[newbie] SMTP Question

2003-09-09 Thread Dan Ferris
I am trying to configure a server to send status e-mail to myself with the mail command. Sendmail is not running. How can I set mail to use the regular SMTP server? It always wants to use the local sendmail, which doesn't work because sendmail isn't running. Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] 2 questions

2000-07-17 Thread Dan Ferris
I have 2 simple and unrelated questions 1. Where can I go to download the 128 bit version of Netscape 4.73, and ssh? 2. Purely for nostalgia, and simple curiosity, is there a place that one can go to download packages for CDE??? I know that Gnome and KDE are probably way better, but my

Re: [newbie] Gnome Xwindows

2000-07-16 Thread Dan Ferris
1:- when I Minimize some windows, I never find it, and I can't restore it, where is a windows ??? Gnome isn't nice enough just to give you a taskbar, and if that's what you're used to it's kind of annoying at first. There is an applet under the applet utilities menu. I can't find

Re: [newbie] Can I Ghost entire drive including Linux

2000-07-16 Thread Dan Ferris
Why use ghost? just become root and do a dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/whatever substitute the whatever with the file that represents the hard disk you are trying to dump to. Works great :-) Dan -- Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. -- Mark

Re: [newbie] Sendmail

2000-06-25 Thread Dan Ferris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a domain name registered to my IP Address. I am trying to set my Linux box up as a mailserver. All I want to do, is be able to get mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone out there give me some advice as to how to set this up using

[newbie] gcc weirdness

2000-06-01 Thread Dan Ferris
This came to my attention after fighting ksnuffle for a week trying to get it to compile. So in frustration, I wrote to the developer of ksnuffle and was told that the problem stems from the fact that gcc 2.95 does not like me. Since that time, I have tried to compile multiple apps/utilities

Re: [newbie] Netscape and .png

2000-05-24 Thread Dan Ferris
Get plugger. http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger.html Here is a list of mime types it supports. PNG is on there, along with WAV, MIDI, MPEG, MP3, and a shitload of others. It will make your web browsing in Linux as good as it is with Windows. (Would be better except Netscape crashes a lot :-)

Re: [newbie] DSL

2000-05-22 Thread Dan Ferris
Glenn Johnson wrote: Hi all. I'm anxiously awaiting installation of a DSL line here at home. Are any of you currently accessing the web with DSL? If so, was it easy to set up and get on-line? How is it done? Thanks a million. Glennzo... Took me about an hour, because I didn't change

Re: [newbie] DSL

2000-05-22 Thread Dan Ferris
Romanator wrote: Dan, Are you set up to some sort of @Home cable service? I am racking my brains trying to configure my LANcity modem with my cable service through Linux Mandrake 7.0. I can't believe it is taking so long? I am ready to give up on this!! Any ideas? Nope, no ideas.

[newbie] chroot and ftp

2000-05-19 Thread Dan Ferris
Is there a way to use chroot to force a user to stay within a specific directory tree when logged in with bero-FTPD? I have a number of FTP accounts on this computer, and would like to keep the users from changing out of their home directories. Security thing :-) TIA, Dan

Re: [newbie] Dead Simple One

2000-04-15 Thread Dan Ferris
andy barnes wrote: What is the quickest, easiest and safest route to get into root when you are logged on as a user, and is it possible to do so without cutting your ISP connection? go to the command line type "su" w/o the quotes. enter the password off you go. Dan

Re: [newbie] Hey..IT WORKS...

2000-04-13 Thread Dan Ferris
Mike Perry wrote: Install the Mozzilla fonts in your Netscape. YES!! Thanks for pointing that out. Easy to install, and the fonts are really nice. Dan

Re: [newbie] DAMN ftp!!!

2000-04-06 Thread Dan Ferris
Vic wrote: I need serious help here, I tried to install ProFtp because I thought it was "sooo neat" and NOW-- I can't even do ftp at all!! God I am ready to kick this dam computer out the phreaking window Sorry about that, would anyone know how I can get my ftp server back online??

Re: [newbie] parport.o did not compile

2000-03-28 Thread Dan Ferris
Stephen Bosch wrote: I'm probably not gonna be a lot of help since I haven't done the new kernel thing for a long time. However, as I recall, when you type 'make config' it gives you three choices for every option. y,n, or m. If you type 'n' then it doesn't make anything. You have

Re: [newbie] sendmail

2000-03-27 Thread Dan Ferris
Richard Kim wrote: how do you start the sendmail program? As a daemon, or from the command line? From the command line, just type in sendmail and follow its instructions. As a daemon, you will probably have to use some init editor to tell it to start sendmail when the computer boots. Dan

Re: [newbie] FTP andf Telnet

2000-03-22 Thread Dan Ferris
Barry Winch wrote: This has to be a case of missing the obvious!! I have installed Manfrake 6.1 (2.2.13-22mdk). I can FTP and TELNET OUT of the box, but I can't telnet in, no connection is ever established I can't even "telnet 127.0.0.1", all I get is : Connected to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Re: [newbie] LDAP

2000-03-14 Thread Dan Ferris
Joel West wrote: PLease pardon my ignorance but : What is LDAP? Why would I use LDAP? How do I use LDAP? Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. As I recall...I think its to help integrate UNIX stuff with a Netware 4.1+ directory tree. But I could be wrong...look it up on the

[newbie] netscape question

2000-02-23 Thread Dan Ferris
I downloaded and installed Netscape 4.72 today, and just had a quickie question. When I installed, I attempted to check my e-mail with messenger, and Netscape crashed. So, I ran it from a terminal to see the error messages. It crashed again, and displayed the error message "Bus Error"

Re: [newbie] xcdroast

2000-02-16 Thread Dan Ferris
David van Balen wrote: As a side note, xcdroast should run as root so that cdrecord can run with a more favorable nice value, reducing the possibility of buffer underruns. Hence running as suid root and not changing the ownership of the file... DvB On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Can anyone recommend a good email program?

