Re: why shouldn't rmail be in /bin

Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm.. Don't exactly know why the man page states that, but typically > binaries that the superuser uses are stored in /bin. Normal users use > /usr/bin, which is where that should go. Not quite. Executables intended primarily for the superuser go in /sbi

Re: Redhat_5 install problems

> >Unfortunately you would have great difficulty using the bash shell during > >the install. > > I don't seem to have difficulty...other than having to contort my fingers > to press ALT-F2. If there is such difficulty, why would the installation > routine provide access to the bash shell? Isn't

DHCP "stuff" setup questions

On our network I would like for the computers to get all the info from my linux box at boot (ip, gateways, dns, etc). I am running a name server on this machine, fwiw. How would I go about doing this? I assume dhcp might be what I want, but didn't see a howto on how to setup the server. Thanks! C

Re: MX Record question

"Mark Wiacek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have several virtual hosts on my server and when they send email > their return address always appears as my domain name instead of their own > domain. I've tried adding several different MX and A records to their > hosts. files but have had no luck.

Re: hacked!

James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about recovering the executable for a running process after the file it was run from has been removed: > ls -l /proc/429/exe > might say:- > blah blah exe -> [0806]:100075 > Where 0806 is the device (in this case /dev/sda6) and the 100075

Re: System Load when using Linux as a router

Where is the cheapest place to get these routers? I haven't looked in a while, the last I checked they were $800 a piece. I already have a 3com IQ modem and with a high speed serial card, I have gotten full usage from the circuit under windows NT. (Even better with the compression) I do not know,

Re: UseNet

Roger Hockney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Tom, overloading my mail system with unwanted threads is > more of a problem than spam ever has been. Any halfway-decent MUA should be able to both sort your email so that your mailing lists end up in separate mailboxes, and show them to you

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

> prevent the inclusion of a small 1.44 MB or such DOS partition on the hard > drive, with an AUTOEXEC.BAT file written to automatically dump the user > into the NIC config utility? Tell Lilo about it and, should the customer > ever have to reconfigure, it's not _that_ arcane (no more so than, s

Re: setting up ircd?

First off...you will need to run the ./Config that comes with it to set up GCC and the libs. Then edit the /include/config.h file and /makefile and set the paths (DPATH and SPATH, etc). Once these are configured properly, run make and you can run make install when done to install it to /usr/bin i

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

Not sure about 3Com cards (have never been able to afford 'em!), but isapnp tools works wonders with most cards, and PCI should work without running the DOS utilities. Additionally, here's a thought - what would prevent the inclusion of a small 1.44 MB or such DOS partition on the hard drive, wit

Re: Using SANE-0.72 and xcam with RedHat Linux 5.0 >On Fri, 1 May 1998 73417.2023@compuserve.com wrote: >>OK, I have installed gtk+-0.99.10, which I downloaded from the >>RedHat ftp site a few days ago. I removed the old gtk-0.99.xxxx >>that came with RedHat Linux 5.0 so the control-panel is disabled >>now.

>You should get gtk+ 1.0 rpms from ftp.gimp.org since that is the >official stable release. >jason Jason, I just download the new gtk+-1.0.0-1.rpm and installed it and I was able to finally compile SANE-0.72-1 completely. It works great with my Hewlett Packard ScanJet 4c flatbed scanner

Re: newby ipmasquerading succes

> For those other newby's I add the following URL's: > > http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/ipfwadm.html > > http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/invocation.html Thanks for the positive review. After fighting most of the day with MS reinstalls ("Outlook 98 has failed to install successfully. Setup m

Access Control by client MAC address?

Is there anyway available to restrict access to services, based on the clients MAC address, rather than their ip? I have clients coming in through the internet, with cable modems, whose ip's change every so often. I am now restricting access by ip, but this has to reworked when their ip changes.

Livingston PortMaster IRX-111 Routers

I have several Livingston PortMaster IRX-111 Routers available. If anyone is interested, please email me privately. Thanks, Mike -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists

Re: Many questions??

