Re: [PLUG] Bash question . . .

2011-11-04 Thread frankhunt
On 11/04/2011 09:56 AM, Russell Johnson wrote: On Nov 4, 2011, at 9:37 AM, wes wrote: first dirty hack to spring to mind: pipe through sed s/ / / +1 Russell Johnson r...@dimstar.net ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] DVD based web site

2011-06-17 Thread frankhunt
responded, all is working now and I think I have a recipe to avoid future problems. On 06/15/2011 05:58 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: frankhunt == frankhuntfh-li...@frankhunt.com writes: frankhunt Simple enough - point the file manager (on Linux and on XP) at the frankhunt index.html file, tell

Re: [PLUG] Web Page Loading Times Out, Server On-line

2011-06-14 Thread frankhunt
Rich, The ping response simply indicates that the network is up. The server could be running just fine but the site might be down/turned off/whatever. fh On 06/14/2011 06:27 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: Just to satisfy my curiosity, what might cause a web page to not load in firefox while I

[PLUG] DVD based web site

2011-06-13 Thread frankhunt
I know this is a Linux group but I also know that there is a bunch of smart, experienced people out there so . . . Made a small web site that is not on my server - just a bunch of html files and links. Simple enough - point the file manager (on Linux and on XP) at the index.html file, tell it

[PLUG] IPTables question

2011-02-28 Thread frankhunt
I want to block an entire class A address set and then allow a few of the addresses within that set to have access. I figured I could block all the addresses in the set then allow the specific address(es) that I want. Like this: iptables -A INPUT -s nnn.0.0.0/8 -j LOG --log-prefix IPTABLES

[PLUG] Anybody using zoneedit.com with a netgear router?

2011-02-11 Thread frankhunt
Comcastic provided me with a free Netgear WNR1000v2 router which replaces my old Linksys WRT54G. I am having trouble getting ddclient.conf setup correctly so it can sense when/if my IP changes. Looking for some help getting the config right before the IP changes. Here's my current config:

Re: [PLUG] Browsers timing out?

2011-01-30 Thread frankhunt
Hmmm, System About Ubuntu shows that I am running 11.04 which isn't supposed to be released until April 2011. cat of /etc/issue shows 10.10 which is what I loaded when I built the system. I think I'll use /etc/issue On 01/30/2011 02:43 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: On 01/30/2011 01:21 PM,

[PLUG] IPtables vs .htaccess

2011-01-27 Thread frankhunt
Which method of blocking large numbers of IPs is the least consumptive of system resources? I have been using IPtables for several years but am curious as to whether it is the best way to go when blocking hundreds of IPs - like maybe for ALL of China and/or Korea for instance. -- frank hunt

[PLUG] block a range of addresses with iptables

2011-01-01 Thread frankhunt
I need to block a range of IPs from my site. I'm thinking that this is the command: iptables -I INPUT -m iprange --src-range $FIRSTIP-$LASTIP -j DROP but before I mess my system up really bad, I thought I would check with the group to see if I am (a) right-on (b) close (c) not even in the

[PLUG] ddclient strangeness

2010-12-08 Thread frankhunt
Anyone using zoneedit.com and ddclient? Even better if with a Linksys WRT54G router. ddclient runs every 5 minutes to check the router to see if the IP has changed. That's all good, but it returns a long email message to root every time it runs. The message contains html code and looks

Re: [PLUG] ddclient strangeness

2010-12-08 Thread frankhunt
zoneedit did shouldn't impact that. On 12/08/2010 02:47 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, frankhunt wrote: Anyone using zoneedit.com and ddclient? I know that zoneedit.com recently updated its web site. Did its ddclient interface change as well? -- frank hunt (L0F) R0B-ZAR1

Re: [PLUG] Locate v. find

2010-11-29 Thread frankhunt
As usual, especially in Linux, it depends . . . whereis: will search only particular paths to find binaries and or manpages. locate: locate uses a database created by updatedb to efficiently locate files. Works great, assuming your database is updated often enough. updatedb usually runs

Re: [PLUG] dynamic DNS services

2010-11-25 Thread frankhunt
to forward my emails (x...@mydomain.com) to their comcast equivalents (x...@comcast.net). No problems. I think the key is to keep the traffic low. If you try to run a business they may not like it. On 11/25/2010 05:50 AM, Michael C. Robinson wrote: On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 20:57 -0800, frankhunt

[PLUG] Help Needed - web and database stuff

2010-11-03 Thread frankhunt
I sent this out on Monday but it, for some reason, never posted to the list. Try again . . . I am working with Creative Cares, a local nonprofit organization who's mission is To match creative professionals with organizations in need—locally, regionally and globally. We need some work done on

Re: [PLUG] Help Needed - web and database stuff

2010-11-03 Thread frankhunt
, frankhunt wrote: I sent this out on Monday but it, for some reason, never posted to the list. Try again . . . Frank, It did appear on the list Monday. Rich -- frank hunt (L0F) R0B-ZAR1 befuddled linux admin erstwhile photographer hillsboro oregon

Re: [PLUG] Help Needed - web and database stuff

2010-11-03 Thread frankhunt
This will be a paid engagement. We are currently writing the grant request. On 11/03/2010 11:58 AM, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 09:51, frankhuntfh-li...@frankhunt.com wrote: H, I'm set to receive my own postings and I usually do . . . but not this one So, I'll

[PLUG] Help Needed - web and database

2010-11-01 Thread frankhunt
I am working with Creative Cares, a local nonprofit organization who's mission is To match creative professionals with organizations in need—locally, regionally and globally. We need some work done on our web site mostly involving matching the Creatives with the nonprofits who need them. We

[PLUG] bash vs dash and the at command

2010-10-25 Thread frankhunt
Does the at scheduler use bash or dash? I have a shell script that runs just fine via cron or command line It generates errors if run via at and does not complete The errors seem to be related to the use of the let statement My test script fails the same way from command line if I include

Re: [PLUG] bash vs dash and the at command

2010-10-25 Thread frankhunt
I finally actually read the first part of the man page for at and found the reference to /bin/sh. Duh. I'll give the single line that calls the real script a try . . . thanks. On 10/25/2010 11:53 AM, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:27, frankhuntfh-li...@frankhunt.com

[PLUG] SOLVED: Re: bash vs dash and the at command

2010-10-25 Thread frankhunt
Since dash doesn't like the let command, I figured out how to generate my random numbers without using it. Now dash is happy and my script runs under at. Life is good. On 10/25/2010 12:11 PM, Fred James wrote: frankhunt wrote: Does the at scheduler use bash or dash? I have a shell

[PLUG] Challenging Problem . . .

2010-10-11 Thread frankhunt
Situation: Client = Vista PC, NTFS file system; Server = CentOS 5.3 serving CIFS shares (FYI: neither of these systems are current with all the latest patches and updates - customer preference). Client has windows open on both systems and attempts to drag and drop files from server to local

Re: [PLUG] RESOLVED -- Re: Ubuntu 10.10 and Apache2 configuration files

2010-10-06 Thread frankhunt
On 10/05/2010 04:19 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 08:46:59AM -0700, frank hunt wrote: The culprit was incorrectly formatted virtual host configs. You'd think there would be some kind of error more appropriate to the problem. Anyway - 3 days of chasing my tail and now

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu 10.10 and Apache2 configuration files

2010-10-03 Thread frankhunt
On 10/03/2010 09:37 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 09:25:41AM -0700, Linux Guy wrote: Probably not specifically a 10.10 issue, but perplexing nonetheless: here's the deal . . . for legacy reasons my website DocumentRoot is /web/httpd/htdocs/ -- no matter what I