[ilugd] smbmount /var/portage

hi, in my spare time i was trying to compile openoffice, but i later realised that it requires more than 1 gb to compile... i have an smb share of about 1.7 gb available, however all attempts have gone in vain. given here is the fstab excerpt. i know its *highly* insecure... but.. option 1:

Re: [ilugd] ILUG-D: Contact Us

sure. On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 20:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Please CC replies to the original poster -- Raju] i am a newbie. right now have red hat 9 installed on my pc. but i have some problems. is there a way i can ask for some answers to my doubts? thank you

Re: [ilugd] How to run a webserver

hi, install apache (http://httpd.apache.org) place the files in the appropriate directories... /var/www/html for html files. /var/www/cgi-bin for cgi/perl files... and (in this case for safety sake!!) configure your /etc/httpd.conf to disallow any other ip address to get to your server... then a

Re: [ilugd] Squid ???

quite simple...try... acl localnetwork src 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 http_access allow localnetwork (where the default is deny all) get back if it doesnt work... affly robins On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 12:01, Veforks IT SOLUTIONS wrote: Hi all, I am running a Red Hat 9.0

[ilugd] mysql + (PHP / Python) ?

hi, as usual i have a situation, and (thankfully) a few choices, though selecting the best of which, is getting slightly odd. requirement: 1. apache+mysql+(PHP/Python) combination offering dynamic pages to a local intranet. 2. Approximately 5000 records, going upto ~1 at the maximum. 3. The

[ilugd] Evolution to Evolution

Hi, continuing from Lingam's email... is there anyway to import mail files from evolution (older version to the new ones?). i see only import for non-evolution formats... (and NO export if i may add!!) i think the last time i copied the files from a to b. worked, but frankly seems a bad hack for

[ilugd] stupid problem - c programming

hi, have recently started programming in a joe/gcc combination far away from the standard TurboC that i have been using since ages... one(infact two) small problem(s)... 1. how on earth do i know what include files are there in linux? i mean for eg. conio.h is seemingly unavailable. 2. more

[ilugd] memcmp vs if statements

hi, this is a surprise for me that in gcc a 16 cell array compared cell by cell such as 1. if (a[1]==b[1] a[2]==b[2] . a[16]==b[16]) is **faster** than 2. memcmp(a,b,16) a program that does about 20! (factorial) checks like this gives these times... 1.23 seconds for if

Re: [ilugd] Happy Diwali

well!! even after all the sayings of raj, i think this just had to happen!! but on the brighter side, only two happy event mails is quite a good record, considering the number of people on the list... ;) rbs On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 22:00, Dushyant Saraswat wrote: same to you and all other!!!

Re: [ilugd] Linux presentation

On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 12:34, Ambar Roy wrote: http://kandalaya.org/Presentations/linux-raju-1.sxi What progrm opens up an sxi file?? openoffice staroffice... rbs ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ilugd] hi all

Sumil Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi every one in delhi Sorry, I think you have the wrong group. Sanjeev, not in Delhi, Gupta well to be technically fair, he is quite in the right group. he said hi to everyone in delhi !! ;-) its just that he could have been much more safer and

Re: [ilugd] Redhat linux-7/8 compatible motherboard or AGP, SOUND and ethernet drivers for Redhat linux-7/8

Northbridge: SiS 740 Southbridge: SiS 962L VGA : INTEGRATED 4XAGP GRAPHICS what card? Sis? although Sis support was scanty in the early years, i think recently even sis cards are quite well supported. (but i have no idea, i dont have one...) LAN : SiS 962L INTEGRATED

[ilugd] ssh and tunneling

hi all, i had this idea since a while now... i use a ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -D 56080 -C for tunneling my port 56080 to his system (basically for web access [this is the BAD hack queen, i need to use this when my cable wullah stupidly disallows http while allow ftp/etc..]) question: cant this

[ilugd] ok i get it!!

i was frankly quite wondering as to HOW big sobig/blaster etc.. are.. i just got a clue... !! i got 13 messages since 3pm today (its 10 pm now). ALL are viruses (the ~97kb attachments!!) . sad thing though that contrarty to popular belief, clicking on them causes no harm ;) affly robins

[ilugd] net4india servers!!

hi, is there anyone else getting mails from net4india servers?? (continuing on my yesterday's email)... i got about 34 out of 37 emails all with ~100 kb attachments, all the [EMAIL PROTECTED] variant. and surprisingly the vsnl email account was quite clean!! is it the servers, or just me?? !!

