On Saturday 07 August 2004 05:04 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote:
On Saturday 07 August 2004 14:28:02, BJ Tracy wrote:
Hello All (again),
I'm gonna chop this up to respond to specific points. Hope that doesn't
mess with anyone's mind.
Thanks for your help,I don't mind chopping
What do you mean
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On Sunday 08 August 2004 08:22:08, BJ Tracy wrote:
snip, chop, whack, and mutilate
I'm gonna chop this up to respond to specific points. Hope that doesn't
mess with anyone's mind.
Thanks for your help,I don't mind chopping
Oh it gets
On Sunday 08 August 2004 01:05 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote:
On Sunday 08 August 2004 08:22:08, BJ Tracy wrote:
snip, chop, whack, and mutilate
SNIP
Thanks for all your help.
If you want a clean slate I _strongly_ recommend that you use the custom
partitioning mode but first do a Google search for
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On Sunday 08 August 2004 15:47:03, BJ Tracy wrote:
SNIP
Thanks for all your help.
De nada.
If you want a clean slate I _strongly_ recommend that you use the custom
partitioning mode but first do a Google search for partitioning and read
a
On Sunday 08 August 2004 06:42 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote:
On Sunday 08 August 2004 15:47:03, BJ Tracy wrote:
SNIP
SNIP
Thanks and I really appreciate the humor, we just don't laugh enough. I'll
let you know if I smoke my system or not. (:
Take care,
bj
You are a very appreciated resource.
I'm gonna chop this up to respond to specific points. Hope that
doesn't mess with anyone's mind.
Mess? It's actually a sanctioned activity. :)
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette
It even promotes snippage...
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Hello All (again),
Let me make this as straight forward and short as possible but I need to give
you Linux/Mandrake brains some history.
After much research on my part about switching to Linux and then with all the
security issues with Exposer(Explorer) I was fed up and made the move.
However
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On Saturday 07 August 2004 14:28:02, BJ Tracy wrote:
Hello All (again),
I'm gonna chop this up to respond to specific points. Hope that doesn't mess
with anyone's mind.
If I weren't the one doing it it would probably mess with mine. g
Let me
Ramin; Shorewall blocks all ports that you don't specify.
So unless you specifically open a port it will remain
closed along with all the others that are left untouched.
If you want to get into advanced configuration of
Shorewall, an easy way to access it is through webmin which
should already be
Maureen; It would be a good idea to block those ports even
though they are fairly safe as is. Head into your Mandrake
Control Center and find the Security section, where you can
setup your firewall. That should allow you to block off the
ports that you don't want open.
Lanman
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On February 8, 2004 05:29 am, Lanman wrote:
Maureen; It would be a good idea to block those ports even
though they are fairly safe as is. Head into your Mandrake
Control Center and find the Security section, where you can
setup your firewall. That should allow you to block off the
ports that
Hello Angus,
if you wonder what is running on your system and what it does, check out
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO/appendix.html
which describes ports and services.
And of course:
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/print/service.html
which show and explains all the
Hi all,
I did an expert install, and I have a lot of things
installed, and running, that I probably don't really need.
Do I need postfix? or saslauthd? What about netfs? I've
been searching on Google, but can't get definite answers.
The descriptions of what these progs do are
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 19:55:34 +0100
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Go ahead and save yourself the money, even though I have never had the
slightest problem with either, you certainly don't need to shell out
cash unless you want to.
Though there are some differences.
Charles A Edwards wrote:
Personally I also like PM.
I always begin with a bare drive and boot the system with the PM boot
disk.
I then create however many partitions that I want, normally I will
create all as fat32.
Install 2k, you can select to which partition you wish it to install
Charlie wrote:
July 18, 2002 11:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At home, I am about to build a new computer, and I will be installing both
mandrake linux and win 2000 on a single hard drive. At work, I have already
installed mandrake linux on a computer that already had win 98. Everything
went
Hanan Shargi wrote:
SO Finally If I may rephrase the question here: How do I connect my small LAN
( of 2 pc's ) to the bigger LAN ( the buildin's ) to make the smaller LAN see
the internet ?!
Well, I'm glad to have helped a little bit. Not sure I can help more,
but I think you got good
As an aside to all of Hanan's questions I don't know if I should be
the one saying so but...
Hanan emailed me offlist, and it turns out he is a she as well. I
didn't know either apologized for the mixup :)
Femme
Randy Kramer wrote:
Hanan Shargi wrote:
SO Finally If I may rephrase the
, March 12, 2002 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Do I need 2 NIC for connection sharing ?
As an aside to all of Hanan's questions I don't know if I should be
the one saying so but...