> If I did a > > tar zcvf whole.tar > > will this back up the whole dadgum drive. And if so, how do you untar on a > new drive? Or do you reinstall linix and then untar over all the files? Avoid using the 'z' flag when doing backups. Reason: if tar hits an error when extracting that archive, e

Re: X Login & Bash 2.02

> I'd like to add a question to this one. ¿What file do you edit to change > the runlevel in the first place. I'd like to change mine to runlevel 5. Change /etc/inittab - id:3:initdefault: changes to id:5:initdefault: (fairly self-explanatory once you're doing it =) -- PLEASE read the Re

Re: technical support call tracking system

Was wondering if you could be a little more specific about what you're looking for, in terms of interface, features, etc. I'm doing a little programming class work on CGI, C, Linux/Unix, and databases, and what the hell - help-desk S/W is a perfect linux app; give it a user friendly HTML front en

Re: PostgreSQL and MS-Access

Paul, Copy of a reply sent. Hope this helps! Brad. Marc., Ingres is a fully relational, heavyweight database capable of storing very large volumes of data (I have worked with up to 100GB of data with 50 users online on an 18-way Squent machine without ill effect!). It suppor

Re: why shouldn't rmail be in /bin

Dave Wreski writes: >>Hmm.. Don't exactly know why the man page states that, but typically >>binaries that the superuser uses are stored in /bin. Normal users use >>/usr/bin, which is where that should go. Actually, there seem to be a lot of programs that ordinary users would use in /bin. Stuf

Re: upgrading to libc-5.4.44

On Fri, 01 May 1998, Kevin W. Nikiforuk wrote: >Unfortunately, now my system seems to be broken. =) I'm not sure how total >the brokenness is, however I do know for certain that make-3.74-8 now core >dumps every time I try to run it! Should I be aware of anything else Figures. Redhat is very we

Re: Many questions??

If I did a tar zcvf whole.tar will this back up the whole dadgum drive. And if so, how do you untar on a new drive? Or do you reinstall linix and then untar over all the files? I appreciate your help and I am trying to learn this under the gun. The RocNet Monster RocSoft, Inc. 915 Lyttleton St

Re: 3Com 3c905 & 100Mbit

You might try checking the kernel log to see how they are being recognised, if that doesn't help you might try running the cards in MII mode. Cheers, Cohen At 04:20 PM 5/1/98 -0700, you wrote: > >We are running 3Com's 3C905B-TX 100MBIT cards in Dell Pentium II machines. >We are also running Inte

Re: X Login & Bash 2.02

I'd like to add a question to this one. ¿What file do you edit to change the runlevel in the first place. I'd like to change mine to runlevel 5. >I have my system set up to automatically start in runlevel 5, which starts X >and lets you log in. This morning I installed bash-2.02-3.i386.rpm and c

extended characters

I use a lot of languages other than English, for word processing, e-mail, etc. The Windows "English US International" (and the default Mac keyboard layout) really work well for this, since i can easily access extended characters (e.g. ö, ñ, à, é, ç) without having to learn a non-US (often non-QWER

Re: Many questions??

> How do you prepare for a catastrophe? How is the best way to backup your > linux system? Can you preserve partitions? Can you DriveCopy or some other > utility? Do a 'man dump' or you could so what I do and just pack everything up in .tar.gz files and throw 'em on some sort of medium (I use

Re: Radius dying

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Jack Hatfield wrote: > Any reason why radius would die. And is there anything that can check the > d@$n thing and then restart the thing if it is in fact not running. I can't just tell you why radius would die, but it is simple enough to resolve this problem. When you start

3Com 3c905 & 100Mbit

We are running 3Com's 3C905B-TX 100MBIT cards in Dell Pentium II machines. We are also running Intel EtherPro Express 100 cards on Pentium Pro machines.. Under linux Redhat 5.0 the 3COM cards work fine when talking to other 3com cards at 100MBIT.. however if the 3com card talks to any other card

Radius dying

Any reason why radius would die. And is there anything that can check the d@$n thing and then restart the thing if it is in fact not running. I also noticed that 2 processes for radius are running and then when there is only 1 it does not work either. Any light can be shed on this situation?? T

Re: (please) new entry, old questions?

Dan Cyr wrote: > At 02:54 AM 5/1/1998 +0200, Marcantonio Magnarapa wrote: > >But the real question is: is there some way to make linux accept incoming > >calls through the serially connected USR Sporster/Voice, discriminate > >between voice and fax calls, receive faxes, store voice messages? > >A

Re: Difference b/w IP aliasing and ProxyArp?

