Re: [ilugd] mounting problems

2007-05-09 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi Hemant, This may be too late a reply, (you might have already found out the solution) but still here it is man page for mount says "Normally, only the superuser can mount file systems. However, when *fstab* contains the *user* option on a line, anybody can mount the corresponding system.

Re: [ilugd] A Question for RH302 (RHCE)

2006-07-17 Thread Subhasis Ray
In the RHCE exam the only thing of prime importance is speed. You have to be fast and sure of your approach. During the exam most people do not get a chance to go back and change/rectify their responses, so one should be very careful to understand the problem description and quickly decide on the c

Re: [ilugd] A Question for RH302 (RHCE)

2006-07-17 Thread Subhasis Ray
In the RHCE exam the only thing of prime importance is speed. You have to be fast and sure of your approach. During the exam most people do not get a chance to go back and change/rectify their responses, so one should be very careful to understand the problem description and quickly decide on the c

Re: [ilugd] A Question for RH302 (RHCE)

2006-07-17 Thread Subhasis Ray
In the RHCE exam the only thing of prime importance is speed. You have to be fast and sure of your approach. During the exam most people do not get a chance to go back and change/rectify their responses, so one should be very careful to understand the problem description and quickly decide on the c

Re: [ilugd] backup Issue in mysql

2006-04-22 Thread Subhasis Ray
It would be great if you could tell us what you did to resolve this issue. -Subhasis On 4/22/06, Manish Popli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to all of u.. > well i have resolved the Issue > > -Manish Popli > > > On 4/22/06, Manish Popli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Once again i m

Re: [ilugd] Mysql backup prob

2006-04-22 Thread Subhasis Ray
rt mysql from /user/local/mysql/bin directory.. so i dunno think thee > is > any role of /etc/my.cnf file in this scenario.. > > On 4/21/06, Subhasis Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What are the entries in /etc/my.cnf > > > > Entry for socket should

Re: [ilugd] Mysql backup prob

2006-04-21 Thread Subhasis Ray
e restart my server twice and 1 more > thing i m not using defalt mysql path as i told in my previous mail ..i m > using mysql from /user/localmysql/bin. > > -Manish Popli > > On 4/21/06, Subhasis Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Manish, > > > &

Re: [ilugd] Mysql backup prob

2006-04-21 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi Manish, The error says that the socket file /tmp/mysql.sock does not exist. To recreate the socket, simply restart the mysql server. Once this socket is made, your backup will start running again. The location of this socket file can be edited in /etc/my.cnf Regards Subhasis On 4/21/06, Ma

Re: [ilugd] mysqldump problem plz help

2006-02-28 Thread Subhasis Ray
To backup tables in MySQL, you can also use the sql query "backup table to '' " This query will copy the .frm and .MYD files to . Remember that this directory should be writable by the mysql user. To restore the backup, you can use "restore table from '' " This query will recreate the .MYI file.

Re: [ilugd] Script for Interrupted power supply

2006-01-10 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, Sometime back I was also planning to have a similar setup. Googling on the topic, I came across powerd, and another HOWTO which gave a good example of configuring powerd to work with any UPS. Quite an ingeneous solution. The writer had used an old 14.4 kbps modem (connected directly to mains )

Re: [ilugd] logging admin activities?

2005-12-29 Thread Subhasis Ray
You can use sudo... and then this all gets logged via syslog.. On 12/30/05, Yashpal Nagar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > >We have 3 groups: sysadmin,dbadmin,appadmin in our linux hosting > servers. > Is there anyway we can log the activities like, when a appadmin > starts/stops >

Re: [ilugd] [OT] MTNL DSL connectivity

2005-11-25 Thread Subhasis Ray
In some cases the service levels are really pathetic. Specially if you decide to buy your own router. By the way, you can always call up the relevant exchange and talk to the SDO. That might speed things up a bit. The names and numbers can be obtained from 1500. One thing I have seen here a li

