inetd.conf entries

1999-12-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, After looking at the mails on security, I have a qn on inetd.conf entries. Is it possible to change login stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.rlogind into somehting that takes in ssh ? if so, how do I go abt it? (assuming I have ssh installed..) thanks for any help!! Rega

Re: RH -> Laptop?

1999-12-03 Thread Greg W
Well that's a point, and I don't have an original CD on hand to look at, the ver 5 that I used from Infomagic had all rpms at less than 8 chrs, so I guess it would work, but I have not done itjust an idea I would probably even try imaging it over serial cable *** REPLY SEPARATOR

Re: RH -> Laptop?

1999-12-03 Thread Iain Wade
>If you have a server there with a CD rom on UNIX or NT, put the CD in the >drive, mount the CD, add an FTP link to it, and do a network FTP >install.. Windows doesn't recognise the long filenames on redhat cd's (they're not Joliet -- AFAIK) so network install's fail if the cd is in a window

PHP make crashes in 6.1

1999-12-03 Thread Brian Schneider
I just upgraded one of my machines from 6.0 to 6.1 and when I tried to compile php 3.12 it crashed with the following error. gcc: Internal compiler error: program cpp got fatal signal 11 Any ideas? This compiled fine on my 6.0 machine. TIA -- -

Re: Req: Security Advice

1999-12-03 Thread Greg W
Hi Joe As pointed out elsewhere, not everything runs out of inetd , and the question you asked involves a good deal of investigating before you will have a reasonable understanding of the threats, but unless you plan to not sleep, and become a dedicated security expert, its very hard to keep on t

Ease of Port Forwarding? (fwd)

1999-12-03 Thread Jason Hirsch
I've read two howto-s for port forwarding- one involves patching the kernel and recompiling (and is reccommended exclusively), the other uses redir- which is not reccommended. So which do I want to use? I want to forward selective connections (of course), but still maintain a high degree of

Re: Installing Themes

1999-12-03 Thread Danny
Which X windows manager are you using? At 00:33 4/12/99 GMT, Derek Rader wrote: >I tried to install some themes from themes.org and I was unsuccessful. Does >anyone know of more documentation on installin new themes? > >Thanks. > >__ >Get Your

Re: tcpdump -w

1999-12-03 Thread Jim Cunning
Some of the extra information is undoubtedly put there by tcpdump to describe the frame, e.g., timestamp of receipt being an obvious one. You'd probably need to look at the source code for tcpdump to get more specific. I can tell you that a 1500-byte IP frame on ethernet is going to be 1518 bytes

Re: Known problems with X windows and Redhat 6??

1999-12-03 Thread Danny
Sorry to sound like a tool. But exactly which file do I have to download to find a resoulution to the below problem? All of them? thank you for ur assistance. Up to higher level directory ORBit-0.4.3-3.i386.rpm 316 KbTue Jul 27 23:10:00 1999 ORBit-devel-0.4.3-3.i386.r

Re: RH -> Laptop?

1999-12-03 Thread Greg W
For what its worth, if the hard disk size is very small, it may be worth using some of the "floppy only" OSs , there is a BSD version I like called Pico BSD , it has dial up, firewall, telnet and other nice things, all on a floppy There is also Linux versions that do the same thing, but h

Re: How to get the name of the cdrom media

1999-12-03 Thread fred smith
On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 12:19:04AM +0100, Dawid Michalczyk wrote: > > I'm writing a script, in which I need to get the name > of the cdrom media. This is easy in Windows as the > name of the cd is always listed in the "My computer" > window. In Linux, there is only the mount point dir which > is

Re: Security Advice

1999-12-03 Thread Iain Wade
>I have a stand alone RHAT 6.0 machine at home. I recently setup Internet >access on this machine and want to know how to keep it from being hacked. > >I added the line >ALL: ALL >to the hosts.deny file, and I added the line >ALL: 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.0 >to the hosts.allow file. > >Is this sufficien

Re: RH -> Laptop?

1999-12-03 Thread Edward Moon
As long as the PCMCIA network card is supported, the RedHat PCMCIA disk image can be used to create a boot disk. That's what I used to do a http based install on a laptop. >My friend and I have been blessed (cursed?) with several laptops with dead >CD-ROM drives. Any thoughts on how to get Linu

Re: Installing Themes

1999-12-03 Thread Rob Saul
Themes for Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE,...? They get put into different places. Derek Rader wrote: > > I tried to install some themes from themes.org and I was unsuccessful. Does > anyone know of more documentation on installin new themes? > > Thanks. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED

Installing Themes

1999-12-03 Thread Derek Rader
I tried to install some themes from themes.org and I was unsuccessful. Does anyone know of more documentation on installin new themes? Thanks. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTE

RH -> Laptop?

