Floppy Geometry by ioctl

2002-08-16 Thread Spanke, Alexander
Hi, I want to get the geometry of a floppy by uisng ioctl. Does anyone know the cmd ? Thnx / regards Alex ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list

Passwd file conversion?

2002-08-16 Thread Albert E. Whale
Does anyone know if you can transport a Solaris Passwd file to a Linux Server? If so How? -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer Networking Specialists Sr.

Re: Passwd file conversion?

2002-08-16 Thread James Olin Oden
Does anyone know if you can transport a Solaris Passwd file to a Linux Server? If so How? Hi Albert, Without getting too deep into the details, yes. The passwd file and shadow file on Solaris is: /etc/passwd /etc/shadow just like on Linux. They are both text files with

Re: Passwd file conversion?

2002-08-16 Thread Albert E. Whale
Thanks James, I agree that the files you listed are the same on the two systems. Lets not forget the /etc/group file and /etc/gshadow file as well. While the formats of the files are the same, the Salts used for the crypt functions are not the same. I am having 'general' success with the

Changing DUPLEX on NIC cards

2002-08-16 Thread Joe Giles
I have 2 3com NIC's in my server and I noticed (Using mii-tool) that one is set for HD (Half Duplex) and one is set for FD (Full duplex). Both cards are set and using 100 mbit. First, will this cause problems with them talking to each other as I use one interface to forward packets to the

Missing mii-tool...

2002-08-16 Thread Mike Pelley
Hi All, I have net-tools-1.56-2 installed on a 7.0 (fully up2date-ed) box but I cannot find mii-tool. The man page is present, but not the tool. What is the easiest way of getting mii-tool installed? Also, where did mii-tool go? Thanks! Cheers, Mike

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2002-08-16 Thread Patrick Hardeveld
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Re: unsubscribe

2002-08-16 Thread Bill Wetzel
I sure don't know .. I have sent three "unsubscribe" messages and they advise me something to the affect that they "must hold a board of governers meeting" to see if I can be allowed to unsubscribe Patrick Hardeveld wrote: Hello folks, I wanna unsubscribe, I send an email to red-hat

Re: unsubscribe

2002-08-16 Thread Aly Dharshi
Yeah this board is going to be get together soon, but if you want to be sneaky and unsubcribe without them knowing then check the bottom of your message it should tell you what to do, as well as the headers of the message should have details. ASD. Bill Wetzel wrote: I sure don't

help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread shyam
hi friends i am wondering how these are all happend ,i am running internet proxy server on Rh7.2 system .till yesterday its OK suddenly /bin , /lib and /sbin have been locked i cant create copy or move files to these dirs . so many important commands under these dirs like

Streaming audio

2002-08-16 Thread Michael George
Just for fun, I want to try getting streaming audio from the internet. One site I hit requires a Real Player more recent than 7 (that's what I gather from the error dialog). Another caused netscape to give me an error dialog from sox. I have XMMS and can play og-vorbis files and MP3's (I think

AW: help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread Spanke, Alexander
Hi, Do you be able to look into your log files ? Try to boot your system with your rescue cd or install cd with rescue mode and look again. Alex -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: shyam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Freitag, 16. August 2002 13:33 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff:

Re: help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread Teodor Georgiev
90% I am sure that you've been hacked. and the script-kiddie installed some buggy rootkit on your system. Congratulations :) cd /usr/bin lsattr - Teodor Georgiev Technical Support

Re: help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread Teodor Georgiev
- Original Message - From: shyam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 2:32 PM Subject: help!! help!! hi friends lost+found in /root became 16K,i am not able to open konsole,konqueror,help , i am not using any ipchains too bad you are not :)

Re: Re: help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread shyam
thanks boss!! i am going to reinstall On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 Teodor Georgiev wrote : 90% I am sure that you've been hacked. and the script-kiddie installed some buggy rootkit on your system. Congratulations :) cd /usr/bin lsattr

Re: Re: help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread Teodor Georgiev
and then the hacker is going to hack you again :) better than reinstalling - sit on your a*s, read some security tutorials. browse through the hacked system and look what the hacked did. -

Re: moving from adaptec to symbios

2002-08-16 Thread Edward Dekkers
When I install a symbios card in a RH 7.3 system I had to recompile the kernel to include synbios support. The standard kernel didn't have support enabled. Oh. OK. I just saw 2 symbios modules in my /lib/modules/2.4.9-34/kernel/drivers/scsi so I assumed you could just load them as drivers.