Dave Wreski wrote: > > What's the practical difference between proxy-arp and plain old > > IP aliasing? > > They are totally different. IP aliasing is binding two or more IP > addresses to a single interface. Proxyarp is when a server answers > requests for communications with your machine for

Re: Which graphics card

>I have been looking at Matrox Millennium II, but maby there are better choises ? >This is what I demand of the graphics card: > >1) I have to be able to use it with Redhat Linux 5.0 without problems with > drivers etc. >2) It should be possible to use all the features the card offers with Lin

setting up ircd?

Been beating my head against the wall all day trying to setup ircd... got it from ftp.undernet.org, but there is next to NO documentation on how to set the friggin thing up. Anyone know of any HOW-To's or pointers to some good information on what needs to go in the ircd.conf file? What I

Re: Trouble configuring bash

> I'm trying to get bash to behave more like "ksh" and I'm getting nowhere. > Specifically I want to be able to use VI as the default command line editor. > have to type "set -o vi" > FYI, I'm running RH 5.0., bash 1.14.7(1) Works for me, RH 4.1, bash-1.14.7-1 -- #

Many questions??

Be prepared for an onslaught of questions because I have many, here we go: How do you prepare for a catastrophe? How is the best way to backup your linux system? Can you preserve partitions? Can you DriveCopy or some other utility? I have a tape drive inside a Win95 machine, what is the exact co

Re: Contact related with access a remote PNW printer

On 29-Apr-98 at 05:50 Luis Membrado Giner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In the first place, I apologize for contacting you without a >solution to your problem. What I propose is more an interchange of >opinions and experiences than anything else, and I have to admit >that you seem much m

Re: Samba and "auto-file-permissions?"

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- At 20:01 4/30/98 -0500, Chris Frost wrote: >I would like to setup two win95 computers so that when they make a file or >modify a file on a shared directory here on my linux box so that everyone >can read and write to it. Right now, the file permissions change ev

more Network almost :-)

Dave Wreski wrote: > > Hi, I have added a route to the network since the last post. > > Unfortunately I can transmit packets all day long, but I still cannot > > recieve them on a local host. > > What do you mean a "local host"? Do you mean a host on the same network? > If so, then you have corr

Re: upgrading to libc-5.4.44

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 1 May 1998, Kevin W. Nikiforuk wrote: > In order to get a software package which requires threads working, I > recently upgraded my RedHat 4.0 based system to: > > libc-5.4.44-1rh42.i386.rpm libc-profile-5.4.44-1rh42.i386.rpm > libc-debug-

Re: Redhat_5 install problems

>> Dave, I don't have access to a Linux system...however, I do have access to >> the bash# shell, as it is a small version created in RAM, for the >> installation process. Just selecting keys Alt-F2 will jump you from the >Unfortunately you would have great difficulty using the bash shell during

xIrc

Hi I have just downloaded xIrc and I was hoping that someone could provide me with some info on the servers I have to connect to. What I need is this: Group Country State City Server Ports of some IRC-servers. In Ksirc I have the following servers: eu.undernet.org irc.eu.dal.net irc.nijenrode.n

Re: Which graphics card

I just got a matrox mill II (w/ 4mb's of ram for now) for $120, which is easily the best way to go for most people. It does do 3d, but is not (currently) supported by linux. It is the fastest card for x, so that's always nice ;-) I would suggest getting the rpms for xfree the newer xfree, as they

3c5x9setup.c question

Donald Becker wrote: > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, James Hartley wrote: > > > a little background . I am running a local lan (two machines) connected with a > > linksys workgroup hub. both machines have default ip addresses of 192.168.16.1 > > and 192.168.16.2. the host tables have > > > > 192.168.

newby ipmasquerading succes

About a month ago I posted a question concerning IPMASQUERADING to this list. I received two answers the same day, from "DB" and from John D. Hardin. Both answers were very helpful to put me right. THANKS ! ! ! For other newcomers who are thinking about this subject, it is surprising how easy i

Dell Response (Related to M$ Wars thread)