1999-12-03 Thread Chris Weiss
My friend and I have been blessed (cursed?) with several laptops with dead CD-ROM drives. Any thoughts on how to get Linux installed on 'em? They're ancient machines with no drivers or software to speak of, but would make great sandboxes. We figure the alternatives are: FTP install via PCMCIA net

Re: Damn, I got hacked...

1999-12-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One of my co-workers maintains a really good collection of security links at http://people.redhat.com/~wil --Matt -- Matt Galgoci Job title: export title=`dd if=/dev/random bs=24 count=1` echo $title On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Chris Worth wrote: > On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 15:45:14 -0600 (

How to get the name of the cdrom media

1999-12-03 Thread Dawid Michalczyk
I'm writing a script, in which I need to get the name of the cdrom media. This is easy in Windows as the name of the cd is always listed in the "My computer" window. In Linux, there is only the mount point dir which is always the same, but each cd has its own name. How do I solve this? Thanks.

Re: Damn, I got hacked...

1999-12-03 Thread Chris Worth
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 15:45:14 -0600 (CST), Simon Epsteyn wrote: >On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Chris Worth wrote: > >> Ok just before I left on Thanksgiving holiday. I learned that my rh6.1 >> box had been compromised. No, loss of data to speak of. it is really >> just a learning box. At any rate, I was ab

Re: Damn, I got hacked...

1999-12-03 Thread Simon Epsteyn
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Chris Worth wrote: > Ok just before I left on Thanksgiving holiday. I learned that my rh6.1 > box had been compromised. No, loss of data to speak of. it is really > just a learning box. At any rate, I was able to ftp the messages file > off. Here is a chunk of it. How did

Re: postgres, perl and redhat 6.1

1999-12-03 Thread Joe Brenner
Just for the record: You may remember (but it's not bloody likely, is it?) that I was trying to get postgresql working on my newly upgraded RedHat 6.1 box, using the perl DBI/DBD interface. The trouble was that the latest RPM I could find (via rpmfind, google, etc), was: perl-DBD-Pg-0.

Re: apache https://

1999-12-03 Thread Steve Lee
i do have many ip address. could you help me setup apache to do so than. i believe bind also needs to point to the right ip address too right? On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Charles Galpin wrote: > I believ you will need multiple Ips for this to work properly. In other > words, you will not be able to g

Req: Security Advice

1999-12-03 Thread Joseph Wagner
I have a stand alone RHAT 6.0 machine at home. I recently setup Internet access on this machine and want to know how to keep it from being hacked. I added the line ALL: ALL to the hosts.deny file, and I added the line ALL: 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.0 to the hosts.allow file. Is this sufficient for a st

tcpdump -w

1999-12-03 Thread Pieckiel, Kevin A
I used tcpdump to capture a single IP packet: tcpdump -c 1 -w data ip or something like that (don't remember the exact syntax right now). I got a file called data that was 1554 bytes long. Using od -x, I found the IP frame and am able to successfully decode it. This accounts for exact 1500 by

Re: Trouble getting Modem to work

1999-12-03 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Bill Jacobs wrote: > winmodems don't with Linux, but I'm not sure if it is a WINMODEM. Any > suggestions to try? Thanks in advance for your help! Best bet is to pull the card, find out the model, and check the specs on US Robotics website. Better yet, examine the docs that ca

RE: Damn, I got hacked...

1999-12-03 Thread Matt Beland
Here's an excellent place to start. http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-12/lw-12-vcontrol_1.html It's an interview with one of the best security experts out there, with links to a couple of other excellent articles. There's also a link to the said expert's company, with free (as in beer

Re: Some basic installation questions

1999-12-03 Thread Doug McGarrett
Quote on: From: Rick Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nelson Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /snip/ If your disk has more than 1024 cylinders, and the / partition will extend beyond cylinder 1023, you will need to use a slightly different setup: Partition Size /b

Is this a hack attempt??

