Re: [newbie] Accessing (via ssh) PC Behind DHCP Server?

2002-07-02 Thread Kevin Old
Sevatio, Yes, this is possible. I use dyndns.org. Basically what you do is setup a subdomain at one of the domain names they let you choose from, and then install a client on your server. Whenever the DHCP connection is refreshed, the new IP is sent to dyndns.org and the host record is

Re: [newbie] Can't login to SunOS from Mandrake via telnet

2002-03-14 Thread Kevin Old
Thanks for your reply, but I am still not able to get this working. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Kevin - Original Message - From: Gerald Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't login to SunOS from Mandrake via

[newbie] Can't login to SunOS from Mandrake via telnet

2002-03-12 Thread Kevin Old
Hello all, I have Mandrake 8.1 on my laptop and am trying to telnet to a SunOS box. I have tried all the terminals and am having the following problem: I type: telnet IP of server here and press Enter I get: SunOS 5.6 login: After the login I type my username and press Enter, but the

[newbie] dos2unix....can't find the RPM on 8.1 distro?

2002-02-28 Thread Kevin Old
Hello all, I need to convert a file from dos to unix and would like to use dos2unix, but it isn't on the 8.1 CD. Anyone else use something else? Why isn't it included with Mandrake 8.1? Anyone use a RPM for another system? Thanks, -- Kevin Old Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] Sending mail via Perl with Postfix

2002-02-20 Thread Kevin Old
Hello all, I have a Mandrake 8.1 box running Postfix. I have a few CGI's that need to send email. I have always used Sendmail and have been come stumped with this line in my script after swtiching to postfix: # * NAME (AND LOCATION) OF THE SERVER MAIL PROGRAM * # Enter the name of

Re: [newbie] Sending mail via Perl with Postfix

2002-02-20 Thread Kevin Old
Actually, I got it to work by just calling /usr/sbin/sendmail. Evitentally Postfix comes with a file called sendmail that redirects everything to postfix. Thanks for your help though, Kevin - Original Message - From: skinky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Kevin Old [EMAIL

[newbie] Restarting dead processes

2002-02-17 Thread Kevin Old
Hello all, I have a quick question about monitoring processes. I have a process (adsl-connect) which should be running if the connection is live. Most of the time the connection is dropped by my ISP after about a week of online time. I'd like to write a shell script that can check and see if

[newbie] Postfix on Mandrake 8.1

2002-02-12 Thread Kevin Old
Hello all, Quick question on using Postfix on Mandrake 8.1. What I have is basically a gateway for my intranet that all machines go through. 2 NICs on the machine and a DSL connection. NIC with IP 192.168.1.1 is eth1 and is the internal IP. NIC with 192.168.1.5 is the one that ppp0 is bound

Re: [newbie] Permissions: Nobody in Apache + PHP

2002-02-09 Thread Kevin Old
Andre, Yes, it has to be a permissions issue. Here's one thing that has gotten me in the past. Make sure that the directory (and ones above it) for grafitti.dat have the same permissions and are owned and grouped exactly as grafitti.dat is. Try that and let me know what happens. Also, check

[newbie] Re: Licensing, Windows and Mandrake

2002-02-06 Thread Kevin Old
the request to the Win2k box. The Linux box returns the data to the client machine. Given this senario, do I need client licenses for the Win2k Server if they are not going to be directly connecting to the Win2k box. Thanks, Kevin - Original Message - From: jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kevin Old

Re: [newbie] Licensing, Windows and Mandrake

2002-02-06 Thread Kevin Old
I don't know if it can be moved to Linux entirely. It's software called ACS (http://www.acshome.com/) and is church management (server/client) software. I'm trying to setup Samba on the Linux server and install ACS onto that drive and see if things will run. One big problem is that if we let

[newbie] Knowing partition and mounting NTFS

2002-02-05 Thread Kevin Old
Hello all, I am wondering if someone can tell me how to know what partition certain operating systems are on? For instance.I want to mount a NTFS from within linux (I know how to do that for vfat so I assume I do the same except the file system type is ntfs instead of vfat) Someone said

Re: [newbie] new installation questions

2002-02-05 Thread Kevin Old
Ravi, Have a look hereit's your best bet..http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/micron.html Kevin - Original Message - From: Ravi Malghan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:37 PM Subject: [newbie] new installation questions I did

Re: [newbie] Problems with LM 8.1

2002-02-05 Thread Kevin Old
Hakan, First of all, I'd go back and reinstall your Mandrak installation and this time use Expert Mode. I think that should fix most, if not all of your problems. Then, come back and let us know your questions. 4) There is a network at my workplace, which uses Novell netware. I have a