The following is a response to a note I sent TR Reid, of Dell, whom was quoted in an MSNBC article about Dell and Linux... Bruce Tong Systems Programmer Electronic Vision / FITNE mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ev.net/fitne -- Forwarded message -- Date: 1 May 98 15:19 CDT

Re: System Load when using Linux as a router

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Derek Balling wrote: > On Fri, 1 May 1998, Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Chuck Carson wrote: > > > I am curious as to what kind of load using Linux as a router places on > > > a machine. I want to use a RH box with an ISDN circuit to route to

Re: identd daemon

If it's under heavy use and not answering properly, you should increase the default settings for self imposed safety limits. Most ISPs have to do this for POP3. In the inetd.conf change nowait to nowait.240 for the particular service which is troubleing. I think 40 is the default, so 240 will make

RE: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Donald Greer wrote: > What if Microsoft simply did not distribute drivers for those hardware > products (e.g. network cards, scsi controllers, isdn cards, video cards, > etc.) which did not require NDA's and such in the interest of "Quality > Control". Microsoft cannot do t

Re: System Load when using Linux as a router

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Derek Balling wrote: > Mail, News, Web, Router, and Shell on my linux box, I average around 0.80 > to 1.10 on my load, which is really not that bad at all, given that its a > measly 486DX4/100. A ballsier machine can, I'm sure, bring that load value Keep in mind that routing

Packard Bell computer

Hello! I currently am running Line on two of three machines in my household. My LapTop is straight Linux, my Tower CPU is a duel Linux/Win95. Two days ago, a friend of mine gave me a computer he doesn't use anymore. I took it and decided to use it as a server or something... So I proceeded to w

Re: Which graphics card

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Michael wrote: > 3) Todays GUI's are very heavy, so I want to speed up my comp. and therefore > want a card which work fast. A 220 MHz Dac or above and 8-16 MB of > RAM. Actually the DAC doesn't have any effect on the speed of the card. All the speed of the DAC d

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Shawn McMahon wrote: > Don't underestimate the power of that. Microsoft is *THE* biggest > software company in the world. IBM is a close second, but doesn't make > an emulator. In 1997, MS was the second (or third, I don't remember) biggest software company behind

Re: Which graphics card

> > Hi all ! > I'm going to buy a 17" Sony screen soon and in connection with that I also want > to buy a new graphics card. Only problem is that I'm not exactly sure which one > to buy, so I'm turning to you for advice. You might also check out the PS400. It's a 19-ish inch screen with dual inp

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, William T Wilson wrote: > Alternatively, they could stipulate in their licensing that sites may > not use MS products concurrently with non-MS operating systems within > the same organization (network, building, computer, whatever). This > would probably be almost as much fu

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

-Original Message- From: Donald Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 2:22 PM Subject: RE: Micro$oft "declaring war"? > Simply the inconvenience of having to insert a disk, manually locate >and install some driver or the other,

upgrading to libc-5.4.44

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I'm not certain if this should be in redhat-install, but this list seemed the most likely place! In order to get a software package which requires threads working, I recently upgraded my RedHat 4.0 based system to: libc-5.4.44-1rh42.i386.rpm libc-p

Re: imapd problems with Netscape 4.05

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Jamie Lagarde wrote: > Maybe this is just part of the BETA version of the IMAP server. Is Actually the problem is with Netscape. Netscape's IMAP support simply isn't very good. Other mail clients such as pine, eudora, outlook, etc. all have significantly better IMAP. --

identd daemon

Does anyone know where I could get a good, solid, and reliable identd daemon for linux? I have one now but it always spawns itself millions of times and half the time doesn't answer ident requests TIA, Jeremy Domingue [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and th

Re: Networking with Win95

At 10:11 AM 5/1/98 -0400, Jake Colman wrote: >Dan, > >Thanks for the the detailed reply. And thanks for all the other messages that >this thread has generated. No problem. > >I appreciate the detailed help and explanation you provided. I _did_ read much >of the necessary documentation and I _d

Re: ghostscript -- setup

On 17 Apr, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > How do i go about setting up ghostscript so I can print with an Epson > Stylus 500 from concoles AND Xfree86? Check the following URL: http://www.caldera.com/tech-ref/docs/styluscolor.html The instructions are written for OpenLinux, but my guess is they