1999-12-03 Thread Scott Kindley
Iam recieving a log to roots email stating "portmap[395]: connect from 144.214.130.180 to dump(): requeest from unauthorized host." Is his an attack on the portmapper possibly?? What is the "dump():" entry in this message mean? Lemme know if ya need any additional info from my logs or somethi

Telenet Font Selection

1999-12-03 Thread Bob Hartung
Hi all, I am going to rebuild an old PC with a new AMD CPU etc and install RH 6.0 or 6.1. This machine will be used to telenet into an RS-6000. The resulting screens will have to draw the extended character set - straight lines, corners, etc. How can I control the character set used in a tele

Damn, I got hacked...

1999-12-03 Thread Chris Worth
Ok just before I left on Thanksgiving holiday. I learned that my rh6.1 box had been compromised. No, loss of data to speak of. it is really just a learning box. At any rate, I was able to ftp the messages file off. Here is a chunk of it. Nov 18 00:15:49 flowman2 in.telnetd[20074]: connect

Re: AfterStep insted of Gnome

1999-12-03 Thread Jeff Smelser
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Michael Gatti wrote: > Hello List Members > > I`ve got a very short and simple question. I`m running redhat 6.1 on > one of my workstations and I would like to change the Gnome interface > to AfterStep when I run startx. How do I do that ... in x run switchdesk Jeff -- T

netscape

1999-12-03 Thread Jeff Smelser
Anyone else's netscape lock if they try to paste a selection to it?? Jeff -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Enlightment help needed (was Re: Changing Resolutions ...

1999-12-03 Thread Julian Thomas
In <003301bf3d80$3532e7a0$f7ce8ec6@u7q5a1>, on 12/03/99 at 10:18 PM, "Iain Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: >It has a pretty (in a plain kinda way ..) interface, works well and seems >to perform better, but I'm sure more people here would be able to help >you with Gnome/Enlightenment question

Re: Re: HOWTOs

1999-12-03 Thread Tom Savage
IMHO one of the best resources for SAMBA information is: Using Samba at the following location: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/index.html On 03-Dec-99 David Filion wrote: > > > > Maybe it's just me but I've found that linuxdoc.org does not not seem have > the > same quanti

AfterStep insted of Gnome

1999-12-03 Thread Michael Gatti
Hello List Members I`ve got a very short and simple question. I`m running redhat 6.1 on one of my workstations and I would like to change the Gnome interface to AfterStep when I run startx. How do I do that ... Best Regards Michael Gatti Malbanet Serviços Online Caxias do Sul - RS - Brazil --

Re: apache https://

1999-12-03 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 09:47:07PM -0800, Steve Lee wrote: : if i'm doing virtual hosting : and which to give clients : https://www.theredomain.com : : how would i do that? You'll need SSL capabilities. Check out my howto: http://www.jasons.org/modssl.phtml -- Jason Costomi

Re: df and du don't agree

1999-12-03 Thread Charles Galpin
thanks, that was it. On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, David E. Lupo wrote: > At 10:45 AM 12/3/99 -0500, Charles Galpin wrote: > >I noticed /tmp (on it's own partition) was full, so I deleted a few > >things. Now du shows a reduced size, but df still thinks it's full! > ... > >$ df > >Filesystem 1k-

Re: File locations

1999-12-03 Thread Steve Dixon
a good place to start for system configuration, mostly network, /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. there are some other system configs in /etc/sysconfig also. John Schmerold wrote: > > Once again, I've spent 60+ hours configuring a simple Linux server. It > would go muc

Re: df and du don't agree

1999-12-03 Thread David E. Lupo
At 10:45 AM 12/3/99 -0500, Charles Galpin wrote: >I noticed /tmp (on it's own partition) was full, so I deleted a few >things. Now du shows a reduced size, but df still thinks it's full! ... >$ df >Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >/dev/hda9 249823

OT:graphing tool

1999-12-03 Thread patrick
Well, I tried posting a png depicting what I need in a graphing app for output but the file was screwed up so I guess I will try to describe what I am hoping for with words and an ascii diagram. I need to generate a set of histograms comparing HIV codon preferences vs human cell codon preferences

File locations

1999-12-03 Thread John Schmerold
Once again, I've spent 60+ hours configuring a simple Linux server. It would go much better if I had a roadmap that details the boot process & location/name of configuration files. Anyone know if this exists & where its located? As with with previous servers, this was a simple one: 1. File & P

