Re: file placement question (FHS?)

On Tuesday, 19 March 2002, John Summerfield wrote: Hello list. I made a package of an anti-virus program but I can't decide where to place its virus definitions database files. It doesn't have its own directory structure, so I have to place all files manually. The virus db files are

Re: Using njamd

Hello Bill, Thanks for giving me some tips on how to get njamd running. I followed your advice and still couldn't get it to run. Then I decided to uninstall the njamd rpm and download the .tar.gz package from the web. compile and install it and it run from the start. seems that the previous rpm

Sendmail antispam

Hello, I'm trying to block some spammers using Sendmail (sendmail-8.11.6-1.6.y) access database (/etc/mail/access). My problem is that if I add -for example- this: 1.2.3.4 DISCARD then on my log file there are several 'discard' lines but much less 'discarded'... Some of the messages actually

RE: /boot/grub/grub.conf 644

Apparently and in my memory, when I installed/choose this loader, it hangs this new encryption. Indeed I have a md5 password (?) line in my grub.conf. However it hadn't been mentionned relative to ths update kernel in the section speaking about ... ? I don't mind, cause if the line appears it's

Re: Sendmail antispam

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Tomás García Ferrari wrote: I'm trying to block some spammers using Sendmail (sendmail-8.11.6-1.6.y) access database (/etc/mail/access). My problem is that if I add -for example- this: 1.2.3.4 DISCARD If you are blocking by IP

RE: /boot/grub/grub.conf 644

Oh sorry ! I didn't understand you were speaking about rights. So if it's really in /boot/grub directory, you right, it seems quite worrying...I have 600. Also its maybe the rights link that can be disturbing too. I have 777 !! (it may be normal for linked files [don't know yet links]) Ok, and it

RE: Please help with IP Masquerading

If you plan on publishing your results back to the list it would also be interesting to see a comparison between ipchains and iptables, which is also included with RH7.2. The masquerading made simple howto provides a quick example of using iptables for masqerading:

Re: Interpreting /var/log/messages

Sorry for the double-post, I was getting a message back that my e-mail had bounced. Mark McKibben [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.avalon.net/~manzabar ICQ# 8476502 Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again. - Unknown

Re: Sendmail antispam

If you are blocking by IP address, why not use ipchains instead? Then sendmail will not even see the connection attempt because the packets will be rejected. Yes, I could do so... But is that meaning that Sendmail antispam is not working properly? I decided to use an IP address because the

Re: Interpreting /var/log/messages

m == manzabar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: m I'm looking for a website that will allow me to past in messages from this m log file that contain information logged by iptables, so that it turns m stuff like this: m Mar 18 19:56:27 c896765-a kernel: IN=eth0 OUT= m

2GB File Limit?

Is there a 2GB individual file limit in RH Linux? We are going to a RH 7.1/Oracle 9i RAC configuration and some sources are telling us that there is a 2GB file limitation in Linux. Is this true? We have many database files greater than 2GB and need to know if we need to start splitting the

Re: OT usb mouse

Thanks, I was thinking about it because I am having trouble mastering drag and drop with the touchpad On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Statux wrote: USB devices are typically hot-pluggable. Certain devices can tollerate such behavior better than others, however. There's a big catch, here, though.

ldconfig question

Hello, I recently installed BerkeleyDB 4.0.14 on a 7.1 system in order to run the Cyrus IMAP server. When I try to start the application I am getting the error message: Compiled against 4.0.14 but linked against 3.1 I have set my LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable to search /usr/local first. However

Re: 2GB File Limit?

9i RH 7.2, I have a 18gb file. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/19/02 09:16AM Is there a 2GB individual file limit in RH Linux? We are going to a RH 7.1/Oracle 9i RAC configuration and some sources are telling us that there is a 2GB file limitation in Linux. Is this true? We have many database files

newbie kernel upgrade questions

I have a RH 7.0 machine with the 2.2.19 kernel that I installed from source. I'd like to use the 2.4 kernel iptables capability to help tighten security. First question -- Can a RH 7.0 machine run the 2.4 kernel? Or do I have to upgrade the OS to RH 7.1 and up? Second question -- I installed

Microsoft 'killed Dell Linux' - States

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Re: 2GB File Limit?

