Re: Anti-Virus recommendation(s)?

2002-11-30 Thread nate
Brad Alpert said: > What are the best options for virus scanning under linux? I'd like > something invoked from procmail, the way spamassassin is. > > I'm interested in both server- and client-side solutions and I bet there > are some good ones out there. I prefer server side, the way spamassassi

Re: Newbie Help Request: kernel-source

2002-11-30 Thread Mike Mahanes
Thanks Jim- I downloaded the kerboros package from the site you suggested, unfortunately when I tried to install krb5-lib-1.2.5-6, the error message tells me there is a newer version installed; version 1.2.5-7 came with RH8.0. So, if 1.2.5-7 came with RH8.0, then why does the kernel-source code in

Anti-Virus recommendation(s)?

2002-11-30 Thread Brad Alpert
What are the best options for virus scanning under linux? I'd like something invoked from procmail, the way spamassassin is. I'm interested in both server- and client-side solutions and I bet there are some good ones out there. Brad -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PRO

Re: rpm --rebuild

2002-11-30 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Bo Peng wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 01:06:25PM -0500, R P Herrold wrote: > Wouldn't life be easier if rpm says: > > rpm --rebuild is obsolete. Use rpmbuild instead. > instead of an ice-cold error message (while there are instructions about > 'rpm --rebuild' all over t

Re: Migrating to Evolution

2002-11-30 Thread Anthony Abby
I don't believe you can import directly from .pst to the mbox format evolution uses. However, you can convert from the Outlook .pst format to the Outlook Express format, then import those files. Anthony On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 19:24, Christopher Henderson wrote: > Now that I have my Red Hat 8 ins

aborting command due to timeout: error

2002-11-30 Thread Jim Alexander
I am loading RedHat 8 on an old Dual processor server which only has one Pentium III 450MHz processor, 512MB RAM and on board SCSI ( Adaptec AIC-7896N). RedHat 7 loads and works just fine on the system but with RH 8 it seemed to load just fine but on boot up it would start a loop when trying to fi

Re: Migrating to Evolution

2002-11-30 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
I assume you are using pop3, in place of imap? I hear that, for pop3, if you import your e-mail into netscape first, and then from netscape you can import it into Evolution. Netscape supposidly uses the .mbox file format, as compared to the Outlook way of doing it. Can anyone confirm, that has d

Re: Newbie Help Request: kernel-source

2002-11-30 Thread Jim Webb
It's a kerboros package that you can look for at http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=krb5-lib+%3D+1.2.5-6&submit=Search+... Jim On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 19:12, Mike Mahanes wrote: > I'm trying to install a vpn client on my newly installed RedHat 8 > system. The vpn install script i

PPPoE performance under Linux and BSDs

2002-11-30 Thread Christopher Henderson
http://derbian.org/pppoe/   Very interesting read I thought.   ~Christopher  

Migrating to Evolution

2002-11-30 Thread Christopher Henderson
Now that I have my Red Hat 8 install perfectly stable I'd like to use it as my primary environment.  Currently I check my email under Outlook in Win XP - but without loosing all my mail how would I go about migrating to Evolution?  Is there any way to import my mailboxes?  A converted?   Thn

UPDATE: I HATE my computer!!!

2002-11-30 Thread Christopher Henderson
Alright - I found out what the problem was. FYI my system is a dual-athlon machine with 512 megs of DDR RAM and SCSI HDs. Under RH 8 I was experience stability issues but *not* under Windows XP. So I saw that the DP 2 of FreeBSD 5 was released, downloaded it, installed it and stability there was

Newbie Help Request: kernel-source

2002-11-30 Thread Mike Mahanes
I'm trying to install a vpn client on my newly installed RedHat 8 system. The vpn install script is looking for "Directory containing linux kernel source code". I launched the "package management" tool from the CD and selected "Kernel Development" to install the kernel source code. The tool does

Re: Getright-like?

2002-11-30 Thread Bo Peng
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 09:15:04AM +0800, Edward Dekkers wrote: > > FWIW, I'm a command-line lamer and use either "curl" or "wget" for > > automatic download jobs. sirobot and its gui (name?) is a teleport like (fetch links of a html document) downloader. -- Bo Peng -- redhat-list mailing

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
> > Startup, login as root - ok, login as user - ok, try to login again > > as root - login incorrect... > > > The file /etc/securetty is used as a list of terminals from which > root is allowed to log in. It is possible that some of the tty? > entries are missing or corrupted. You can edit this

redhat 8 UTF-8 problem

2002-11-30 Thread Bo Peng
Hi, After I upgraded to redhat 8, I find that acroread does not work. It gives error message like 'does not support UTF-8' and then core dump. I searched the list archive and changed LANG="en_US.UTF-8" in /etc/sysconfig/i18n to LANG="en_US.ISO-8859-1" and acroread works OK now. However, the