Hanan emailed me offlist, and it turns out he is a she as well. I
didn't know either apologized for the mixup
Hanan Shargi wrote:
If I'm to set the NIC IP in the first machine to have 192.168.0.1 address ,
then where does the IP that I'm given by the ISP gonna go ?!?
and I dont have a DSL modem, the building is prewired for DSL, there is a
cable that comes out of the phone jack on the wall, and this
Hanan Shargi wrote:
Randy Wrote :
with the setup you described so far, you are not quite in the traditional
share an internet connection scenario. You are behind a gateway, and the
gateway is inherently sharing the internet.
BINGO !!
This is EXACTLY what's been mkaing me go in
Hi,
I need some advise ( actually I'd rather specifuc steps :)) to get from
Initial state below to Goal state ( also below ):
Initial State:
I have a 2 machines:
First machine: a dual booting notebook ( LM 8.1 + Win98 SE) connected to DSL +
printer.
Second machine: a dual booting Desktop ( LM
On Sunday 10 March 2002 13:49, you wrote:
Hi,
I need some advise ( actually I'd rather specifuc steps :)) to get from
Initial state below to Goal state ( also below ):
Initial State:
I have a 2 machines:
First machine: a dual booting notebook ( LM 8.1 + Win98 SE) connected to
DSL +
Dennis, you gussed it I have many questions, here is the starter:
If I'm to set the NIC IP in the first machine to have 192.168.0.1 address ,
then where does the IP that I'm given by the ISP gonna go ?!?
and I dont have a DSL modem, the building is prewired for DSL, there is a
cable that comes
On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:01:46 -0500
Hanan Shargi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dennis, you gussed it I have many questions, here is the starter:
If I'm to set the NIC IP in the first machine to have 192.168.0.1 address ,
then where does the IP that I'm given by the ISP gonna go ?!?
and I dont
when trying Mandrake control center connection sharing ( the first screen )
there is a note saying:
Note: you need a dedicated Network adapter to set up a local area network
(LAN)
I guess I do need 2 NIC's !!
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Hanan AL-Shargi
Want to buy your Pack or Services from
Actually it is Category 5 (or 5E) Unshielded Twisted Pair cable. Cat 5
transfers at 10/100 mbs and Cat 5E transfers data at 1000 mbs.
There are four sets of twisted pairs that are primarily there to help
prevent radio frequency Interference.
The ends of the four pairs get separated to make
That is exactly how it should be done.
BTW someone mentioned switches and hubs in the same sentence. They are two
different things and should not be confused as being interchangable.
A hub is just a device that allows connectivity between two or more PCs.
This is a high collision device
Okay Folks,
Thanks for the overwhelming replies :)
I ordered an NIC, and I'll tell you how it goes after I get it, so be
prepaired for some more Q's :)
Good night
... or Morning wherever you are :)
Isn't it great to be a Linuxian ():-)
-
Hanan AL-Shargi
Want to buy
That was me. Thx for clearing that up *puts on a dunce cap*. I should
know better.
Femme
Green Skin wrote:
That is exactly how it should be done.
BTW someone mentioned switches and hubs in the same sentence. They are two
different things and should not be confused as being
Only on the days when every thing goes according to the plan.
:) Femme
Hanan Shargi wrote:
Isn't it great to be a Linuxian ():-)
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor.
Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave everything (Mandrake 8.1) as is?
Saw this in an issue of Penguin Shell and didn't know if applied to all Linux distros
or not:
Athlon Kernel]
If you're running an Athlon machine, up2date will
up2date is a Red Hat utility. The article may have been specific to RH
Linux. As far as I know generic kernels work fine on Athlons.
On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 11:40 AM, Mr.E. wrote:
I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor.
Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave
On Friday 30 November 2001 11:40 am, Mr.E. wrote:
I have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor.
Do I need to install an Athlon kernel, or just leave everything
(Mandrake 8.1) as is?
as is.With an Athlon typing 'arch' in a terminal will return
~ $ arch
i686
Saw this in an issue
Someone told me that using a boot disk Aurora will not work??? Is this
true?
Alan
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Virginia Wesleyan College
Office 757.455.3267
Cell 757.449.0381
You really should start using portSentry as well. a single layered
security scheme is almost as bad as having none at all. especially if
you're new to ipchains and configuring them.
Mark
Jon Doe wrote:
Do I need to worry about these worms that are going around? I don't run any
services, I
Not too much. But there are test scripts available from sans.org to test
your machine.
-s
On Wednesday 04 April 2001 10:08 pm, you wrote:
Do I need to worry about these worms that are going around? I don't run any
services, I don't even have inetd running and I use PMfirewall for my
Do I need to worry about these worms that are going around? I don't run any
services, I don't even have inetd running and I use PMfirewall for my dialup
connection, no networks either.
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