Re: [ilugd] (fwd) Linux: Help

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Re: [ilugd] Iptables and Network services on RH9

sorry if i am very stupid but, have you routed the packets correctly? it might just be that your default packet route after restarting iptables is eth1 rather than the original eth0. the easiest way to find out is whether traceroute 12.12.12.12, or any other ip address not on your eth0. !hih!

Re: [ilugd] Wget download options

i just tried this out.. i think you might be downloading a BIG file. (or else a simple change in the script could do the job...) but i think what needs to be done is a simple mv /home/sohel/file /home/sohel/download/file why this works is because all file accesses work on the inodes and NOT on

Re: [ilugd] Number of Users on my RH9 system?

this is a good one... although i dont really dont know what responses you'd get from the mailing list, but i think the warning bells might have already started to ring. 1. try who on the console.. (that should give you the exact number of users logged in and MOST IMPORTANTLY their ip

Re: [ilugd] Re: ilugd Digest, Vol 6, Issue 2

And my advice - shift to firebird on all platforms. me too... unless ofcourse you do some really high end web-development... i have seen cases where firebird messes up with the web pages... but for all general purposes, firebird is really really fanda-shtick...!! affly robins

[ilugd] gcc compile target: win32

hi, i need to compile a pretty simple c program for a win32 platform. i frankly hate to run TurboC through dosemu to do this stuff (which means a pain of installing dosemu.. but thats another story..). gcc mult5.c -b win32 -o mult gives : gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such

Re: [ilugd] unsubscribe

Pl forgive me..I have done big mistake joining this list.just for the sake of getting CD for kids ok!! atleast the guy was frank enough...!!! in swaziland this would be called rude ...! and thus in return: Please open your eyes once in a while and read the last two lines. Its a website (if

Re: [ilugd] How to check the account space remaining

try df (diskfree) rbs On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 14:57, Abhishek jain wrote: I have a shell account on some another computer I login through telnet. Please can anyone of you tell me how to check the available disk space that is remeining on the account. I shall be very grateful. Thanks,

Re: [ilugd] mandrake 9.1 going bonkers

Any help? Could it be a virus? !! oh i hope not! ;) or else one of the major ayes against M$ is out of the window in the early days of childhood!! :-D robins ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] installation of file with extn. as .sh

I have downloaded a file namely install-mmjb1.43.sh for playing mp3 files from tucows linux system and utility software site. I want to know how I should install it. Should I install it simply issuing command as sh file name. Please guide me. well if its a shell script (which it seems to

Re: [ilugd] Reg:iden:: sarvex Movie player

Sarvex MPLAYER is not capable of playing *.DAT files... so how Sarvex can i watch VCD ??? mplayer vcd://1 yes and i was just tweaking mplayer to do a lot of odd stuff... try good options like -zoom for magnification (or better, use skins for fullscreen...) the f for fullscreen is

Re: [ilugd] Re: ilugd Digest, Vol 5, Issue 45

hi vishesh, If you get all the emails viksit had mailed all the details a few days back. held at Electronics niketan, CGO Complex, 24th, 2-6pm. affly robins On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 15:38, visheshonly wrote: where is the meet held? any addresses???