2000-02-15 Thread Dan Ferris
Aaron Zuercher wrote: Hello, I'm used to using MS Outlook Express and also Agent for email in Windows. Looking for a comparable program in Linux. Any Ideas? Thanks, Aaron Netscape. Or Kmail. Or Spruce. Or Balsa. Or Pine. :-) Or Elm :-) Actually, Magellen is what I am waiting

Re: [newbie] Programming C

2000-02-14 Thread Dan Ferris
Joe Knapp -Technician wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm 3 days old in linux. Using ver 7.02 of mandrake (GOD THAT WAS A LONG DLOAD!). Heh, anyway my question is a simple one, what is the best programming envinronmet for coding c in linux? I'm just looking for some opinions on this one so go ahead

Re: [newbie] HELP fstab

2000-02-09 Thread Dan Ferris
"Hill, Andrew" wrote: I need a little help! I wanted to gain access to my windows drives, hda1 and hda5/6, as a normal user. I asked for advice and received some which suggested adding a new user group and allowing this group access to the hda1/5/6. I did this using linuxconf, this

Re: [newbie] what web browser do you all use?

2000-02-08 Thread Dan Ferris
Lets see, I use Netscape 99% of the time, even on Windows. The Netscape for Linux is bloated and not terribly stable, but it has more featurs than anything else out there. I also use KFM/Konqueror, and Amaya. Unfortunatly, I admit to some use of Internet Explorer. What a piece of crap that

Re: [newbie] Setting the time in Mandrake?

2000-02-07 Thread Dan Ferris
You could try using the timetool. Go to a console and type "su -c timetool" enter the root password and off you go. Dan

Re: [newbie] Too much lsd?

2000-02-04 Thread Dan Ferris
In your .bash_profile file, or whatever shell you use, add the following: alias ls='ls -Fa' then whenever you type ls, it will actually do an ls -Fa. Dan

[newbie] libsnmp.o

2000-02-02 Thread Dan Ferris
I am trying to install ethereal 0.8.3. It needs libsnmp.o, does anyone know where to get the sources for this library??? Dan

Re: [newbie] ICQ reg. Off topic

1999-12-28 Thread Dan Ferris
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, you wrote: How can someone sign up for ICQ when running Linux? My niece wants to sign up for her own account But ICQNIX doesnt support that feature. I cant find anything on ICQ's site to let her sign up there. Any Ideas? Hugh -- "I haven't lost my mind -- it's

Re: [newbie] atapi zip ddrive

1999-12-24 Thread Dan Ferris
According to my know it all LInux book: "Because they just standard (but removeable) SCSI or IDE disks most aspects of their use are similar to those for other block devices." In other words: Find out which disk represents your zip drive. hda, hdb, hdc, or hdd. Then edit your fstab with the

Re: [newbie] Need your help!!

1999-12-24 Thread Dan Ferris
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, you wrote: I've installed the linux, and at the screen of a linux logo there, it ask me to type the login name and password, after I type it, it don't not go to the KDE interface but go into the bush command interface like dos ...how can I get into the KDE interface?

Re: [newbie] Shockwave

1999-12-24 Thread Dan Ferris
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, you wrote: Would anyone know of a shockwave plugin thats a rpm? Or how about a real working sub.? Thanks in advance Hugh -- "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere." -- Macromedia makes a Shockwave plugin for Linux. I have used it and it works

Re: [newbie] Uninstall? Please Help a Newbie!

1999-12-21 Thread Dan Ferris
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, you wrote: I have just purchased Linux-Mandrake and decided to install it on one of my computers. I decided to let it have all three of the HDD's. Now that I have installed it I want to try other things such as a duel boot, but all I have is Linux right now. If I

[newbie] A question

1999-12-17 Thread Dan Ferris
I have a question. After spending my day at work fixing some problems with Windows it lead me to think about this. Why is Linux more Stable than Windows??? All I hear about is how great Linux is compared to Windows but none of my books really explain WHY except that it is free. Linux

[newbie] NIS

1999-12-07 Thread Dan Ferris
I am attempting to set up NIS to share passwords between two Linux computers. When I go to make the NIS database I get the following: failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredfailed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredyphelper: This program is

[newbie] NIS

1999-12-07 Thread Dan Ferris
I have been trying to make an NIS database to share passwords and groups between my two Linux computers, but I keep on getting the following errors when I try to make the database: failed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC: Program not registeredfailed to send 'clear' to local ypserv: RPC:

Re: [newbie] Samba

1999-12-07 Thread Dan Ferris
On Tue, 07 Dec 1999, you wrote: You probably get this question alot, but here goes: Ive got a little home network, with NT 4 as a server. I keep all my downloads on NT, for exemple, so how do i view them in linux? Is there something I have to do in NT, AND in samba? Also, after a few

Re: [newbie] Lots of problems on install

1999-12-02 Thread Dan Ferris
Thanks for the help. I now have two more problems. These are probably the last two before I will have Mandrake running as well as my old RH 5.2 setup. First is this, I have an HP CDRecorder Plus IDE cdrecorder on /dev/hdd. I would like to be able to burn cds with it. I have cdrecord version

[newbie] Lots of problems on install

1999-12-01 Thread Dan Ferris
Well. I just got Mandrake Installed. So far nothing but grief with it. Don't know what its doing but I have a couple of problems. 1. Seems that it installed KDE fine. Only problem is that it somehow messed up the graphics for the buttons. NONE of the KDE apps have the correct pixmaps for