Re: Port 20 blocked. How to unblock

2002-08-12 Thread Jim Roland
Port 20 is used for the actual data transfer (directory listings, files, etc) after you have authenticated with port 21 (ftp control). Port 20 will not be an open port and will not allow connections until port 21 tells it to (someone could hijack an active connection if port 20 was open to anythi

Re: Mailer Connections

2002-08-12 Thread Peter
Thanks Riley and Ray pfheiss said: >> How do I revert back that I can mail again with any mail program >> especially exmh and with any ISP? [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > As a result, the solution may be as simple as setting the hostname for > your machine to match that of your preferred ISP by edit

Re: Want to strip some formatting out of a text file

2002-08-12 Thread lawson_whitney
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Alan Womack wrote: > I'm trying to download the text manuals for the linux pam modules to my palm pilot, >but there is the appearance of old style double strike for emphasis text all over the >docs. > > e.g. a L(backspace)Li(backspace)in(backspace)n > > What utility to remo

Want to strip some formatting out of a text file

2002-08-12 Thread Alan Womack
I'm trying to download the text manuals for the linux pam modules to my palm pilot, but there is the appearance of old style double strike for emphasis text all over the docs. e.g. a L(backspace)Li(backspace)in(backspace)n What utility to remove this backspacing and doubling of characters so t

CD distributor info

2002-08-12 Thread neil t
Greetings- Has anyone on the list dealt with "Best Linux CD's"? I ordered the latest Debian Distro the other day and have not really heard anything from them about shipping. They did mention something after I made the purchase but that was to say something about an illness. Thanks Neil -- A

Re: Port 20 blocked. How to unblock

2002-08-12 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 01 January 1970 00:00, Benny Pedersen wrote: > Originally to: Phillip Morgan > > Hello Phillip. > > 12 Jul 02 16:40, you wrote to all: Today its; Aug 12 and you posted this message on Saturday 03 Aug, seems something is wrong with your date(s) anyway most of the mail is snipped. >

Port 20 blocked. How to unblock

2002-08-12 Thread Benny Pedersen
Originally to: Phillip Morgan Hello Phillip. 12 Jul 02 16:40, you wrote to all: PM> I tried to telnet to port 21 and found that works, but telnet'ing to PM> port 20 (ftp-data), fails (connection refused). fix with using passive ftp, only non passive ftp use port 20 and dont use host.* use p

ext3 file system

2002-08-12 Thread Benny Pedersen
Originally to: Peter Hello Peter. 20 Jul 02 14:13, you wrote to all: P> I got myself RH7.3 and it says it is recommended, but not required to P> move to ext3 file sytem. P> Is it safe to do? you need 10% more free space on all partions, other then that the update is safe if you doit from

Installation of sources

2002-08-12 Thread Benny Pedersen
Originally to: Anshuman Singh Rawat Hello Anshuman. 21 Jul 02 01:14, you wrote to all: AR> I recently installed Linux (RHL 7.3) for the first time in my life. AR> Now what do I do install/view the sources? I read in some book where AR> i cud find the sources but that directory is absolutely

Installation of sources

2002-08-12 Thread Benny Pedersen
Originally to: Anshuman Singh Rawat Hello Anshuman. 21 Jul 02 12:34, you wrote to all: AR> Does the files valhalla-SRPMS-disc1.iso/valhalla-SRPMS-disc2.iso AR> contain the source code? If yes, then do we have to burn them to cd as AR> iamge file and boot from that cdrom to install them, as d

Multiple CD Changer

2002-08-12 Thread Benny Pedersen
Originally to: Oliver Ob Hello Oliver. 21 Jul 02 19:35, you wrote to all: OO> how can I mount a 6-CD-Changer into my tree? OO> It is /dev/hdb OO> But how can I distinguish those 6 slots? OO> Mount them each? a changer is only 6 cdroms in one unit, thay mostly use lun to select what drive

(TO?) Toshiba Trade ..

2002-08-12 Thread James Hatridge
HI all... I've got two hard drives made for laptops, 2.5" I believe. One is a Seagate Marathon 1.35gb and the other is a Hitachi 1.0gb. I have no need of them. But I do need 64mb(or bigger) memeory stick for a Toshiba Satellite 220CS. If anyone has this type memory and is interested in a trad

Re: How to post to Usenet groups

2002-08-12 Thread James Hatridge
On Monday 12 August 2002 03:32, Natarajan K wrote: > HI, > I am using Knode as my news client. I am not able to post to usenet groups > like comp.arch etc. I get a 440 error. I use newscache0.freenet.de as my > server. How do I post? Thanks for the help. It could be off topic but I am > help

Re: NIC cards

2002-08-12 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 08:12 AM 8/12/02 -0500, Majid Tahir wrote: >hello all >i have just installed redhat 7.2 on a machine that needs to have 2 nic >cards...however neither of the two nic cards have been "found". How would >i configure it so that the two cards are properly installed..also one >other problem is t

Re: NIC cards

2002-08-12 Thread pa3gcu
On Monday 12 August 2002 13:12, Majid Tahir wrote: > hello all > i have just installed redhat 7.2 on a machine that needs to have 2 nic > cards...however neither of the two nic cards have been "found". How would > i configure it so that the two cards are properly installed..also one other > probl

Re: NIC cards

2002-08-12 Thread Haines Brown
Majid, I've suffered from the multiple NIC problem, and so stalted way the following notes. But keep in mind I've no expertise myself. It is especially tricky to configure more than one network of the same type, such as getting two NICS to co-exist. Sometimes the machine determines which NIC is

RE: NIC cards

2002-08-12 Thread Joseph Jackson
I'd suggest that you open the machine up and look at the cards. ---Original Message--- >From: Majid Tahir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Date: 8/12/2002 5:18:00 AM >Subject: NIC cards > >hello all >i have j

NIC cards

2002-08-12 Thread Majid Tahir
hello all i have just installed redhat 7.2 on a machine that needs to have 2 nic cards...however neither of the two nic cards have been "found". How would i configure it so that the two cards are properly installed..also one other problem is that i dont know the name of one of the nic cards, t