Re: [ilugd] Presentation for the Next Meet dilemma

*Snap* taken. You're on. somehow it seems bruce lee would have been surprised at the speed at which raj/LL would have snapped at this one!! ;) affly rbs ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] mp3 problem

please go to www.xmms.org down there, there is a special section for redhat installations, and a special rpm for adding the mp3 support for xmms. 1. download that. 2. rpm -ivh thatspecific.rpm 3. restart xmms. voila... you can now listen to Mozart.mp3 !! affly rbs On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 23:20,

Re: [ilugd] pop on public network

hi, There are many methods of achieving secure authentication already, such as APOP, KPOP, and IMAP. You can also do Secure POP via SSH. there is a mini HOWTO available on the subject. But Your mail provider may be unable or unwilling to use a more secure protocol. exactly! i have two

Re: [ilugd] pop on public network

Ah! You' have managed to defer snooping of the password from your local LAN to the LAN the US server is on. Don't forget, the password will still be sent in clear-text from the SSH server to the POP3 server. quite true. but that seems a slightly more acceptable idea, rather than people on

Re: [ilugd] upgrading kernel and installing security patches

One more thinghow can I disable the ping face a lot of scanning related to open ports and security holes. Oh!! you need a good secure system!! good you came into unix'es ;) i mean the way you put it, what are you on a .mil site ? ;) lol affly robins

RE: [ilugd] help

read the damn text at the bottom yaar!!! it(the link!) is there in all mails just because fantastic people like you don't send in junk like this!!! please try using the automatic route, rather than disturb a thousand people on the list for it!!! rbs On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 22:35, Mohammad Zafar

Re: [ilugd] Is the Mailing LIst alive?

on a count... there were about 34 mails on the 6th!!! affly rbs On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 10:26, Arindam Dey wrote: Hi all, Is the list still active? ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] 17th aug? har! har!

hey LL! the har har went of to a good start for one...!!! ;-) robins On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 05:43, Spoonman wrote: EXCUSE ME! WTF? :-/ unless you have access to a loudspeaker, you are now silenced. ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ilugd] Emails by server time

hi all, mails from ilugd server have dates ranging from august to september, to even 2002 etc... frankly its a pain sometimes, to keep finding them in that long list of mails in the ilugd folder in evolution...!! could there be a solution to this, for eg. restamping all the emails at the server

Re: [ilugd] problem with knoppix

during the process of installation! could you please elaborate? is it during hard disk recognition? monitor recognition? sound/graphics card i have heard about problems with LiFy distributions, although knoppix should have worked fine. please if possible do try another distribution. the next

Re: [ilugd] I would like to do Red Hat Certification

just asked about it yesterday. new horizons, lodi road center. its a prometric: meaning, test held there. probably might be jumping in myself too... only certification ~ Rs. 8000 with training ~ Rs. 12000 or so... (rough estimate) affly rbs On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 13:01, amit sharma wrote: does

Re: [ilugd] Playing DVD on Debian Linux

firstly, mplayer is a good s/w for watching videos... secondly if it can get the 266MHz to work for videos.. i think it should get the DVD on too... have you tried the mplayer to run dvds directly? mplayer does have the feature ... and i dont think youd need anything else, apart from a dvd !!

Re: [ilugd] asp on linux

http://asp2php.naken.cc/home.php a simple google got this... dont know anything about it... all the best! :) affly On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:55, Amit Sharma wrote: hi, ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ilugd] Linux-delhi.org working?

hehe... why do i sometimes feel good that i shifted a few months back!! ;) affly robins On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 11:30, Yashpal Nagar wrote: Hi Nishi, I found poor IE infected with MiMail virus... IT working now Thanks. ___ ilugd mailing list

Re: [ilugd] how to pronounce Linux

and if all that explaination wasnt giving the answer... its Lih-nucks i as in tin u as in cut h - well arguably h is silent but it brings you pretty close to the actual pronunciation... affly robins On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 14:26, amit sharma wrote: hi, how we pronouce Linux 1. Lee-nux

Re: [ilugd] how to pronounce Linux

believe me on this one, i hadnt read who wrote this... and the moment i started reading biblical text about comparisons of linux vs Linus vs Sunil ... i knew it had to be LL... :D Sunil: is something seriously abnormal with you, or is it the chemistry that you and LL share??? ;) affly rbs On

Re: [ilugd] VIRUS ALERT

hi Koushik!! :D :D :D :D ok either you didnt get it or you trying to make it clearer!! Raju said quite the same thing, and that goes out for all who constantly bomb in these windows centric emails on the list... if it isnt loosely related to linux or the related arena... please stay off!!