Re: [ilugd] [OT] MTNL DSL connectivity

2005-11-18 Thread Subhasis Ray
I was a VSNL dialup user.. .. and lately transferred to MTNL broadband. The connection is good. and mostly stable. Only issue seems that sometimes the router refuses to connect. Reason given by MTNL staff is that the telephone exchange is beyond 5kms from my home.. and as a result the signal be

Re: [ilugd] apache2 and symlinks

2005-10-13 Thread Subhasis Ray
yes Komal, I did read the question, and thats the reason I said I am not sure. I do not know if SELinux is available for mandrake. Was just trying to relate my experiences. Regards Subhasis On 10/13/05, Komal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > - Original Message - &g

Re: [ilugd] apache2 and symlinks

2005-10-13 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, I am not sure, but just check if you dont have SELinux running I had a problem with symlinks and SELinux in FC3 Just guessing... :) Regards Subhasis On 10/12/05, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi, > i am running django on two boxen, one mandrake10 and the other fre

Re: [ilugd] Mailing list stats

2005-09-28 Thread Subhasis Ray
Me is the noisiest. 77%. :) gotta reduce that ;) On 9/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pankaj kaushal wrote: > > thanks for the stats > > > Sorted by messages posted: > > Total Total Total > > Messages Original Lines: > > Posted: Lines: > > > > 3: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1

Re: [ilugd] problem

2005-09-18 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, List files /etc/passwd* and /etc/group* there should not be any file like passwd*.lock or /etc/group.lock . If found delete them, and try the change passwd for the user. Regards Subhasis On 9/19/05, vandana ahluwalia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can anybody help me in solving this p

Re: [ilugd] Load Balancing Apache Servers

2005-09-14 Thread Subhasis Ray
mod_backhand is an apache module and can run without much resource requirements. We configured mod_backhand on a dual PIII with 2GB of ram and this was also serving dynamic pages apart from running a MySQL server and some other in-house tools. Hence, in your case, a moderately good hardware wil

Re: [ilugd] broadcast mailing for all users

2005-07-08 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi Swapnil, What you can do is create another alias that will expand to the aliases you have already defined. Add something like: broadcast: group1, group2 .. This should work -Subhasis On 7/8/05, SWAPNIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear all > > I want to send one news to all users

Re: [ilugd] Tomcat+appache connectivity

2005-07-08 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi Pradeep, Have you check the error logs for both the apache and tomcat servers? Maybe you will find something there pointing to the source of this 500 error. Can you post sections of both apache and tomcat error logs?? -Subhasis On 08 Jul 2005 12:40:38 +0530, Pardeep Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [ilugd] Slow Browsing over Reliance.

2005-05-06 Thread Subhasis Ray
<http://202.138.103.100>appears first in /etc/resolv.conf, move it below 202.138.96.2... This might help, if DNS lookups are the reason for slow speeds. - Subhasis On 5/6/05, Subhasis Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you try doing a nslookup on any website, for eg > yahoo.com&l

Re: [ilugd] Slow Browsing over Reliance.

2005-05-06 Thread Subhasis Ray
Did you try doing a nslookup on any website, for eg yahoo.com? and try a traceroute to that website using the IP Address returned from nslookup. This will tell you if the DNS lookups are slow or the reliance network is having problems. For the former, u can modify your /etc/reso

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Seeking Servers information

2005-04-29 Thread Subhasis Ray
Just another line of thought.. In my previous organisation, we were using super micro boards with dual Xeon 2.8GHz processors, with 2GB RAM.. and they performed very well as httpd and mysql servers. Further, the cost was also way below than what dell or Compaq were offering. Am not

Re: [ilugd] query about monitor horizontal & vertical frequencies

2005-04-28 Thread Subhasis Ray
n FC3 thru which X Server can > be configured. > > On 4/28/05, Subhasis Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Check the manual for the monitor, u will find the HSync and VSync > values. > > Further in FC3, XF86Config is no longer available. The config file is > nam

Re: [ilugd] query about monitor horizontal & vertical frequencies

2005-04-28 Thread Subhasis Ray
Check the manual for the monitor, u will find the HSync and VSync values. Further in FC3, XF86Config is no longer available. The config file is named as xorg.conf and resides in the same /etc/X11 directory. -Subhasis On 4/28/05, thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > query about monitor horizon