Re: Connecting on COM 1

2002-08-16 Thread Edward Dekkers
There is a Serial How-to. One reference is: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html I use minicom to connect to a Cisco router over a serial line from a Linux box. Once I plugged in the right cable (a null modem) it just worked. No tinkering with Linux required. Mike That will

Re: Changing DUPLEX on NIC cards

2002-08-16 Thread Edward Dekkers
First, will this cause problems with them talking to each other as I use one interface to forward packets to the other for MASQ? Also, is there a utility that I can use to change the Duplex? Not sure of a utility. I had to add a line options = blah blah blah to my /etc/modules.conf to make it

RE: Re: help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread Jim Crippen
I'd start with the FTP or WWW logs. It's not hard to get hacked through your FTP server. -Original Message- From: Teodor Georgiev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: help!! help!! and then the hacker is going to hack

Re: Re: help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread Kent Borg
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 08:22:36AM -0500, Jim Crippen wrote: I'd start with the FTP or WWW logs. It's not hard to get hacked through your FTP server. Boot off a CD first and don't run any software that is on the hard disk, that way you know any trojaned utilities are not messing with your

Re: Connecting on COM 1

2002-08-16 Thread Francisco Neira
Edward Dekkers wrote: There is a Serial How-to. One reference is: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html I use minicom to connect to a Cisco router over a serial line from a Linux box. Once I plugged in the right cable (a null modem) it just worked. No tinkering with Linux required.

Re: Re: help!! help!!

2002-08-16 Thread Teodor Georgiev
or through anything like rpc, ssh, bind. also, if the attacker is clever, he already removed the logs. - Original Message - From: Jim Crippen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:22 PM Subject: RE: Re: help!! help!! I'd start with the FTP or WWW

Re: Connecting on COM 1

2002-08-16 Thread Nick Lindsell
At 21:11 16/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: There is a Serial How-to. One reference is: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html I use minicom to connect to a Cisco router over a serial line from a Linux box. Once I plugged in the right cable (a null modem) it just worked. No

Re: Changing DUPLEX on NIC cards

2002-08-16 Thread Joe Giles
Actually, I found a neat little tool that checks and changes it for you. Its called mii-diag. Simple c program that you can compile yourself. I found it here... ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/diag/mii-diag.c I can set this now, just need to figure out what the setting is for /etc/modules.conf

Re: Connecting on COM 1

2002-08-16 Thread Joe Giles
Yes, that is correct. I understand all the facets of Serial, just not sure how to hook it up to a Linux system. The reason I wanted to do this is so I can get console access to my server in-case my network goes down and I have to restart the server or a service. I will continue reading.

Re: BSD vs Linux ?

2002-08-16 Thread Matt Rowley
As you said, BSD is UNIX not Linux. Has been around for 30 years I believe. The original ATT Unix by Thompson and Ritchie is around 30 years old. BSD as in the Berkeley Software Distribution is 25. You keep referring to FreeBSD, but that's just one of several flavors of BSD. FreeBSD is only

Problem spliting up postscriptfile.