Re: setuid script

1999-12-03 Thread Steven W Orr
Look at sudo. Get it from rufus. -- --Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have happened but none stranger than this.- Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---"Listen to me! We are all individuals."-

Re: df and du don't agree

1999-12-03 Thread Scott McDermott
Raymond H. Kraft on Fri 3/12 08:05 -0800: > I've also noticed that df occasionally (very occasionally for me) does > not reflect current disk utilization. When I've seen this, waiting a > while (or certainly after a reboot) made the discrepancy disappear. > > Not sure why this is. It's because

Re: df and du don't agree

1999-12-03 Thread Raymond H. Kraft
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I noticed /tmp (on it's own partition) was full, so I deleted a few > things. Now du shows a reduced size, but df still thinks it's full! I've also noticed that df occasionally (very occasionally for me) does not reflect current disk utilization. When I've seen this,

RE: Problem getting ISDN loaded at boot

1999-12-03 Thread R. Kuijvenhoven
> >- depmod gives an error: modprobe: error reading ELF header: No such file > of directory. > > Have you tried specifying a full pathname? > /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/hisax.o When I try 'depmod /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/hisax' I get the message: modprobe: error reading ELF header: Success > >

2 3c5x9b in one box

1999-12-03 Thread Tomas Tikovsky
Hi After compiling 3c509 to the kernel, after instalation and reboot my box sees only one. I tried "append" in lilo.conf configure it in linuxconf and it always sees just the one. After compiling 3c509 as a module, after insmod 3c509 it sees them both. What is going on there? What i'm doing wron

df and du don't agree

1999-12-03 Thread Charles Galpin
I'm a bit worried I may have been hacked. Regrdless, here is my problem. A friend who I host mail for told me his client is no longer deleting mail on the server. He also has a strange problem of htaccess creating 0 lenght files. I noticed /tmp (on it's own partition) was full, so I deleted a fe

IPCHAINS Question

1999-12-03 Thread Harjinder Dhudwar
I have a tried to set up a Linux (RedHat 6.0) firewall behind a router running NAT (+). I have all the packet forwarding working, but cannot get IPCHAINS set up properly. The chains work, but if I use one of the example chains files it blocks everything. I set the chains to open, and logged a si

Re: FREEZE!

1999-12-03 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 08:56:26AM -0600, Bill Carlson wrote: [...] > I've checked and double checked the jumpers and voltage settings. I am in > touch with the vendor of the system (Arista), they mentioned they had > heard rumors that this particular motherboard runs hot. It doesn't help > that t

Re: Does an Epson Stylus 750 work with linux?

1999-12-03 Thread Greg Fall
Probably. I have a 740. If you run printtool and look at the Epson drivers or if you read /usr/doc/ghostscript-5.10/devices.txt and look at their list of printers, the 740 and 750 are not listed. However, at the end of the list you will find the following note: "For Epson Stylus Color Models n

Re: OT: Perl flexing (was: Re: script)

1999-12-03 Thread Charles Galpin
> > Surely someone can beat 9 bytes.. Anyone? Anyone? Beuller? Wait! I can! > > #!/usr/bin/perl -pi.bak > y/\t/|/; > > That's 8 bytes. :-P ok, Beuller here :). try 7 y/\t/|/ The ';' can be excluded if it's a one liner. But who's counting. > : all conversion is done inplace .. thanks to

Re: GCC not working on 6x86

1999-12-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Cyrix 6x86 chips run *extremely* hot. Make sure that you have a very large heatsink and fan on it, that you are using heat sink grease on all junctions. Also make sure that the fan works and that the fan and heatsink are clear of dustpuppies. --Matt -- Matt Galgoci Job title: export

Re: Trouble getting Modem to work

1999-12-03 Thread J. Scott Kasten
More precisely, you should BOOT TO DOS, and try a com program. Don't use DOS prompt window. The reason is that some winmodems install an intercept or some such thing that allows the winmodem to emulate a regular modem on a com port for DOS apps, as long as windows is also resident. I've specific

Re: FREEZE!

