writes: > Try it - run a fairly popular website, it's own mail server and > look at the logs - you'll be greeted with constant barrage of login > attempts on common ports. Remapping ports is only the *first step* in > securing a server. Unless you like keeping your mail/ssh daem

[Ilugc] Server Installations

2009-08-07 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Dear Ilugu How to configure Tomcat Server and how to install Self-Signed Certificate for Tomcat. What is the Self-Signed Certificate. By Rajesh ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body

Re: [Ilugc] how to log in to a remote server with ssh2

2009-08-07 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Fri, 07 Aug 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > I have libssh2 installed, but how do I log in to a remote server using it? I > tried typing ssh2 on the terminal and it did not recognise the command. It > sounds silly, but google did not give me an answer. "libssh2" is a library for using

Re: [Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-07 Thread Shrinivasan T
Here is my script create_files.sh ## #!/bin/bash # This script is used to copy a single file to nnumber of copies # How to execute? #./create_files.sh # Example # ./create_files.sh test.txt 10 # $1 is the first argument i.e the filename # $2

Re: [Ilugc] A media access protocol for wireless LAN

2009-08-07 Thread Shrinivasan T
Hi, On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM, priya suresh wrote: > This is my project title... I need suggestions in which i have to > proceed my idea is  to do in NS2... > pls suggest me There is a talk on NS2 tomorrow at IIT Madras. Foe details. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2009

[Ilugc] A media access protocol for wireless LAN

2009-08-07 Thread priya suresh
This is my project title... I need suggestions in which i have to proceed my idea is to do in NS2... pls suggest me ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.a

Re: [Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-07 Thread Shrinivasan T
Hi, >> bash-4.0$ cat create.sh > #!/bin/bash > for i in {1..3} > do >        touch $i > done > > Replace the number 3 with your number 1,00.000 :) > Thanks. It worked for me. Thanks for all. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free

Re: [Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-07 Thread Arun SAG
Hi, >On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Friends. > > For a testing, I want to create some 1,00,000 files to be created. > > How to create them? > > Or > > I have a text file. How to create 1,00,000 copies of the same file? > > File Names may have the number i.e .txt > > bash-4

Re: [Ilugc] telnet port is safe fot SMTP purpose ?

2009-08-07 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
Arun SAG wrote: sbhara...@midascomm.com> wrote: Security through obscurity is an illusion :) Bye :) yes, Simple nmap scan will reveal what is running behind that particular port :) The idea is not that the step will completely secure the server - at least it will avoid those du

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
hi all: while there is considerable resistance from HoDs and other staff members re FOSS projects, there have been a number of projects done in the past three years. I have been requesting the students / staff to give me brief details, but the response has been sparse and sporadic. i think it is

Re: [Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-07 Thread Mehul Ved
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > For a testing, I want to create some 1,00,000 files to be created. > > How to create them? In the same directory? You can just run touch within a for loop. > I have a text file. How to create 1,00,000 copies of the same file? > > File Names m

Re: [Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-07 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > For a testing, I want to create some 1,00,000 files to be created. > > How to create them? > > Or > > I have a text file. How to create 1,00,000 copies of the same file? > > File Names may have the number i.e .txt > > Something like this?? fo

[Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-07 Thread Shrinivasan T
Friends. For a testing, I want to create some 1,00,000 files to be created. How to create them? Or I have a text file. How to create 1,00,000 copies of the same file? File Names may have the number i.e .txt Thanks. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goin

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread Arun SAG
Hi, >On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Srinivasan Sundararajan wrote: > hi all: > while there is considerable resistance from HoDs and other staff > members re FOSS projects, there have been a number of projects done in > the past three years. I have been requesting the students / staff to > give

Re: [Ilugc] website monitoring tool wanted

2009-08-07 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Anand wrote: > Was it by any chance a gumblar.cn or related worm? Similar. But I can't recollect if it was the same. - Raja ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or

Re: [Ilugc] how to log in to a remote server with ssh2

2009-08-07 Thread Shrinivasan T
Hi, > I have libssh2 installed, but how do I log in to a remote server using it? I > tried typing ssh2 on the terminal and it did not recognise the command. It > sounds silly, but google did not give me an answer. ssh -2 usern...@hostname for more info : man ssh -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread Krishna
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM, senthilraja P wrote: > On 7/8/09, Arulalan T wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > > So, considering the immense support from this ILUGC group, i feel, you > should be able to persuade your HOD to allow you. > I also faced similar situation for a mini-project , they gave me

Re: [Ilugc] telnet port is safe fot SMTP purpose ?

2009-08-07 Thread Arun SAG
Hi, >On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Bharathi Subramanian < sbhara...@midascomm.com> wrote: > > Security through obscurity is an illusion :) > > Bye :) > yes, Simple nmap scan will reveal what is running behind that particular port :) -- A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless w

[Ilugc] how to log in to a remote server with ssh2

2009-08-07 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, I have libssh2 installed, but how do I log in to a remote server using it? I tried typing ssh2 on the terminal and it did not recognise the command. It sounds silly, but google did not give me an answer. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com

[Ilugc] Debian Lenny LCD Monitor Resolution Change

2009-08-07 Thread Joseph Kulandai R
Hi, I want to change my monitor resolution to 1600 x 900. Monitor is SAMSUNG SyncMaster 2033 and OS is Debian Lenny. I installed it two days back. Display (text) looks like it is slightly horizontally stretched. Previously I had XP and 1600 x 900 as resolution. Then it was good. Now when Debian

Re: [Ilugc] anna univ affliated curriculum does not allow to do 5th sem proje in OpenSource, need help

2009-08-07 Thread senthilraja P
On 7/8/09, Arulalan T wrote: > Hi to all, > > > I planned to do all the following syllabus projects using " Ruby On Rails > ". > > But my Staffs are not supporting to do this semester projects in other > Languages. I just wanted to share, that a team of final year students from Mahendra engg c

Re: [Ilugc] open source final year projects

2009-08-07 Thread senthilraja P
On 8/7/09, Gaurav Paliwal wrote: > > > > > > > I feel, taking such an assignment of developing/enhancing solutions for > > open > > source technologies to seamlessly inter-operate with windows network, > will > > be a fruitful experience. > > > > I think shibboleth more or less do the same I

Re: [Ilugc] telnet port is safe fot SMTP purpose ?

2009-08-07 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
On 11:42am, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > > Telnet (23) is safe for smtp purpose instead of 25? give > > some idea abt it. > > Any IP port is like any other so the choice of port 23 instead of > port 25 will not make mail any more or less safe. Safety will be > determined largely by the SMTP daem

Re: [Ilugc] open source final year projects

2009-08-07 Thread Gaurav Paliwal
> > > I feel, taking such an assignment of developing/enhancing solutions for > open > source technologies to seamlessly inter-operate with windows network, will > be a fruitful experience. > I think shibboleth more or less do the same With Regards, Gaurav Paliwal

Re: [Ilugc] open source final year projects

2009-08-07 Thread senthilraja P
Hi, My suggestions below.. On 8/1/09, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > > Hi, > > --- > | 4) I saw the sites you wanted me to go through. The obstacle there was > that > | it is a freaking ocean out there and I am to pick a drop of water out of > | that. I am really confused as to which project I should