2002-08-16 Thread jonny . axelsson
Hello I'm using psselect in one of my script to pslit up an postscriptfile but when i send a file with more than one file and pick out one page it makes something with the new ps file so i can't convert it to ex. pdf. i use this line i my script. psselect -p$i ${FAXFILE} ${FAXPAGE} what can i

re: streaming audio

2002-08-16 Thread MC DONALD
George, Real player used to have a linux plug in on their website but it has since been removed. I have an rpm for i386 at http://www.rit.edu/~amm5449/rp/ hope this helps -anna- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe

Can't Open Display: :0

2002-08-16 Thread Joseph Wright
I am trying to get X to start when ever I launch and X app like xclock, but right now I just get Can't Open Display: :0. I have tried DISPLAY=:0.0 which still gives me the same error. I am receiving this when trying to launch xclock from the physical machine, but my next step is there a way I

Re: Connecting on COM 1

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 08:45, Nick Lindsell wrote: A getty of one variety or another will be required - mingetty seems OK. In /etc/inittab the lines s1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty 19200 ttyS1 vt100 will give a login @19k2 on com 1 and the command init q will start them up. FWIW ttyS1

Re: Connecting on COM 1

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 08:51, Joe Giles wrote: Yes, that is correct. I understand all the facets of Serial, just not sure how to hook it up to a Linux system. The reason I wanted to do this is so I can get console access to my server in-case my network goes down and I have to restart the server

Re: Missing mii-tool...

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 01:54, Mike Pelley wrote: Hi All, I have net-tools-1.56-2 installed on a 7.0 (fully up2date-ed) box but I cannot find mii-tool. The man page is present, but not the tool. What is the easiest way of getting mii-tool installed? Also, where did mii-tool go? Thanks!

re: streaming audio

2002-08-16 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, MC DONALD wrote: George, Real player used to have a linux plug in on their website but it has since been removed. I have an rpm for i386 at http://www.rit.edu/~amm5449/rp/ hope this helps Go to the Real Player download page and click on System Requirements, then

Re: Can't Open Display: :0

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 10:26, Joseph Wright wrote: I am trying to get X to start when ever I launch and X app like xclock, but right now I just get Can't Open Display: :0. I have tried DISPLAY=:0.0 which still gives me the same error. I am receiving this when trying to launch xclock from

Re: Connecting on COM 1

2002-08-16 Thread Joe Giles
Ok, I think I got it to work, or communicate anyway, but all I see is [[[pp][][]BBB][][[]] Looks like a COM port config issue.. You guys got me on the right track, and I appreciate it. I think I can figure out the rest (However, any additional help is always welcome :-P) Thanks again

Re: Changing DUPLEX on NIC cards

2002-08-16 Thread Samuel Flory
Folks use mii-tool. It's mii-diag, but user friendly. It's in the net-tools package under redhat. [root@flory iso]# whichrpm mii-tool net-tools-1.60-4 [root@flory iso]# mii-tool eth0 eth0: 100 Mbit, full duplex, link ok [root@flory iso]# mii-tool --help usage: mii-tool [-VvRrwl] [-A media,...

Re: Connecting on COM 1

2002-08-16 Thread Nick Lindsell
At 16:16 16/08/2002 +, you wrote: Ok, I think I got it to work, or communicate anyway, but all I see is [[[pp][][]BBB][][[]] Usually a speed issue - check your hyperterm settings, 19200 is what I use and that should match the line in /etc/inittab. ttfn nick@nexnix Looks like a

Mail configuration

2002-08-16 Thread Brian Lucas
I have noticed a utility called LogWatch that periodically sends mail to root. How can I tell this program to send mail to a different mail server and username. I would also like all emails redirected through a different mail server. Thanks! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe

apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. This is a new install with no updates from RH. * apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm apt-devel-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm ** These are the error messages that I am getting... [root@localhost root]# rpm

Re: Mail configuration

2002-08-16 Thread Joe Giles
In /etc/log.d there is a file called logwatch.conf. In that file, there is a line that reads: MailTo = You can set that to another user@domain if you would like to... Then, go to /etc/init.d and restart syslog. That should do it. Joe I have noticed a utility called LogWatch that

Re: Mail configuration

2002-08-16 Thread Brian Ashe
Brian Lucas, On Friday August 16, 2002 12:38, you said something about: I have noticed a utility called LogWatch that periodically sends mail to root. How can I tell this program to send mail to a different mail server and username. I would also like all emails redirected through a

RE: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Carter, Shaun G
where did you get the packages. Last time I installed apt-rpm from freshrpms.net, it went off without a hitch. A quick search on these files at rpmfind.net gives the package The RPM package management system.RedHat-7.3 for i386 rpm-4.0.4-7x.18.i386.rpm Go grab that one. Shaun

Re: ssh server installation problem.