1999-12-03 Thread Bill Carlson
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Thomas Ribbrock (Design/DEG) wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 03:05:23PM -0600, Bill Carlson wrote: > > > Arista RS-100C > > > > Motherboard:ENDAT 586CL > > CPU:AMD K6-2 333MHz, 66 MHz bus > > RAM:128MB, single DIMM, 66 Mhz > > HD:

Re: apache-fp (Frontpage 2000)

1999-12-03 Thread Charles Galpin
no, the patch is for security reasons. I don't remember the exact details, but from readign the docs, I determined that the reall harm came from allowing multiple people setting up there own pages with frontpage. Since the guy I did this for is the only one using it, there was no additional securi

Re: Re: HOWTOs

1999-12-03 Thread David Filion
Maybe it's just me but I've found that linuxdoc.org does not not seem have the same quantity of HOWTOs as the old LDP site. I find sunsite.unc.edu /pub/linux/doc has a good and large list of HOWTOs. I didn't see a Samba howto though, just SMB. > On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 09:47:20AM +1100, Jam

Re: Compilation of Netscape lockup due to internet connection problem.

1999-12-03 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 07:28:08AM -0500, Jon Knews wrote: [...] > REDHAT ARE YOU THERE WE COULD USE YOUR ASSISTANCE HERE??? > NETSCAPE??? ANYONE??? HAL, OPEN THE POD BAY DOOR HAL? Its me. See the Netsacpe README: Asynchronous DNS host lookup Netscape Communicator 4.5 has

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet

1999-12-03 Thread Chris Morton
I live in an apartment, so I don't have it so easy. Right now, I AM running them on the floor, mostly because the hole that somebody else drilled in the baseboard for the cable TV cable isn't big enough to pass an RJ45 jack through, and so far I haven't had much luck (or motivation) for enlarging

Re: Problem solved, Can't shutdown the X

1999-12-03 Thread Maziar Mahzari
Dear firends; My problem is soved. It was due to Xrootenv.0 file which contained some misleading information about X. Thanks again. Maizar Mahzari Civil Eng. Dep. Tehran University Teharn, Iran On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Maziar Mahzari wrote: > Dear friends; > I have not changed anything in my X but no

RE: Good Book for beginner? (GCC?)

1999-12-03 Thread Chris Morton
Don't know. I'll bet there are 1,000,000 + 1 How-tos though. Try http://www.redhat.com; http://www.linux.org; or http://www.linux.com. You'll find links to other sites as well. Haven't done any Linux programming apart from shell scripts in bash and csh. -Original Message- From: Andy Th

Re: apache https://

1999-12-03 Thread Charles Galpin
I believ you will need multiple Ips for this to work properly. In other words, you will not be able to give https access to multiple virtual hosts all using the same IP. charles On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Steve Lee wrote: > could you help me through setting up a way to give > secure access for other v

Re: apache-fp (Frontpage 2000)

1999-12-03 Thread Randy Carpenter
> I installed it without the patch. I checked the system, and cannot find > this suidkey file anywhere either. > > hth > charles I didn't think it would work at all without that patch... -Randy > On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Randy Carpenter wrote: > > > > > Has anyone gotten Frontpage2000 extensions

Re: apache-fp (Frontpage 2000)

1999-12-03 Thread Charles Galpin
I installed it without the patch. I checked the system, and cannot find this suidkey file anywhere either. hth charles On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Randy Carpenter wrote: > > Has anyone gotten Frontpage2000 extensions to work with Apache 1.3.9 ? > I applied the patch (part of which by hand, since the c

Re: Problem getting ISDN loaded at boot

1999-12-03 Thread Iain Wade
>- depmod gives an error: modprobe: error reading ELF header: No such file of directory. Have you tried specifying a full pathname? /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/hisax.o Rather than doing a modprobe manually (or automatically in /etc/rc.d/init.d/) it may be better to load it with all the other mod

Re: How to force 10/100 nic to run at 10mps?

1999-12-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks you Ian, That eliminates 1 possible problem now on to the next Steve Iain Wade wrote: > > Donald Becker.. to whom we owe much gratitude from developing lots of > network drivers... has this to say (from: > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html ): > > "The 'ifconfig

Telnet done !!!!

1999-12-03 Thread Lorenzo Carlos Manuel
Many thks to all those who colaborate to solve this problem. Now it works great Este mensaje y los archivos adjuntos son confidenciales y dirigidos solamente para el uso de la persona a la cual fue enviado. Cualquier punto de vista u opinión reflejados en este mensaje son estrictamente adjudi

setuid script

1999-12-03 Thread Chad W. Skinner
I am trying to upload a file using php3 and I need to allow the users to change the permissions on the files so they can access them in safemode. Basically, I need the script to be able to copy and change the permissions on a file. The problems is my uid is 500 and the files are uploaded owned by

Re: Kernel - aic7xxx - Solved.