Re: [ilugd] Linux-delhi.org working?

working perfectly fine... with me atleast...! (p.s.: r u you using wine with ie? ;) affly On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 18:43, Yashpal Nagar wrote: Dear All, There seems to be some problem with site http://linux-delhi.org , i want to point out whoever is the admin that site freezes

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD meet financials question.

:D the answer is obvious. affly On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 23:50, AJ wrote: Hi everyone, I was just wondering... p.s.: stop! right there, and drop in the next time :-) ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ilugd] re: Space

if you are open to the idea of creating different partitions for different directories...(which you seem to be..) then this shouldn't be impossible.. all that you need to do is create for eg. a 5 Gb partition (from the 19Gb and format it as ext3). then copy all your /home stuff verbatim to the

RE: [ilugd] Rescuing linux partition from a lilo overwrite

just trying to be a bit more -V on these points here... Try this. 1. boot into rescue mode using Installation CDs. ! 2. mount the root and boot partition of your linux installation on /mnt/sysconfig or something else for e.g. i take for granted that you have only one root partition which

Re: [ilugd] (no subject)

hi, frankly your question is too vague... quite like: i wish to fly... what should i take a glider or the concorde...? (although the comparisons are not corresponding to the ones you stated..) i'd rather say that you are asking the wrong question. (traditional) unix systems are generally(!) for

Re: [ilugd] plcmnt papers

However I admit I must not discuss NonLinux issues on list bt epct that LUGgians wll help me 4 same. well atleast you realise that... !!! pls stop making use of the list, and simultaneously quoting sorry from now on ... rbs ___ ilugd mailing list

Re: [ilugd] I would like to know about 'Free Duck' andfreedombased GnuLinux

ok! right away !! :D hello sir, welcome to the real world! we generally kindly provide information, but sending details is slightly beyond most of the people's league out here... a request, well ok, but frankly i doubt anyone's going to do that... anyhow, if you wish to know more, why don't you

RE: [ilugd] PLEASE REPLY

i wouldnt mind have some money inside the system when i open it too ;) why the hell are we responding to this anyways ;) ;) affly robins On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 18:40, D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida wrote: There is the money for all the development work, LAN parties. Hey, how about giving all the

Re: [ilugd] minutes

hi, Trust me I was still writing a paper till 12:45 at some SVP college near Punjabi bagh. i had that one too! ;) MCA paper repeat? IGNOU? yeah life's unkind sometimes... ;) although i believe if you wrote one word in that exam, you'd probably score more... And to reach CGO

Re: [ilugd] why linux-delhi is pathetic

I think there are a few people whose time settings are a bit off the mark or is it that they are on a different time zone?? (Spoonman's mail here is already written at 7:10 am, when its only 5:25 right now...) i thought the zones were autocorrected right?? affly robins On Tue,

Re: [ilugd] PLEASE REPLY

so you actually know people who sent money for this?? thats a good one... i have a million in my account too ;) pls ask them to send Rs. 2500 to Kishore for the mailserver... ;) atleast that gets the mailserver up for cheap !! keep smiling affly robins On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 21:36, Arjun Asthana

[ilugd] linux-2.6.0-test1

hi raj, a make menuconfig is required in 2.6.0-test1 because a mv .config .config-old; make ends up in error, requiring a .config file.. so after all, all this while i wasnt really stupid to be manually doing the config after all!! ;) affly robins

Re: [ilugd] Minutes: ilugd-meet (20th July 2003)

I'd say you mention the food/refreshments part too ;) Or *was* there food this time ? like they say in FRIENDS... you wish!! ;) rbs ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] the party..and ilugd meets.......

no issues ( yet! ;-D ) but just for reference sake, my name is Robins and not robin affly On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 09:47, @*[EMAIL PROTECTED]#^ wrote: Robin, you're right! ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ilugd] themes for discussion...