2002-08-16 Thread Bo Peng
Thank everyone for the help. The problem is from the firewall. I knew that I missed something very basic. I checked allow.hosts etc but ... I do not know gnome-lokkit. BTW, no manual page, online ssh-server tutorials mention firewall. :-( Thank you again. Bo On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 12:31:14AM

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 11:45, Roger Schmeits wrote: I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. This is a new install with no updates from RH. * apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm apt-devel-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm ** These are the error

help: sawfish manager

2002-08-16 Thread Marc Audard
Hi Can somebody help me on this subject? Every time I access the Sawfish tools (e.g., from the Gnome control center), they keep saying that sawfish is not running, which is not the case. Tx Marc -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe

Need help splitting PS file

2002-08-16 Thread jonny . axelsson
I need to split up my Postscripfile in pages. How can i do this the best way. I have problem when i use psselect. I'm sending my document with an network printer to my server and there the printspooler sends it to my script where i want to split up the ps file into the seperate pages that are

Re: Can't Open Display: :0

2002-08-16 Thread Mike Burger
Silly question, but is X actualyl running on the machine in question? On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Joseph Wright wrote: I am trying to get X to start when ever I launch and X app like xclock, but right now I just get Can't Open Display: :0. I have tried DISPLAY=:0.0 which still gives me the same

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
version 4.0.3 On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 12:40, Bret Hughes wrote: On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 11:45, Roger Schmeits wrote: I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. This is a new install with no updates from RH. * apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm

Re: Can't Open Display: :0

2002-08-16 Thread Joseph Wright
Yeah if I just type startx from the machine it works beautifully. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/16/02 01:09PM Silly question, but is X actualyl running on the machine in question? On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Joseph Wright wrote: I am trying to get X to start when ever I launch and X app like xclock, but

2 quick questions on Sendmail and IMAP

2002-08-16 Thread Ragnar Wiencke
Hi there. I think I got something missing here so I do have 2 questions conserning a mailserver. First this one. Using Sendmail and IMAP, do the recipient have to be users on the Linux machine? Secondly, Where is the config done that decides where the message store or mailfolders or whatever its

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 13:19, Roger Schmeits wrote: version 4.0.3 go get the updates from redhat's site or a mirror. There is an updated version out there. seems like you eill need popt and gnorpm updates too IIRC. There are quite a few updates for 7.2. I would be a good idea to upgrade

Re: 2 quick questions on Sendmail and IMAP

2002-08-16 Thread Teodor Georgiev
depends on the IMAP server. for uw-imapd (univercity of washington, authors of the wu-ftpd) - YES, the system has to be in the system base. For Cyrus Imapd - no. Sendmail and Cyrus might be integrated into a solution similar to qmail + vpopmail - virtual domains and users that have nothing to

How do I log when using 'xterm'?