Compiling Apache

Hello: I have apache 1.2.6 on a RH5.0, and I need to recompile it, but I'm having a problem, it ends with a message like this: ... gcc -c -Iregex -O2 -DLINUX=2 mod_auth_db.c gcc -c -Iregex -O2 -DLINUX=2 mod_auth_dbm.c gcc -c -Iregex -O2 -DLINUX=2 mod_browser.c gcc-o httpd alloc.o

Re: Device Driver help

>Well, >It looks like I need to write a device driver for my hand-scanner (Mustek cg8000). Any >pointers on how to get started? It isn't very hard, if you can code C. Try getting some info on your scanner, especially protocols, how it connect to the computer (SCSI, LPT, etc.) and by a good bo

Which graphics card

Hi all ! I'm going to buy a 17" Sony screen soon and in connection with that I also want to buy a new graphics card. Only problem is that I'm not exactly sure which one to buy, so I'm turning to you for advice. I have been looking at Matrox Millennium II, but maby there are better choises ? This i

Re: Difference b/w IP aliasing and ProxyArp?

< snip> >What's the practical difference between proxy-arp and plain old >IP aliasing? >Is one "better"? No, this has nothing to do with better. A proxy-ARP was "invented" because the machine that does the ARP doesn't know it's IP adress. (That is why it is doing the ARP). Proxy's don't accept

RE: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

Sorry guys, but there's one thing left out here that MS could use as a "weapon" and which Linux has no defense against (well, not much of one). What if Microsoft simply did not distribute drivers for those hardware products (e.g. network cards, scsi controllers, isdn cards, video cards, etc.)

Re: Unidentified subject!

>Hi, >Would anybody know if Red Hat 5.0 supports QIC 80 type tape >drives, such >as the ones used by Iomega Ditto Max backup? In other words, can I >backup >my data using the ftape device drivers for Linux using BRU 2000 >with Iomega >Ditto Max as my backup device? Off course you can. >Thanks.

Re: System Load when using Linux as a router

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Chuck Carson wrote: > > I am curious as to what kind of load using Linux as a router places on > > a machine. I want to use a RH box with an ISDN circuit to route to a > > 5 to 6 computer lan. I want to also use t

Which graphics card

Hi all ! I'm going to buy a 17" Sony screen soon and in connection with that I also want to buy a new graphics card. Only problem is that I'm not exactly sure which one to buy, so I'm turning to you for advice. I have been looking at Matrox Millennium II, but maby there are better choises ? This i

ETRN Script

For some reason this script is not working. It is supposed to (obviously) run the etrn command in a telnet session to the servers sendmail. Any thoughts? #!/bin/sh # Send ETRN command to sendmail for domain delivery telnet f64.shutter.net smtp

Offtopic: Internet Refrigerator

'Internet Refrigerator' Aimed for 1999 Commercial Use April 30, 1998 (TOKYO) -- V Sync Technology, a venture business, said a new household "Internet refrigerator" will be commercialized by late 1999. It already has completed a prototype, and negotiations are now taking place with two home ele

imapd problems with Netscape 4.05

Hello... I am having a problem with imapd. I have installed imap-4.1.BETA-9 on my REDHAT 5.0 system. I connect to my the server using the mail client in Netscape 4.05 on Windows NT. I have been having alot of problems such as slow response, no response, and deleted mail coming back into my in

Re: Using SANE-0.72 and xcam with RedHat Linux 5.0 >73417.2023@compuserve.com wrote: >> make[1]: *** [xscanimage] Error 1 >> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/sane-0.72/frontend' >> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 >> I did upgrade to the current version of gimp-0.99.27 from the >>RedHat ftp site, where I downloaded the SANE-0.72-1 package, so >>it would be compatible.

>You need to get the latest version of gtk+ in order to run both the >gimp and the sane stuff. Beware, it will break some of the config >tools that come from Red Hat. The control-panel for one. You'll also >need to uninstall any 'gtk' rpms that came w/ Red Hat. >jason OK, I have

Re: System Load when using Linux as a router

On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Chuck Carson wrote: > I am curious as to what kind of load using Linux as a router places on > a machine. I want to use a RH box with an ISDN circuit to route to a > 5 to 6 computer lan. I want to also use the Linux machine as a mail and With the Netgear ISDN router being so

Re: Rhmask?