Re: rpm --rebuild

2002-11-30 Thread Mike Burger
You now have to use "rpmbuild" On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Bo Peng wrote: > Hi, > > I just upgraded to redhat 8.0 and need to rebuild some of my own rpms > from source. However, when I use > > rpm --rebuild ... > > I got "unknown option". I could not get all '-b' options either. I > checked my

Re: How do I install if I cant boot from CD

2002-11-30 Thread Mike Burger
There are boot diskette images on the first CD. On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, [ISO-8859-15] Søren Neigaard wrote: > How do I install if I cant boot from CD? Is there a bootdisk I can get > somewhere, and how do I write it to a floppy from Windows XP? -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit th

Re: OT? digital camera support

2002-11-30 Thread SilverWolf
Hi I would not worry about the camera just get one with flash memory and then get a flash reader. I had the same problem solved it all with a flash reader it only cost $27 to read the pics. SilverWolf On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 22:02, gabriel wrote: > i'm looking at purchasing a new digital c

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread Tom Pollerman
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 12:01:42 -0600 "lrnobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, when you are logged in as root issue the passwd command and > > recreate your password. This may reset it and fix your problem. > > I changed the password but the failure still exists. I also used > another keyboa

Re: rpm --rebuild

2002-11-30 Thread Bo Peng
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 01:06:25PM -0500, R P Herrold wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Josep M. wrote: > > Use : "rpmbuild -ba " ,now is in rpmbuild,yes,changed without notice!%/$/ > rpmbuild "changed without notice!%/$/" ? Wouldn't life be easier if rpm says: rpm --rebuild is obsolete. Use r

qmail+squirelmail+vmailmgr problem

2002-11-30 Thread cotty
I recently installed teh qvcs package (squirelmail+vmailmgr+qmail) on a redhat 7.3 box, but I have problems to sending email to some domains (for instance xnet.ro) to which another mail-server on the same network (based on debian/exim) has no problem in sending mail. Can anyone help me ?? -- r

qmail+vmailmgr+squirelmail

2002-11-30 Thread cotty
I recently installed teh qvcs package (squirelmail+vmailmgr+qmail) on a redhat 7.3 box, but I have problems to sending email to some domains (for instance xnet.ro) to which another mail-server on the same network (based on debian/exim) has no problem in sending mail. Can anyone help me ?? -- r

qmail+vmailmgr+squirelmail

2002-11-30 Thread cotty
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SquirrelMail

2002-11-30 Thread Nicholas Marsh
I've been trying to get this to work for a week. The problem is with SquirrelMail version 1.2.7. Error Message: You must be logged in to access this page. It looks like lots of people have the problem but I can't seem to find a CLEAR solution. Any help? Thanks! nick marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
> The work-around for this is to never login as root. You can always 'su' > into root status from a normal user account. This is done with the su > command, and enter the root's password. su doesn't work either. Has this ever happened to anyone besides me? Thanks, Larry Nobs > > There are l

Re: Changing "localhost.localdomain"

2002-11-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I am a newbie. This thread raises the following question: Has /etc/hosts got to do with this? Hope someone can explain. Ciao, Pepijn. -- http://surf.to/feps Manuel Camacho wrote: I manually changed /etc/sysconfig/network. Now I log and I have "MyComputer" as hostname. BUT, when I try to

Re: Newbie Questions on new install - firewall protection

2002-11-30 Thread Gary
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 11:49:44AM -0600 or thereabouts, lrnobs wrote: > > What kind of router did you buy? Most routers now come with a built-in > > firewall, that will block everything automatically coming in. This is > > typical for syslink, netgear, d-link, etc. This provides full protection

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
The work-around for this is to never login as root. You can always 'su' into root status from a normal user account. This is done with the su command, and enter the root's password. There are logs in the directory /var/log -Jon On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 13:01, lrnobs wrote: > > First, when you are

Re: rpm --rebuild

2002-11-30 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Josep M. wrote: > Use : "rpmbuild -ba " ,now is in rpmbuild,yes,changed without notice!%/$/ rpmbuild "changed without notice!%/$/" ? It had a 30 month phase-in. The matter was noted when it first appeared -- rpm-3.0.4 (March 2000); became preferred at rpm-4.0.3 (Devember

Re: Newbie Questions - root password does not work

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
> First, when you are logged in as root issue the passwd command and > recreate your password. This may reset it and fix your problem. I changed the password but the failure still exists. I also used another keyboard with no success. Startup, login as root - ok, login as user - ok, try to login

Re: rpm --rebuild

2002-11-30 Thread ABrady
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 11:33:53 -0600 Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just upgraded to redhat 8.0 and need to rebuild some of my own rpms > from source. However, when I use > > rpm --rebuild ... > > I got "unknown option". I could not get all '-b' options either. I > checked m