2002-08-16 Thread Linh Huynh
Hello, I am writing scripts to log information when using the 'xterm'. In the SunOS (using xterm) and AIX (using aixterm) , I can use '-l -lf logfilename' options to log the information into the appropriate log file. Does anybody know what I can use for the Linux operating system? Thanks in

how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Desmond Lee
Hi there I'm fairly new to linux, so i'm not sure if this is the place to ask this question. I'm setting up a linux box as a server. But, i want to double check what services were setup during the installation. For example, i want to make sure that only ssh and not telnet and ftp are

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 09:45, Roger Schmeits wrote: I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. This is a new install with no updates from RH. You grabbed the wrong one. Go to http://apt.freshrpms.net/ The third link is to apt for non-updated Red Hat Linux 7.2,rpm

Re: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Jose Vicente Nunez Zuleta
Run the following command: chkconfig --list And check if ssh (or ssh2) appears listed. For example, in my box: [root@linux0037 root]# chkconfig --list|grep ssh sshd2 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off Which means that runlevel 3,4,5 have it on. Hope this is what

Re: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Desmond Lee
Hi there Thanks for your reply Run the following command: chkconfig --list I get the following when running the command you gave: bash: chkconfig: command not found I tried some variations of the command, but still nothing. Do you have chkconfig aliased to another command name or

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Ed Wilts
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 01:58:25PM -0500, Bret Hughes wrote: I have never used the up2date service but it seems like a good thing for a single machine. I keep a directory on the lan with all the updates dn go a rpm -F on it occationally from each machine on the network. This isn't always

RE: Missing mii-tool...

2002-08-16 Thread Mike Pelley
No - not there at all. A return of find / -name mii-tool -print dosn't' find it... Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bret Hughes Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Missing mii-tool...

Re: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Jose Vicente Nunez Zuleta
Is in '/sbin/chkconfig' On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:05:54 -0700 Desmond Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there Thanks for your reply Run the following command: chkconfig --list I get the following when running the command you gave: bash: chkconfig: command not found I tried

RE: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Brian Lucas
Another good way is ntsysv -Original Message- From: Jose Vicente Nunez Zuleta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to check if you have ssh set up Run the following command: chkconfig --list And

RE: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Rob Emanuele
be sure to be logged in as root when you try to run chkconfig -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Desmond Lee Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to check if you have ssh set up Hi

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
Where does redhat keep all its updates? If I want to have a machine to keep current updates where does a person find them?? On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 13:58, Bret Hughes wrote: On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 13:19, Roger Schmeits wrote: version 4.0.3 go get the updates from redhat's site or a

Re: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Teodor Georgiev
the best way is: #socklist or #netstat -an and look for port number tcp 22 :PPP - Original Message - From: Rob Emanuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:18 PM Subject: RE: how to check if you have ssh set up be sure to be logged in as

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 15:16, Roger Schmeits wrote: Where does redhat keep all its updates? If I want to have a machine to keep current updates where does a person find them?? I use ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL

Re: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Ed Wilts
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 12:39:55PM -0700, Desmond Lee wrote: I'm setting up a linux box as a server. But, i want to double check what services were setup during the installation. For example, i want to make sure that only ssh and not telnet and ftp are enabled. $ ssh localhost $ telnet

Re: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Saul Arias
At 03:39 PM 16-08-02, you wrote: I'm fairly new to linux, so i'm not sure if this is the place to ask this question. I'm setting up a linux box as a server. But, i want to double check what services were setup during the installation. For example, i want to make sure that only ssh and not

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
Do you have an good suggestions on how I could yank all those updates down a some odd ball hours? *** wget -r ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/ *** I am assuming some type of script running in cron? Roger Time to go home for the weekend -- thanks for the info.!!! On

Newbie: Sound server problems

2002-08-16 Thread Geoffrey Lane
I get all kinds of error messages with the sound server cpu overload,aborting and dev/dsp is is use or something to that effect... How can I fix it I was also wondering if anybody could suggest a good, reasonably priced sound card that is great with linux and windows. And games! --

a good and cheap tape backup drive

2002-08-16 Thread daniel
i'm looking for suggestions (and prices if you've got 'em) for a good tape backup drive for use in our company. i'm looking at about 50gb backup weekly. any suggestions? _ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer there are no innocents. it is all of us together

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
I am amazed at what happens when a person reads the man pages. this command works like a charm. wget -r --level=1 ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/ one question -- what about md5sum? On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 15:27, Bret Hughes wrote: On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 15:16,

