Re: remote job execution via xterm

2005-09-04 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi, On Sunday, 4. September 2005 04:37 Karthik Vishwanath wrote: > [...] > What is going on? How can I ensure that ssh terminates and > disconnects from the session without me having to do all of the > above and making sure that the executable stays alive? You can use nohup. nohup ./your_program &

Re: X (core input device) probs under Debian unstable

2005-08-18 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi James! On Thursday, 18. August 2005 18:13 James Miller wrote: > [...] > This newly-discovered failure seems to have to do with the 2.6.x > kernels, and possibly udev. I say this because, in order to get a > working gui, I've had to boot using an older 2.4.27 kernel I have > on the system. When I

Re: Problem booting linux from a Win2000 laptop

2005-04-19 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi Vanitha! On Monday, 18. April 2005 11:28 Vanitha Ramaswami wrote: > I didnt install on the MBR, since in the Online help of the redhat > installation disk its mentioned that for Win2K/NT the Boot loader > should be installed in the first sector of the boot partition on > not on the MBR..? You ca

Re: Using the touchpad on my laptop

2005-04-17 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi larsene! On Friday, 15. April 2005 11:53 larsene wrote: > I have a laptop on wich one i have installed debian. > My problem is that i can use my touchpad for mouving the cursor, > and the buttons under it for left and right click, but i cannot use > the "quick touch" fonctionnality (used on wind

Re: Problem booting linux from a Win2000 laptop

2005-04-17 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi Vanitha! On Friday, 15. April 2005 17:25 Vanitha Ramaswami wrote: > I have a Acer Laptop which has Win2000 installed in it. I installed > redhat linux in it (/dev/hda5)..But i am not able to boot the > linux. I restarted the Laptop putting the Linux Boot CD (dont have > floppy drive), i am getti

Re: why [permanent] modules on kernel 2.6.11-rc2?

2005-04-10 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi Max! On Saturday, 9. April 2005 08:19 Maximiliano Rioseco wrote: > I'm playing with kernel 2.6.11-rc2 and see that some kernel modules > are marked [permanent] when I make lsmod. This topic was treated in > linux-kernel mailing list but I quest if somebody can explain in > more detail the reason

Re: root password

2005-04-02 Thread Tobias Hirning
Am Samstag, 2. April 2005 20:53 schrieben Sie: > At 08:03 PM 4/1/2005 +0200, Tobias Hirning wrote: >> [...] > > I don't, from these fragments, recognize what message you are > replying to, Tobias. Sorry about that, yes I was replying to your mail. > But your quoting ma

Re: root password

2005-04-02 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi Ray! On Friday, 1. April 2005 18:52 Ray wrote: >> [...] > [..] > Get the shadow file and crack Yeah, I've done this on a big system and about 90% of the users used weak passwords. > [...] > Sniff the password from telnet/unsecure services Who is still using telnet? I wouldn't use telnet on a se

Re: root password

2005-04-01 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi Ray! > [...] > Any other suggestion of how to become root without knowing the root > password is a technique for breaking into systems, and I (and I > hope everyone else) will not give advice on that publicly, in this > forum or anywhere else. Why shouldn't we know how the bad can break into our