Check out Redhat's errata page. It'll explain how to install it. -eric wood Marco Shaw wrote: > > The RealAudio/RealMedia rpms are of the format 'xxx.rhmask' > (ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/real/i386/). > > What is the 'rhmask' extension and will it be any different from reguar > r

Re: xbru not working

>export TZ=all will be well. you can add it to /etc/bashrc or root's .bashrc so you >don't have to enter it all the time. I've tried that workaround myself... but it screws up my time, so there must be something else wrong with my configuration. I have timeconfig set to: SystemV/PST8PDT with h

SMB configuration / RH 5.0

I'm having trouble getting SMB printing to work. I'm running Linux on my computer, which is on a network dominated by Win95/NT machines. I am trying to print to a HP DeskJet 890C, which is connected to a machine running Win95. I used printtool to set up the printer as: SMB - HP DeskJet 550C/5

Re: We are Declaring War, Not M$ Offics

-Original Message- From: aoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 11:28 AM Subject: Re: We are Declaring War, Not M$ Offics >both? this is the rh4.2 list, remember, not the hurricane list. >perhaps redhat ought to consider changing the

technical support call tracking system

Hello, I work at a local ISP. We are running Redhat 5.0. I need to implement a system under redhat that will help me to track technical support calls. Basically we need a system that will allow anyone in our organization technically minded or not to add a trouble ticket into the database. So tha

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Bradley Kieser wrote: > I would say that the worst thing that M$ could to to Linux is to start > attaching the MS logo to the freeware products! MS Tex? MS Gnome? MS > Perl? MS Apache? MS fvwm? or, worse of all MS Linux? > > MS might decide to publically "embrace" the freeware

Re: Cheap Serial Multi-Port Recommendation for use with RH5

On Fri, 1 May 1998, John H Darrah wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Stephen Schaefer-NCS Sr SE wrote: > > > The Boca 8 port card is OK for terminals and printers: it comes with 8 > > six-wire RJ-11 cables, and RJ-11 to DB-25 ends for each cable. The ends > > are wired in a somewhat odd arrangement

Re: fstab

> "aoc" == aoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: aoc> anyone know what's wrong with this line? mount fails to aoc> recognize the fs type. i think the problem's with the "gid" aoc> option in the 4th column, and the mount manual which needs aoc> updating. aoc> aoc> /dev/hdc2 /mnt

Re: We are Declaring War, Not M$ Offics

On Fri, 1 May 1998, aoc wrote: > > "Sekou, this is kind of beyond the scope of the list, but here is what > > I did to get my tac_plus.3.0.12.alpha to compile on RH5.0" > > > > Now tell me everybody, who is out of TOPIC here, me or you who > > are talking about M$ Office? > > both? this is t

Re: PostgreSQL and MS-Access

I would be very interested in any Linux DB that can communicate with MS Access So any valuable infoe please cc to me Thanks Phil Bradley Kieser wrote: > ---Bruce Tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm starting to work with PostgreSQL and I wonder if there is anyone out > > there who wouldn'

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

[...] > > Few people who need to make money from selling software or hardware are > willing to risk upsetting M$, and no court of government in the world can > change that because M$ doesn'[t actually have to DO anything, the fear of > losing your competitive edge is enough. > We don't openly s

Sendmail check_rcpt and delivery mode "delay"

Hi, [ Note: this messsages is cross-mailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], and [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Used system: Red Hat Linux 5.0, package sendmail-8.8.7-12. It appears that the check_rcpt rule does not work properly when you run sendmail with delivery mode "delay". In practice, yo

Re: Networking with Win95

> "Ray" == Ray Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "jake" == Jake Colman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ray> Did you see your ethernet card as recoginized and can you ping your Ray> own machine ? Yes! I should have been more clear. The two machines can still ping each other. M

Re: Sendmail

Try removing the /etc/resolv.conf from your host or properly configure DNS on your server. Your resolv.conf file may be pointing to a DNS that you specified during installation. If the DNS server is not running, accessible, or configured sendmail will take some time. Chuck Carson wrote: > I hav

Re: Networking with Win95

On 01 May 1998 10:12:09 -0400, Jake Colman wrote: > >Bottom line: ip-masquerade is not part of the default 2.0.32 RH5 kernel. You >will have to rebuild the kernel to get it. Thank you for the answer. Ed Lawson -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!