18gb file? Are you running ext3 filesystem on 7.2? Frank 9i RH 7.2, I have a 18gb file. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/19/02 09:16AM Is there a 2GB individual file limit in RH Linux? We are going to a RH 7.1/Oracle 9i RAC configuration and some sources are telling us that there is a 2GB file

video tape recording/editing?

Has anyone taken video tapes, recorded them into mpegs on their linux box, modified the film (edited out frames or modified frames) then written it back to tape (or dvd) for home movies? I'd like to look at what options are available. I appreciate any comments on what the community has

Re: ldconfig question

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Clifford Thurber wrote: Hello, I recently installed BerkeleyDB 4.0.14 on a 7.1 system in order to run the Cyrus IMAP server. When I try to start the application I am getting the error message: Compiled against 4.0.14 but linked against 3.1 Sounds like you ended up

Re: 2GB File Limit?

was ext3, then remounted as ext2. oracle prior to 8i didn't support 2gb files. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/19/02 10:16AM 18gb file? Are you running ext3 filesystem on 7.2? Frank 9i RH 7.2, I have a 18gb file. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/19/02 09:16AM Is there a 2GB individual file limit in RH

Re: video tape recording/editing?

Has anyone taken video tapes, recorded them into mpegs on their linux box, modified the film (edited out frames or modified frames) then written it back to tape (or dvd) for home movies? Film? You can't edit FILM in a computer, especially when it is shot on video tape. Any film that is

Re: newbie kernel upgrade questions

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frank Reichenbacher wrote: First question -- Can a RH 7.0 machine run the 2.4 kernel? Or do I have to upgrade the OS to RH 7.1 and up? Treading lightly here, because anything can happen, but I know that we did that with no trouble on 7.0. YMMV.

Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

Hi, I'd just update my kernel. I've to change grub.conf now! Results during upgrade is as this: kernel..[25%] kernel-debug[50%] kernel-enterprise...[75%] kernel-smp..[100%] Is there someone who can explain this to me ? Or giving a link... Thank you, ism Somehow we're

Re: ldconfig question

Bill, Thanks for your reply. So if I understand you correctly the application(Cyrus in this case) was linked at compile time uwing the wrong version of the lib. What is the procedure for just relinking my app? Again I appreciate your feedback At 02:49 PM 3/19/2002 +, you wrote: On Tue,

Re: rm locate

Hello Jackrabbit, Hmm, funny thing is that you have a copy in browser cache and you can run updatedb to refresh locate's database :) Thursday, February 07, 2002, 4:15:37 PM, you wrote: JS I did this: JS #rm /var/www/html/poweredby.png JS and the file seems to be gone (if I do an ls in

Re: Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 05:17:06PM +0100, Ismael Touama wrote: Results during upgrade is as this: kernel..[25%] You need this. kernel-debug[50%] You probably do not need this. kernel-enterprise...[75%] kernel-smp..[100%] You do not need this. Is there

Sendmail Email Size Limit

Using Sendmail 8.11.6, I want to restrict users who are using the mail server from sending emails over 4MB in size. Here's what I'm trying to do: +Users who use the mail server for SMTP services are prevented from sending email larger than 4MB in size +The mail server will still accept

RE: Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

Personally, I *never* use RPM for upgrades... Especially a kernel itself due to tweaking that most people want/need for their specific system.. Just a helpful thought.. Learn how to do a source kernel build...:) Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/kernel.html And while you're at it, read this also: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/ch-rpm.html On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 10:17, Ismael Touama wrote: Is there someone who can explain this to

RE: Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

thx...Saul -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Saul Arias Envoyé : mardi 19 mars 2002 17:54 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