RE: Newbie: Sound server problems

2002-08-16 Thread Carter, Shaun G
Can't beat the SBLive! for gaming/cd/dvd movie output on either system (I have heard the SB Audigy is starting to come along well in windoze too). -Original Message- From: Geoffrey Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

remote auto dialup on 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread dogface
hello, im just wondering if there is something I can install on my machine at home that will do something along the lines of answering a phone line that my machine is hooked up to and then redial my dialup connection. there are times when the ppp-watch dies and my dialup connection drops. then

LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Robert Vaughn
Does linuxconf not exist with RedHat 7.3? Is there a replacement utility? I could not find it when I did the workstation or server installation. Thanks, ...Robert __ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com

Re: remote auto dialup on 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Teodor Georgiev
dirty-cheap-simple solution - mgetty - Original Message - From: dogface [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:40 AM Subject: remote auto dialup on 7.3 hello, im just wondering if there is something I can install on my machine at home that

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Saul Arias
At 05:43 PM 16-08-02, you wrote: Does linuxconf not exist with RedHat 7.3? Is there a replacement utility? I could not find it when I did the workstation or server installation. Sometimes it helps to RTFM: From RELEASE-NOTES: quote The following applications and packages not previously

Re: a good and cheap tape backup drive

2002-08-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 16:13, daniel wrote: i'm looking for suggestions (and prices if you've got 'em) for a good tape backup drive for use in our company. i'm looking at about 50gb backup weekly. any suggestions? I don't know if I would call them cheap but we bought a 15/30GB dlt on ebay

Re: unsubscribe

2002-08-16 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 03:22:53AM -0400, Bill Wetzel wrote: : I sure don't know .. I have sent three unsubscribe messages and they : advise me something to the affect that they must hold a board of : governers : meeting to see if I can be allowed to unsubscribe I don't suppose you

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 11:45:11AM -0500, Roger Schmeits wrote: : I have been trying to install apt-get (RH7.2) using the following rpms. : This is a new install with no updates from RH. : : * : apt-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm : apt-devel-0.3.19cnc55-fr8.i386.rpm : ** : :

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 17:43, Robert Vaughn wrote: Does linuxconf not exist with RedHat 7.3? Is there a replacement utility? I could not find it when I did the workstation or server installation. Thanks, ...Robert Redhat no longer ships Linuxconf with 7.3, however it's still alive and

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
This is the kind of answer that is really of no help to a new person trying to learn Linux. Instead of coming off like a hammer, why not just point the guy in the right direction??? Linuxconf can be downloaded and installed from http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/ Anthony On Fri, 2002-08-16

Re: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Mark C
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 21:55, Saul Arias wrote: [..] netstat -ta Also for ease of use (works only as root) ad 'p' to that, this gives the programs names as well. Mark -- --- To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. -- redhat-list mailing list

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
One point I neglected to point out. Linuxconf is actually comprised of several RPMs if you want the full GUI. Here's a description of the packages from their Redhat download page. linuxconf: This is the main package. Everyone needs it. You do not need any X library to use it.

Re: Bug in postfix from 7.1 powertools

2002-08-16 Thread Martín Marqués
On Jue 15 Ago 2002 13:53, Mike Burger wrote: Have you given any thought to upgrading to one of the latest releases, supported by the postfix group? They're well past the 2001 releases that RedHat's still using/putting out. As I said, I am going to update the whole server to RH 7.3, which

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2002-08-16 Thread HILL, Tim
Dear Redhat I run version 7.1 on my home PC mostly for typesetting documents using the tex system. I was wondering whether in the 7.3 release, you have updated the tetex-latex 1.07, to include revtex 4. In the previous versions like the one I run, I copy only the necessary old revtex style files

How to disable screensaver in Redhat 7.3?

