Re: telnet timeouts

1999-11-09 Thread Steve Dixon
is this 'unset autologout' set in some file somewhere? we do use NAT so ill try what you gave me. is it the same syntax for ipfwadm(5.2 box)? Rob wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Dixon writes: > >i know this has been discussed on the list before but it seemed as if no > >one h

Re: telnet timeouts

1999-11-09 Thread Rob
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Dixon writes: >i know this has been discussed on the list before but it seemed as if no >one had an answer for the problem. it there any way to stop users from >being disconnected during a telnet session? the inactivity has been >anywhere from a few minutes

telnet timeouts

1999-11-09 Thread Steve Dixon
i know this has been discussed on the list before but it seemed as if no one had an answer for the problem. it there any way to stop users from being disconnected during a telnet session? the inactivity has been anywhere from a few minutes to almost an hour. it never seems to be a consistant ti

Re: mandated charceters in usernames

1999-11-09 Thread Elliot Lee
On 9 Nov 1999 16:06:46 -0500, Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I did add the user by editting /etc/passwd ' >My question relates more to being able to do this by default. >I see no reason, security or other that having a number beginning the >username is a problem Some programs might

Re: Too many open files?

1999-11-09 Thread Christopher McCrory
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > Steve Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > is there any way to increase the maximum number? > > echo "$nmb" > /proc/sys/fs/file-max > --Chmouel > > -- > To unsubscribe: > mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Is this

Re: mandated charceters in usernames

1999-11-09 Thread Kevin Waterson
John Summerfield wrote: > > Why is it I cannot have a username such as 2bad yet can have bad2 > > Because you didn't try hard enough? I did add the user by editting /etc/passwd ' My question relates more to being able to do this by default. I see no reason, security or other that having a numb

Re: Too many open files?

1999-11-09 Thread Alan Cox
> is there any way to increase the maximum number? Yes. It is configurable in /proc/sys -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Crazy

1999-11-09 Thread Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-
Yep, I got a similar message last week when I asked if anyone else if having problems with the lookup feature of ispell. (No responses yet...) Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Steve Dixon wrote: > has anyone else been getting these messages when they send ma

Re: Too many open files?

1999-11-09 Thread Steve Dixon
is there any way to increase the maximum number? Matt Wilson wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 11:24:54AM -0800, Steve Dixon wrote: > > sorry, its from the VAresearch mylex raid cd that they gave out a few > > months ago, which is 5.2, but with the mylex raid drivers in with the > > install. i

Crazy

1999-11-09 Thread Steve Dixon
has anyone else been getting these messages when they send mail to the list? From: PostMaster7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10:33 AM Subject: Mail failure To: Steve Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [008] Failure delivering user mail due to mailbag contention. Mail item was not delivered to: ---

Re: Too many open files?

1999-11-09 Thread Matt Wilson
On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 11:24:54AM -0800, Steve Dixon wrote: > sorry, its from the VAresearch mylex raid cd that they gave out a few > months ago, which is 5.2, but with the mylex raid drivers in with the > install. it is kernel 2.0.36. we've used this on many machines before > without any probl

Re: Too many open files?

1999-11-09 Thread Steve Dixon
sorry, its from the VAresearch mylex raid cd that they gave out a few months ago, which is 5.2, but with the mylex raid drivers in with the install. it is kernel 2.0.36. we've used this on many machines before without any problems. Matt Wilson wrote: > > Which kernel? > > Matt > > On Tue, No

Re: Too many open files?

1999-11-09 Thread Matt Wilson
Which kernel? Matt On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 11:04:13AM -0800, Steve Dixon wrote: > recently ran into a problem with a client of ours running on a dual > p2-450 w/256mb of ram. everyone will be chugging along just fine then > after a while the users will get an error saying that there are "Too >

Too many open files?

1999-11-09 Thread Steve Dixon
recently ran into a problem with a client of ours running on a dual p2-450 w/256mb of ram. everyone will be chugging along just fine then after a while the users will get an error saying that there are "Too many open files in system". it doesnt seem as though there are any process running wild.

About /dev/lp

1999-11-09 Thread Eugen Constantinescu
Hello everybody, I have the following problem. I made a executable which prints directly to the /dev/lp0. If I want to print something and the printer hasn't paper. I insert the paper into the printer. But the printer waits few seconds until it will print the document. This delay doesn't appear in

Re: mandated charceters in usernames

1999-11-09 Thread John Summerfield
> Why is it I cannot have a username such as 2bad yet can have bad2 Because you didn't try hard enough? -- Cheers John Summerfield http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support. Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index. -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] <