[newbie] Group Listing

Simple questions: How do I get a list of all the groups available on a system. Also, how do I get a list of groups attached to a project? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com Want to

[newbie] Mail

Assuming my Linux computer is used as a POP server, where is the mail file that the mail is kept in until read by an external program like Pine, Kmail, etc? Basically I want to create a mail webpage like some providers. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! -

[newbie] Samba Issue?

Here is a problem I'm having and I'm not sure if it's a Samba issue or a Linux issue: I have a bunch of users that connect to a shared folder and upload shared files. The problem here is the read / write permissions: Whenever anything gets put up on the server, the other users do not have

[newbie] Apache Uninstall / Reinstall

I'm having some troubles w/ Apache. Specifically, I'm having problems installing scripting languages like PHP ASP. I think Apache is corrupt. What's the best way of uninstalling Apache? Blowing away the directory? TIA, Paul __ Do You Yahoo!?

[newbie] Installing QT PRoblems

I'm having a little problem installing qt2 from the rpms. I have to install libpng libqt2, but when I go to install libpng, I get the following list of conflicts: gdk-pixbuf-loaders 0.16.0-1mdk conflicts with libpng3-1.2.1-6mdk gnome-core 1.4.0.6-1mdk conflicts with

[newbie] Anti-Virus Software

The previous posts on nimba bring up a very good question. What's good antivirus software for Linux? TIA __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] ssh / telneting

I know this really isn't the best place to ask this kind of question, but here it is: how do you ssh or telnet to an ip address that is listening on another port? In other words, if I have telnet set up to listen on port 171, how would I issue the command: telnet 1.2.3.4 port 171?

RE: [newbie] ssh / telneting

then? Thanks --- Chris Slater-Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like this: telnet 1.2.3.4 171 CSW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Pauljames Dimitriu Sent: 24 April 2002 08:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] ssh

[newbie] Password Patterns

I want to set up my computer to accept passwords in a certain format. I know I need to use regular expressions and this is not a problem, but my question is, where do I configure this globally? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing

[newbie] KDE 3.0 - Worth the Upgrade

Anyone here upgrade to KDE 3.0? Is it worth the upgrade or is it like Windows.wait a while after it's initial release? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] HELP: File System Errors

I've got an ugly problem. When I boot my computer I get a message saying File System Errors, would you like to fix this problem In the Graphical startup, I get what looks like two buttons at the bottom of the screen saying Yes or No, but I can't do antyhing w/ them. When I boot into failsafe,

[newbie] Configuring Samba

Sorry if this got posted twice I am finishing the smb.conf file on my Linux machine but I have come upon a problem. I have a couple of user accounts on Linux and I want to connect to them via Win 2k from my home network. When I double click on the Linux computer from Network

[newbie] Email Messages

Hi, I'm trying to send messages to my account on my Linux machine but it keeps bouncing. I have the ip address set up correctly, I have port forwarding for POP3 on my router, but I get the following: (reason: 554 email addr: Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied) What does

[newbie] Email Service

Hi All, Forgive if this message appears twice, but I don't see it on the list. Question: How do I set up my computer as a POP3 account? When I try to send a message to my account on my Linux machine, I get the following bounce back: 554 email addr: Recipient address rejected: Relay

[newbie] fpversion

Hi, Unix has a real nice command called fpversion that gives you information on your system from a terminal. I'm guessing there is a version of this for Linux, but I can't find it. Where can I obtain a copy? Which package is it in? Thanks, Paul

[newbie] StarOffice 5.2

Hi, I just installed StarOffice into my /usr/local directory. To do this, I needed to log on as root. The installation seemed to go fine, but when I went to run the program as a regular user, I get the following error: The following file could not be found:

[newbie] KDE

Hi, How can I tell what version of KDE I'm running? Thanks. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] AS*

In which package on the Linux CDs can I find the above program? It's for GCC (I'm guessing it's the Assembler). Thanks __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] CC

hello all, I am just loaded w/ questions / problems this week. Thank you all for being patient. This is my latest dilemna: Due to a series of accidents, all old versions of GCC got deleted from my Linux box (please, don't ask how.) I downloaded GCC 3.0.3 for Linux and tried

[newbie] Another One: Workspaces

Thanks to all for the answer to my floppy problem. Here's another (I hope) simple one. I accidentally deleted my workspaces menu from my desktop. How do I get it back? Also, how do I make it so each workspace can have a different wallpaper. I know these are easy questions, but believe it or

[newbie] Copying Files to Floppy

I'm sure this is a very easy question to answer and I'm being very brain deaded about it How do you copy a file to a floppy drive via terminal? Is it cp filename /mnt/floppy? Everytime I try this and I do an ls in the /mnt/floppy directory, it shows up. However when I bring it to a

[newbie] System Aliases

Here's one I'm trying to solve: Where are the system aliases located for when I start terminal? In other words, where do I find aliases for gcc, etc? __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/

[newbie] GCC / CC compiler problems

Hello, I wrote a while ago about problems I was having w/ the GCC / CC compilers and I still can't get it to work. I checked my /usr/bin directories as people have suggested and I see the files are still there. When I do an ls in the /usr/bin directory, I get the following:

[newbie] GCC, CC Compilers not working

when I try to cuse cc or gcc from a command line, I get no such file or directory. When I go to my usr/bin directory and do an ls cc, I get the following: cc@ I try compiling directly in the /usr/bin directory (which shouldn't be necessary) and I still get the same error. Any ideas? Thanks,

Re: [newbie] GCC, CC Compilers not working

(PST) Pauljames Dimitriu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when I try to cuse cc or gcc from a command line, I get no such file or directory. When I go to my usr/bin directory and do an ls cc, I get the following: cc@ I try compiling directly in the /usr/bin directory (which shouldn't

RE: [newbie] Question - school related so ignore if you want.

Glad to help out a fellow student :-) 1) 20+ (I'm an internet designer) 2) 30 3) Male 4) DSL 5) 4 Good luck __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] VI Question and Building Pine

Hello All, I have a couple of questionshopefully you will be able to answer them ;-) 1) When I use VI on Unix, in order to get the system command, I hit Shift-Q, then I can write, quit, etc. However, when I do this, I don't get the system command. Also, when I ssh into my

[newbie] Login Menu

Hello, When I (re)installed Linux, I selected the option of automatically logging into one account. This is fine, but when I log out and I want to log in as root, I don't get the graphical menu, all I get is the command line. Two questions: 1) From the command line, how do I start

Re: [newbie] Can someone explain to me how to.................

You are correct about the twice-compressed file. You need to do the following (from a terminal): 1) gunzip *.*.gz 2) tar -xvf *.tar Good luck, Paul --- Mithrilhall2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: install files (that are not rpm) on linux, such as something like this

[newbie] RPM Problems

Hello All, I posted this question before, but I don't think it made it to the message board. I just downloaded a new driver for my Lexmark Z35 printer and it's in RPM format. Unfortunately when I double click on it, I get an error saying that Nautilus (I use Gnome) does not have a

[newbie] Setting up A CVS Server

Hello, I have CVS installed on my machine and I would like to use it as a server. How do I get it going as a server? In other words, how do I have people set up an account, download, etc.? Thanks, Paul __ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection

[newbie] Insall and Screen Resolution

Hello, I just started getting into Linux and I have two questions: 1) How do I change the screen resolution size? Right now it is at 640x480 and I would like it at 800x600. How do I do that? 2) I just installed WINE and another program (FreeAmp), but I don't see any icons