hi kishore, we are still waiting for the theme topics. affly rbs ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Monthly Meeting - Late Reminder

Hi all, Time : 1400 - 1800 that should suit, and quite a lot of thanx for the last minute update though ... :) 2. Robins Tharakan on his interesting project frankly i didnt know i was on... since nobody responded so i guess the default which was set to ok, well maybe sometime else

Re: [ilugd] Hi about the party.......

drop dead on target... i knew this was a *very* big idea...! :D lets have it at rastrapati bhawan... (wake up neo...! welcome to disneyland... ) i mean seriously arjun, no offence, but it looks too too rosy from up there...forget about having a party at india gate... try going close to the india

Re: [ilugd] OT: job posting

Please post replies to job postings on direct emails... thnx. On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 14:35, Koushik Ghosh wrote: Dear Sir, ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] LAN not connecting, shifitig to Mandrake

ok! this is a long questioning email... i'll try to respond... in steps. but finally does not connect and says ' segmentation problem'. i have no idea about 24online.com but i think theres a simple rule which applies here(as in segmentation problem)... which generally has four outcomes... 1.

Re: [ilugd] edit oldconfig for kernel compilation

hope someone does help you out, but do surely turn on the video / kbd options lest you be seeing a blank screen on bootup. had read quite a bit about blank screens on 2.5(especially when people run make oldconfig..!) so just mentioned.. affly robins On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 13:11, Arjun Asthana

Re: [ilugd] Hey...... Everybody......

yikes!! this is one of those *big-hits* or *disastrously-big-misses* ... ;) On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 20:32, arjun kapur wrote: Hey pepole tell me this why dont we pepole have lan parties. it will be so much fun like setting up a huge lan sharing,gaming, exchanging of ideas , meeting new

Re: [ilugd] Important: Where to find a good shell space

ahem ahem, i think he was asking about shell space! wheres the internet connection question coming in? affly On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 07:38, jaspal sawhney wrote: hey abhishek where r u putting up in delhi man if u want a 24 hrs internet connection u can go in for a cable connection there r

Re: [ilugd] OT: job posting

yeah, and if people dont mind this one too, i'll do too ;) pls no flames... its too hot anyways... for bad jokes please kill me tomorrow, im busy today... affly robins moral of the story: Dear Malkiat, no offence (yet! ;-) please post responses to such messages off the list. On Mon,

[ilugd] ISP Software

Hi, The local ISP here has his internet room in a 2x3 meter room. believe me, forget about saving his equipment youd rather think whether he stays dry during rains... but thats besides the point. he needs an user administration software which does the basic logging/usage/etc.. that a small

Re: [ilugd] Linux ! !

this seems more like, Hey i am feeling hungry, i could eat anything from grub, macaroni, chikan kabaab or even carrots. Please could you tell me what i could eat? Rajiv, making a frantic call like this and asking for what can help me would not help. you need to understand what you may need. If

[ilugd] wget - kernel

hi, this is a far fetched query compared to my progress, but i'd just like to ask this for the sake of clarity. (due to my lack of knowledge!) are the licences of gnu software (eg. wget from gnu) and the linux kernel the same? as in, can the code from wget be altered and included into the kernel

[ilugd] xterm problem

hi, i use two applications, gedit, and xterm a bit too much since the past few weeks, and have noticed that beyond a certain limit, xterm just doesnt take more inputs... or well it stops showing anything (key inputs) on screen... 1. the kbd is working, since other apps are working. 2. file

Re: [ilugd] Can I attach GPG sig to the mailing list?

cant you add it in signature ? thats inline isnt it? (havent tried, but am working on an old 1.0.x evolution...) affly robins On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 16:39, Arindam Dey wrote: Hi all, For the past few days all of the measly contribution that I make to this list is getting bounced back? Is

[ilugd] help with utilities in linux

hi all, I would like to be straight to the point here. i was doing some file manipulations in linux and have a need for utilities which help me do the following two activities... 1. to be able to split a big file into different parts (not of similar sizes) for eg. a 1000 kb file split from