2002-08-16 Thread Joe Higgins
How can I disable the screensaver in Redhat 7.3? I wasn't able to determine where it was started from. I installed it with all (mostly) default choices. I want to do this because I have a hunch that it causes my machine to lock up completely. Thanks, Joe -- redhat-list mailing list

RE: how to check if you have ssh set up

2002-08-16 Thread Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)
Should be able to just type setup at the command prompt, select System Services. Put an * next to the services you want to start at boot, make sure there isn't one in the services you do not want to start at boot. -Original Message- From: Desmond Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Saul Arias
At 06:41 PM 16-08-02, Anthony Abby wrote: This is the kind of answer that is really of no help to a new person trying to learn Linux. Instead of coming off like a hammer, why not just point the guy in the right direction??? I apologize. Allow me to point the guy in the right direction: 1. Open

xcdroast

2002-08-16 Thread Marc Audard
Hi I get problems with my RH7.3 installation. The latest I have are related to xcdroast: Whenever I try to launch xcdroast, after giving the root passwd, it dies and I get the following message: Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Gtk-WARNING **: cannot

RE: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Rob Emanuele
RedHat had to have had reasons for taking it out. Possible incompatibilities? IMHO pointing someone in the direction of a piece of software replaced in the distro is only a good idea after the current (replacement) tools have been explored. --rje -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: How do I log when using 'xterm'?

2002-08-16 Thread Keith Morse
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Linh Huynh wrote: Hello, I am writing scripts to log information when using the 'xterm'. In the SunOS (using xterm) and AIX (using aixterm) , I can use '-l -lf logfilename' options to log the information into the appropriate log file. Does anybody know what I can

Re: apt-get install

2002-08-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 12:57, Ed Wilts wrote: This isn't always guaranteed to work. If package A splits into A and B, and A now has a dependency on B that it didn't before, rpm -F will not catch it. up2date will. Before you say this is very theoretical, let me point out that I've seen

Re: How to disable screensaver in Redhat 7.3?

2002-08-16 Thread ABrady
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 23:20:31 -0700 Joe Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I disable the screensaver in Redhat 7.3? I wasn't able to determine where it was started from. I installed it with all (mostly) default choices. I want to do this because I have a hunch that it causes my

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread ABrady
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:31:58 -0700 Rob Emanuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RedHat had to have had reasons for taking it out. Possible incompatibilities? IMHO pointing someone in the direction of a piece of software replaced in the distro is only a good idea after the current (replacement)

RE: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
I think this question is not so easy to answer as it might seem. There have in fact been some problems with LinxConf in the past, but in it's defense I think that was more the case because there have been so many changes in configuration files etc when you build a utility that does as much

7.2 as a router (lousy throughput)

2002-08-16 Thread Rob Emanuele
I've got a dual PII 500MHz as a router in my office. Its running RH7.2 and routing to its heart's content. No filtering, masquerading, etc.; it's just passing internal packets around our subnets. I can only seem to get about 2Mbits/sec. That seems pitiful. I'm using DEC Tulip cards as my

Re: 7.2 as a router (lousy throughput)

2002-08-16 Thread Teodor Georgiev
Intel EtherExpress PRO or 3COM. - Original Message - From: Rob Emanuele [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Redhat-List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 3:04 AM Subject: 7.2 as a router (lousy throughput) I've got a dual PII 500MHz as a router in my office. Its running RH7.2

Re: 7.2 as a router (lousy throughput)

2002-08-16 Thread Brian Ashe
Rob Emanuele, On Friday August 16, 2002 08:04, you said something about: I've got a dual PII 500MHz as a router in my office. Its running RH7.2 and routing to its heart's content. No filtering, masquerading, etc.; it's just passing internal packets around our subnets. I can only seem to

Re: 7.2 as a router (lousy throughput)

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 20:04, Rob Emanuele wrote: I've got a dual PII 500MHz as a router in my office. Its running RH7.2 and routing to its heart's content. No filtering, masquerading, etc.; it's just passing internal packets around our subnets. I can only seem to get about 2Mbits/sec.

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