Re: Newbie Questions on new install - firewall protection

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
> > Also, I have assigned a static 192.168.0.NNN to this pc and I am behind a > > router I bought for my DSL. My pc itself does not have a firewall yet. I > > > Can my pc still be hacked at this point? > > What kind of router did you buy? Most routers now come with a built-in > firewall, that wil

Re: rpm --rebuild

2002-11-30 Thread Josep M.
Hi! Use : "rpmbuild -ba " ,now is in rpmbuild,yes,changed without notice!%/$/ Josep Begin of Quote Bo Peng : >Hi, > >I just upgraded to redhat 8.0 and need to rebuild some of my own rpms >from source. However, when I use > > rpm --rebuild ... > >I got "unknown option". I could not get all '-

Re: Newbie Questions on new install

2002-11-30 Thread Gary
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:51:56AM -0600 or thereabouts, lrnobs wrote: > Also, I have assigned a static 192.168.0.NNN to this pc and I am behind a > router I bought for my DSL. My pc itself does not have a firewall yet. I > Can my pc still be hacked at this point? What kind of router did you

rpm --rebuild

2002-11-30 Thread Bo Peng
Hi, I just upgraded to redhat 8.0 and need to rebuild some of my own rpms from source. However, when I use rpm --rebuild ... I got "unknown option". I could not get all '-b' options either. I checked my rpm but it is the newest version 4.1, I also installed rpm-devel, rpm-build but none o

Re: Why No Christmas Promo?

2002-11-30 Thread Gerry Doris
On 29 Nov 2002, Dr. David M. Colburn wrote: > Am headed out to purchase RH8 at CompUSA today and noticed that there is > no sale promo. > > It seems odd that a company interested in enlarging its market share > would not authorize retailers to give some sort of holiday discount, 10% > off, $5. or

make of ethereal 0.9.7 shuts down computer

2002-11-30 Thread Patrick
Hi, i can't get ethereal back installed every time i type make my compter just stops after a while, just if you would unplug the kable. Patrick -- Kennis in een databank is als eten in een diepvries: Niets komt er beter uit dan het er in ging! --

Re: Newbie Questions on new install

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
Thanks, I'll try this as soon as my apt upgrade is done. Also, I have assigned a static 192.168.0.NNN to this pc and I am behind a router I bought for my DSL. My pc itself does not have a firewall yet. I want to use the iptables and my last try at setting up a server had ipchains automatically in

Re: Newbie Questions on new install

2002-11-30 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
First, when you are logged in as root issue the passwd command and recreate your password. This may reset it and fix your problem. Second, the reason you have mail is more than likely because of errors on your system. This is local mail, not mail from an external mail server. To access your mai

Newbie Questions on new install

2002-11-30 Thread lrnobs
I am installing RH 7.3. I had a problem of the root password not working. I found information on how to delete then recreate the root password. I did that and it worked. Now, if I login as a user, then try to login as root the root password does not work, but if I power off the computer and rest

Re: what's IBM's linux/AIX strategy these days?

2002-11-30 Thread Bret Hughes
On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 08:42, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > on short notice, i need any pointers i can get on > IBM's long-term corporate strategy on AIX versus linux. > as in, is AIX eventually going to be replaced by linux? > pointers to web sites gratefully accepted. > Only the obvious comes t

RE: Samba

2002-11-30 Thread Rigler, S C (Steve)
It depends what you need to get and how often you need access to it. One option that comes to mind is scp or sftp. -Steve -Original Message- From: Joseph A Nagy Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Samba Rigler, S C

what's IBM's linux/AIX strategy these days?

2002-11-30 Thread Robert P. J. Day
on short notice, i need any pointers i can get on IBM's long-term corporate strategy on AIX versus linux. as in, is AIX eventually going to be replaced by linux? pointers to web sites gratefully accepted. rday Robert P. J. Day, RHCE, RHCI Eno River Technologies, Chapel Hill NC Unix, Linux and

Re: How do I install if I cant boot from CD

2002-11-30 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/install-guide/s1-steps-install-cdrom.html#S2-STEPS-MAKE-DISKS Enjoy :) -Jon On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 09:06, Søren Neigaard wrote: > How do I install if I cant boot from CD? Is there a bootdisk I can get > somewhere, and how do I write it to a

How do I install if I cant boot from CD

2002-11-30 Thread Søren Neigaard
How do I install if I cant boot from CD? Is there a bootdisk I can get somewhere, and how do I write it to a floppy from Windows XP? -- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards, Søren Neigaard mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In

gnome apps and automounting

2002-11-30 Thread David Holden
Hi, I automount my home directory, e.g. from /export/home/xx I see my home as /home/xx Now when I start certain gnome apps in my home directory /home/xx, e.g. galeon, they seem to search for pixmaps/png files in several places, one of which is ../, i.e. /home/. for example strace gives for one