RE: Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

Thanks emmannuel I will read Saul's links and then apply what you suggest. I have still a boot floppy from my former config. However I don't understand screwed up...you mean that I waste my work ? hmm', why don't erase directly the new image, as you say, directly in grub.conf ? Ho, I will see by

RE: Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

Don't care my little tweety ;op I know that. I intend to know what is current to Linux. My own bash, my own kernel, my own compilation, my own system...so by the way, I let me the time... thx ism -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Paul

RE: Kernell upgrade and 25, 50, 75 and 100 percent.

first link has still been read before my upgrade, don't saw anything treating about what's smp, enterprise and debug kernel's... So I read the rest... -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de Saul Arias Envoyé : mardi 19 mars 2002 17:54 À :

Re: Destroy-ing an app in KDE

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Reuben D Budiardja wrote: Hi, Is there any way to destroy an app (similar to kill -s 9 pid in console or ctrl+alt+del in win) using any GUI / point and click interface in KDE? I can do that using module in FVWM, but have not find any way in KDE. I am in the

Diskless Clients

We have a 250-node Red Hat 7.2 cluster and we want to break it down into 5 racks of 50, each with a head node. I want to make each child node a diskless client of the head node. What is the best approach? I noticed several HOWTO's on different methods. I just wanted to get some feedback on

Re: Destroy-ing an app in KDE

Hello Reuben, Tuesday, March 19, 2002, 1:30:51 PM, you textually orated: RDB Hi, RDB Is there any way to destroy an app (similar to kill -s 9 pid in console or RDB ctrl+alt+del in win) using any GUI / point and click interface in KDE? RDB I can do that using module in FVWM, but have not find

Re: 2GB File Limit?

On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 09:16:43AM -0500, Speaks, Chuck W. wrote: Is there a 2GB individual file limit in RH Linux? We are going to a RH 7.1/Oracle 9i RAC configuration and some sources are telling us that there is a 2GB file limitation in Linux. Is this true? We have many database files

Re: ldconfig question

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Clifford Thurber wrote: Bill, Thanks for your reply. So if I understand you correctly the application(Cyrus in this case) was linked at compile time uwing the wrong version of the lib. What is the procedure for just relinking my app? Again I appreciate your

RE: commercial firewall

At 5:38 PM -0500 3/18/02, Mike Burger wrote: On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Patrick Beart wrote: On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Patrick Beart wrote: I'm new to the whole security thing, but I've learned that a hardware appliance is better than software, if only for the fact that someone is

RE: setting up NIS

on your yp server system: chkconfig ypserv on chkconfig yppasswd on in /etc/sysconfig/network put: NISDOMAIN=yourdomainname check the file /var/yp/Makefile and make any adjustments (I cant remember if I did or not). ypinit -m in /var/yp make host passwd shadow group [netgroup..] as for the

Re: commercial firewall

Patrick Beart wrote: At 5:38 PM -0500 3/18/02, Mike Burger wrote: On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Patrick Beart wrote: On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Patrick Beart wrote: I'm new to the whole security thing, but I've learned that a hardware appliance is better than software, if only for the fact

Re: Sendmail antispam

Tomas in your /etc/mail/access file change DISCARD to REJECT and run the makemap any time you update your access file this will update the access.db. I believe this will work for you. --On Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:34 AM +0100 Tomás García Ferrari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm

Re: NS6 question...

Nick Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi does anyone know how I might stop NS6 putting the nsmail/ dir in my ~/ everytime I accidentally click a mailto: link? Change the default settings for where mail should be stored to something else, like .nsmail. :-)

Re: Sendmail Email Size Limit

Look for the parameter MaxMessageSize and set it to 400. On 19 Mar 2002, Robert Dege wrote: Using Sendmail 8.11.6, I want to restrict users who are using the mail server from sending emails over 4MB in size. Here's what I'm trying to do: +Users who use the mail server for SMTP

Ipchains vs Iptables question

We have 2 firewalls running on ipchains now. I'm not too great with ipchains yet and haven't even tried iptables, but since I already have working firewalls w/ ipchains, is there a way to use my current scripts with iptables? How much different is the syntax, or is there a way to import the

Re: How to check HD's status?