Re: Time for a new list - commentary@redhat.com?

>here here Folks, it occurs to me that if you're attempting to agree with someone who's complaining about wasting their time with garbage, it's not appropriate to quote their entire 2-page message back to the list with "here here" added onto the end of it. It's hypocritical to complain about b

Re: PostgreSQL and MS-Access

---Bruce Tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm starting to work with PostgreSQL and I wonder if there is anyone out > there who wouldn't mind answering a few questions via private e-mail? I use Ingres a LOT, and am installing PostgreSQL as well, so email me if you want, and I'll do my best.

Re: xbru not working

>When I ran 'xbru' it came back with: > > BRU: Unable to find/exec bru executable - ABORTING!! It has something to do with daylights savings time. just enter export TZ= -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Er

Re: xbru not working

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Brian Kirkland/CADC Designer wrote: > I have RH 5.0 and I tried to use xbru today. > > When I ran 'xbru' it came back with: > >BRU: Unable to find/exec bru executable - ABORTING!! > > Any ideas what I am doing wrong? This is a FAQ. See the very first point here: htt

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

M$'s weapon is fear and there are endless possibilities for this to be propogated: "If you have freeware in your organisation, you could have viruses", "We won't support any infrestructure that mixes operating systems not from a recognised vendor", etc, as well as playing on ignorance about "cost

Re: Cheap Serial Multi-Port Recommendation for use with RH5

On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Stephen Schaefer-NCS Sr SE wrote: > The Boca 8 port card is OK for terminals and printers: it comes with 8 > six-wire RJ-11 cables, and RJ-11 to DB-25 ends for each cable. The ends > are wired in a somewhat odd arrangement such that RTS/CTS works fine for > terminals and pri

Re: Micro$oft "declaring war"?

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/30/98 at 11:00 PM, Steve Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>How about a Win32-Linux Project? There is already a Win32-OS2 Project and >>it is producing a PE to LX converter (pe2lx.exe) that converts Win32 >>programs into native OS/2 programs...no recompile nece

Linux and Dell

Folks, I just sent an E-MAIL to Dell (cc to RedHat and Caldera) in response to the statements attributed to Dell in:     http://www.msnbc.com:80/news/161590.asp Dell has great systems.  Their sales staff apparently were not aware (or ignored the fact) that many of their machines end up running

X Login & Bash 2.02

I have my system set up to automatically start in runlevel 5, which starts X and lets you log in. This morning I installed bash-2.02-3.i386.rpm and can no longer log in at the X login screen. I have to switch to a text terminal to log in. I'm fairly new to Linux so I'm not sure what to look for

Re: why shouldn't rmail be in /bin

Lots of Unix programs that have ended up in the wrong directory for historical reasons have a mention in their man pages that says "this shouldn't be in /foo, it should be in /bar, but I'm leaving it in /foo so as not to break any scripts." /bin, /usr/bin, and /sbin are commonly confused. -

FAILED LOGIN SESSION FROM 198.7.152.243 FOR nc 205.247.138.1 113 -p 57575 -vv

Does anyone know what this error is? I thought I had all of the updates applied. I am running 2.0.33. May 1 08:54:21 ian login[1833]: FAILED LOGIN SESSION FROM 198.7.152.243 FOR nc 205.247.138.1 113 -p 57575 -vv, Error in service module Then: May 1 08:59:20 ian kernel: Warning: kfree_skb pas

SRPM's

Hi again, I have a question concerning SRPMs. I have not been able to get any of them to work. I have read the man pages and it states to install a package use rpm -bi . Well, I have tried that (and different variations on it) and I always get the same message: Unknow Field: i << iu* Buil

Re: Time for a new list - commentary@redhat.com?

John C. Flohr wrote: > Linux is great! > > Please consider a new list, perhaps [EMAIL PROTECTED], where those so Of course, a new list is not necessary: comp.os.linux.advocacy (hopefully everyone has access to newsgroups). Steve -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING

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