1999-12-03 Thread Toni Guedes
>Toni Guedes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My computer (Via MVP3.5 chipset + aha-2940 + C.Labs awe32) hangs when playing sounds under X/gnome with the original rh6.1 kernel (2.2.12)...it seens to be a problem with the Via chipset or ISA DMAs...I don't know...so I decided to compil

Problem getting ISDN loaded at boot

1999-12-03 Thread R. Kuijvenhoven
Hello, I have installed a RH6.1 distro and am trying to install a Teles HFC-S ISDN card now. I can get the card working by loading the module at the prompt, giving a 'modprobe hisax', but the module is not loaded at boot. I have checked the /etc/rc.d/init.d/isdn file and it contains the line 'mod

Re: rdist problem

1999-12-03 Thread Tom Browder
rdist uses rsh and friends. If you are using rdist as root, as is most likely, you will need to take care of the file /etc/securetty on each target host (I move the file to /etc/securetty.orig so it's not seen). I believe you will also have to either have either a .rhosts file owned by root in

Compilation of Netscape lockup due to internet connection problem.

1999-12-03 Thread Jon Knews
COMPILATION OF NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR lockup problem related to it wanting an internet connection. So far the only solution is to install the NETSCAPE rpm after de-installing the Communicator rpm (v4.7-2). But we all want a real fix. Also, one sorta-kinda work-around below ~~~

Re: HELP! How to forward already delivered mail

1999-12-03 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 11:47:47PM -0600, scott.list wrote: > The problem is I have users who had mail in their mailboxes > (/var/spool/mail/[userid]) that I need to get to them at the new server. > > How can I forward that mail? Preferably in bulk, without much evidence it > occured? If no u

Re: FREEZE!

1999-12-03 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 03:05:23PM -0600, Bill Carlson wrote: > Arista RS-100C > > Motherboard: ENDAT 586CL > CPU: AMD K6-2 333MHz, 66 MHz bus > RAM: 128MB, single DIMM, 66 Mhz > HD: Fujitsu 6.4 GB [...] > SOLVED: > > As always, the freeze problem is hardware rela

Re: [OT] 12x3??? - thanks

1999-12-03 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 12:30:17PM -0800, Jim Cunning wrote: > 12x3 and 14x3 are shorthand descriptions for two types of electrical wire. [...] Thanks for the detailed explanation and thanks also to the folks who wrote me off the list. So my guess was right - we're talking "power cables" here (wh

Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-03 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 06:23:19PM -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote: > Let me clarify my question. I want to add a icon/shortcut to my RH 6.1 > desktop for Sun office 5.1. Which file do I use for the shortcut? I right > click on the desktop and choose what..? Does the file have a > particular extensi

Re: Telnet

1999-12-03 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Lorenzo Carlos Manuel wrote: > Hi : > I'm trying to telnet to my linux box and once the connection is established > I can't log in , it gives me the message "login incorrect". Either you're trying to log in as root (don't do that, telnet sends passwords unencrypted, so everyo

Re: Telnet

1999-12-03 Thread Iain Wade
> I'm trying to telnet to my linux box and once the connection is established > I can't log in , it gives me the message "login incorrect". > Can anybody help me ??, Is it related to security authentication, and if so, > How can I disable it are you trying to log in as root? root is not per

Telnet

1999-12-03 Thread Lorenzo Carlos Manuel
Hi : I'm trying to telnet to my linux box and once the connection is established I can't log in , it gives me the message "login incorrect". Can anybody help me ??, Is it related to security authentication, and if so, How can I disable it Many thanks in advance BTW I'm using kernel 2.0.34 a

Re: Changing Resolutions + Installing Windowmaker

1999-12-03 Thread Iain Wade
>I set up rh6.1 with gnome and enlightment, but the resolution is so small. >How do I change the resolution? You can cycle through the resolutions you've chosen by pressing CTRL-ALT-+ together. >Also, should I just stick with using enlightenment, or could I change to >WindowMaker? I know my rh

Re: atz for leased line courier v.everything?

1999-12-03 Thread Iain Wade
>I have a leased line with courier v.everything modems at both ends >SO: RedHat 6.0 > >the originator has AT command enabled and connects just fine. >when I start the system pppd gets LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests. > >After I get minicom up and send ATZ to the modem pppd connects just fine.