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Roger wrote: i remember there is a command that has the same functions, like the ms-dos chkdsk. but i forget its name! can you help me remind of it? fsck Tony -- Anthony E. Greene mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]%3E OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD

Re: Replacement for telnet

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, dbrett wrote: How does history do this? I can't see anything there. Login, do some things, then logut. When you log jback in, check the ~/bash_history file. It should have a record of your previous session. Tony - -- Anthony

Re: Ipchains vs Iptables question

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Kerry Miller wrote: We have 2 firewalls running on ipchains now. I'm not too great with ipchains yet and haven't even tried iptables, but since I already have working firewalls w/ ipchains, is there a way to use my current scripts with iptables? How much different is

Re: Installing Linux on AMD processor!!!!!

Nope. I'm running that right now with 7.2 and all the updates as of today. mw Manoj wrote: Hello, One of my friend has a PC with AMD Duron 1 Ghz processor. Is there any problem to install Linux 7.2 on it. Should I select any different options during Install?? Also to compile programs

.htaccess/.passwd

Title: Message to all, i want to restrict a certain directory andhavealready these files (.htaccess/.htpasswd)but it seems that it failed to take place. what else should i do to make this thing possible? im pretty sure that the contents of these files are all correct... please help me

Re: Ipchains vs Iptables question

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Kerry Miller wrote: We have 2 firewalls running on ipchains now. I'm not too great with ipchains yet and haven't even tried iptables, but since I already have working firewalls w/ ipchains, is there a way to use my current scripts with iptables? How much different is

RE: Ipchains vs Iptables question

There are many GUI programs under freahmeat.net that can help you configure iptables, check it out. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Crawford Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 5:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ipchains vs

Re: [REDHAT] .htaccess/.passwd

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Maynard B. Fernando wrote: Messageto all, i want to restrict a certain directory and have already these files (.htaccess/.htpasswd) but it seems that it failed to take place. what else should i do to make this thing possible? im pretty sure that the contents of these

Re: [REDHAT] .htaccess/.passwd

You probably need to enable them in your conf files. Look for a section like this: # # This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can # override. Can also be All, or any combination of Options, FileInfo, # AuthConfig, and Limit # and make sure it is set

Re: [REDHAT] .htaccess/.passwd

sir, thanks! i got it... :-) - Original Message - From: David Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [REDHAT] .htaccess/.passwd On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Maynard B. Fernando wrote: Messageto all, i want to restrict a

Best way to change hostname

So I finally got a DNS server working and it appears to work great. I created a local zone called npn so that a call to cvs.npn would hit the cvs system. Checked everything out with dig (great utility) and then did the reverse DNS setup. That tests out great too... Something is got to be

Pensacola

The new beta... is it one of those polishing versions that makes things a little better, or is it a remake-lots-of-stuff major move forward? I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm a little concerned about its potentially being sort of unstable and maybe beyond my level of skill/patience/time.

auto complete using TAB

Hi, I am running a restricted bash shell with a restricted path. I would like to disable the TAB key as i dont want the users to have a look atthefiles that are in the PATH. Can anybody help me with that. Thanks Murtaza [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pensacola

Well, I can't tell anything you don't already know: Beta is better than Alpha, but it is still unpredictable. I would not try it on production machines. -Manuel. Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: The new beta... is it one of those polishing versions that makes things a little better, or is it a

RE: auto complete using TAB

Will they be able to ls ? if yes, what you are asking has no point as they can just use ls to see what you would prefer them not to see. -Greg On 20-Mar-02 Murtaza Hussain wrote: Hi, I am running a restricted bash shell with a restricted path. I would like to disable the TAB key as i

up2date error

what is this error: [root@main root]# up2date -u Retrieving list of all available packages... Removing installed packages from list of updates... Removing packages marked to skip from list...