Re: [ilugd] telnet

2005-04-25 Thread Subhasis Ray
So you can use the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files to restrict access for ssh based on IP Address -Subhasis On 4/26/05, S. K. Goel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, My normal users work on telnet. But some special users work on > ssh, because there login have a lot of admi

Re: [ilugd] mount: RPC: Program not registered

2005-04-06 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, Check for iptables on C3, the security level may be set to high or medium. Also check rpcinfo -p C3 on C3, portmap might be having problems there. Try showmount -e S1 from C3. U will get some pointers for solving the problem. Regards Subhasis On Apr 6, 2005 4:30 PM, Ritesh Agrawal <[EM

Re: [ilugd] Yet another Thunderbird problem

2005-04-04 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, Last time when u downloaded all your messages, did the download finish? or was it interrupted? In case it did not finish, the default behaviour for pop servers is to download all over again. -Subhasis On Apr 4, 2005 3:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > Today seems to b

Re: [ilugd] Mandrake-10.1- Gui not working

2005-03-27 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, Run the machine in runlevel3 and try running startx ... .then check the xserver logs looks like a driver or config problem which mandrake is not able to resolve on its own. Dump the error logs onto this list, and I am sure some one will be able to help you out. Cheers -Subhasis On Mon,

Re: [ilugd] i lost my grub

2005-03-22 Thread Subhasis Ray
boot from the 1st CD of linux installer. and type linux rescue at the prompt. The existing linux OS on the HDD will be searched and mounted under /mnt/sysimage type chroot /mnt/sysimage at the prompt and then type grub-install /dev/hda .. and reboot the box. the grub boot loader shoul

Re: [ilugd] FC3 (PCQLinux) boot problem, >1GB RAM

2005-03-16 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, Just a passing thought.. do the "slanting lines" come after it says "Welcome to PCQLinux" or before it?? If its before the Welcome line. then init seems to be facing a problem.. -Subhasis On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:58:19 -0800 (PST), Naresh Narang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -

Re: [ilugd] Apache server cann't start after enabling SSL

2005-03-06 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi Abhishek, Apart from setting SSLEngine on, u will also have to define the ports to listen, like 80 for HTTP requests and 443 for HTTPS requests. Also u need to mention the ports in the VirtualHost declaration. Refer to the default httpd.conf file, and u will be able to do it. Regards Subhasis

Re: [ilugd] Can't able to create user with DOTS in user name?

2005-03-06 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, Go ahead and make the required entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow (if ur using one) Then type passwd from the root prompt.. and change the passwd. Things look like working. We need to check y does the useradd program is not allowing usernames with dots. :) Regards Subhasis On

Re: [ilugd] Creating Mysql DB in specified directory???

2005-02-22 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi, If you are installing mysql from tarball, then i guess you can get the db dir to be anywhere but if you are using the rpm builds, then you can make symlinks from /var/lib/mysql/ to anywhere you like. Regards Subhasis On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:41:10 -0800 (PST), santosh dubey <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [ilugd] shell

2005-02-18 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi Komal, You can use sed for deleting lines from the input file. PLease go thru the man pages for sed. Regards Subhasis On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:53:11 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting AMIT GUMBER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi Komal > > > > Happy Valentines Day

Re: [ilugd] Oracle Application Server on Fedora / RH9

2005-02-17 Thread Subhasis Ray
Hi Amit, A friend of mine had the same problem, and it got resolved by running the installer as: ./runInstaller PRE_REQUISITE=true maybe u can also try it. Hope this helps :) Cheers -Subhasis Ray On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:24:18 +0530, Amit Goel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raj Mat

Re: [ilugd] delay in bootup process - RH 8.0

2004-01-06 Thread Subhasis Ray
Alok is right. more specifically your hostname is not getting resolved on the DNS in your network. Set a valid hostname for your server, and see sendmail startup fast... Regards Subhasis On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 14:18, Alok Sinha wrote: > Your network configuration - specially the IP addres