Re: Routing

1999-12-03 Thread Iain Wade
>I know this won't help but I was under the impression you had to be on the >same subnet as the clients for IP masq to work. Maybe, that is just >transparently, but I was under the imppression that you had to use the >masq machine as the default gatway from the client side. Anyway, for the >rout

Re: script

1999-12-03 Thread Chris Dowling
how about if you want to back up the original file? add .bak after the -pi: #!/usr/bin/perl -pi.bak y/\t/|/; call it via convert < infile > outfile OR convert inandoutfile my 2c Iain Wade wrote: > > > Not bad though.. :-) Try this on for size.. > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > while(<>){s/\t/|/g;

Re: GCC not working on 6x86

1999-12-03 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 05:08:40PM +1100, Clement wrote: > When compiling package on a 6x86-PR166+ using gcc from egcs-1.1.2-24, I > got this error message: > > gcc -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./parsermodule.c > gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11 [.

Re: FREEZE!

1999-12-03 Thread Gustav Schaffter
Steve, Interesting. I've been looking for such a hardware collection for quite some time. Just to check: Any one else having experiences with ordering hardware from 2cooltek? Regards Gustav Steve Forster wrote: > > Bill Carlson wrote: > > > Wait a minute, the end near the MB was really war

g77 and redhat 6.0

1999-12-03 Thread PICCINALI Jean-Guillaume
Do you have a problem with g77 and redhat 6.0 ??? (tested with a hello.f program) now g77 tells :/usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lm: Aucun fichier ou répertoire de ce type collect2: ld returned 1 exit status do you think it as anythi

Changing Resolutions + Installing Windowmaker

1999-12-03 Thread Nelson Little
Hi, I set up rh6.1 with gnome and enlightment, but the resolution is so small. How do I change the resolution? Also, should I just stick with using enlightenment, or could I change to WindowMaker? I know my rh cd comes with the windowmaker rpms - but I am a newbie and terrified that I will screw

Re: script

1999-12-03 Thread Matt Doughty
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 02:18:37PM +1100, Iain Wade wrote: > > Not bad though.. :-) Try this on for size.. > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > while(<>){s/\t/|/g;print;} > > > > Invoke this as: > > > > convert < infile > outfile > > #!/usr/bin/perl -pi > s/\t/|/g; one note try y/\t/|/; its a littl

Re: script

1999-12-03 Thread Matt Doughty
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 02:18:37PM +1100, Iain Wade wrote: > > Not bad though.. :-) Try this on for size.. > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > while(<>){s/\t/|/g;print;} > > > > Invoke this as: > > > > convert < infile > outfile > > #!/usr/bin/perl -pi > s/\t/|/g; > > Invoke this as: > > tab2pipe fi

Re: script

1999-12-03 Thread Matt Doughty
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 10:07:41PM -0500, Jason Costomiris wrote: > On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 08:38:35PM -0600, Rick L. Mantooth wrote: > : #!/bin/sh > : # tabs.awk > : # Usage: cat Some_File | tabs.awk > > You lose points for the spurious use of cat. :-) Double point loss for > invoking bash, th

atz for leased line courier v.everything?

1999-12-03 Thread Claudiu Balciza
hi I have a leased line with courier v.everything modems at both ends SO: RedHat 6.0 the originator has AT command enabled and connects just fine. when I start the system pppd gets LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests. After I get minicom up and send ATZ to the modem pppd connects just fine. S

Re: Routing

1999-12-03 Thread Matt Doughty
I know this won't help but I was under the impression you had to be on the same subnet as the clients for IP masq to work. Maybe, that is just transparently, but I was under the imppression that you had to use the masq machine as the default gatway from the client side. Anyway, for the routing b

Re: Good Book for beginner? (GCC?)

1999-12-03 Thread Andy Thomas
Is there a good book specific to the gcc compiler? TIA Andy -- > From: Chris Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Good Book for beginner? > Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 10:39 AM > > There's a difference between what you need to know to use and adm

RE: Pop3

1999-12-03 Thread Greg W
Hi David Don't get confused , POP3 is a service in its own right, its just that the IMAP RPM also installs a POP3 server by default, for instance you could have got qpopper or cucipop like I use, there is no IMAP server installed along the way if those are installed, you also have to source the f