JLQ : db4 error (-30979) after rhn up2date ?

2002-12-13 Thread Jerry Queirolo
I just brought my seawolf (7.1) system up2date, but after finishing I'm seeing : # rpmdb: Suspiciously high nelem of 4294967295 on page 0 error: db4 error(-30979) from db->verify: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed Do I need to rebuild my rpm database, and if so, can someone tickle my me

Re: Errata Schedule

2002-12-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 20:56, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 15:57, Rick Johnson wrote: > > > > https://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ > > > > That Red Hat is announcing an "end of life" to each of their versions as far > > as Errata support is concerned. > ... > > ~ Red Hat L

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread mklinke
On Saturday 14 December 2002 03:43, Ben Russo wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 16:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The latest 7.3 openssh package is 3.1p1-6 > make sure the redhat mirror you are using has the latest. > The 3.1p1-x, the 'X' part is the epoch number which according to redhat > outweig

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Michael A. Peters
As a future hardware OEM that will be pre-installing Linux I can say that this feature of Red Hat is EXACTLY why I really think we will OEM Red Hat with our systems. Applying the patches to the version of the package that shipped with their distro is the best and proper way to do it. It really is.

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Ben Russo
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 16:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > well I guess this is a little confusing too. The redhat download centers > show for RH 7.3 the file: > > openssh-3.1p1-3.i386.rpm 213 KB 04/17/2002 12:00:00 AM > > and for RH 8.0 the file: > > openssh-3.4p1-2.i386.rpm 213 KB 0

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread mklinke
Thanks, I find that a bit disheartening in that it means I can't trust the errata page to accurately reflect the status of the software at any time in the past. Any of the updates listed there could have been placed there at any time prior to today. I also just visited one of the mirror site

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread mklinke
Hello Mathew, After more or less hi-jacking your thread (sorry about that) I guess I'm coming slowly to the conclusion that the source tarball may be the surest way to know that you are, and keep, up-to-date. Thanks for bringing it up, it's been very instructive for me. Regards, Mike Klinke

Re: Errata Schedule

2002-12-13 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 15:57, Rick Johnson wrote: > > https://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ > > That Red Hat is announcing an "end of life" to each of their versions as far > as Errata support is concerned. ... > ~ Red Hat Linux 7.3 (Valhalla)December 31, 2003 All other dates aside

Re: DHCP Server?

2002-12-13 Thread Compu Ant
Bridging is the same as "IP Forwarding" in Microsoft world (and not only in Microsoft)! - Original Message - From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 6:57 AM Subject: Re: DHCP Server? > The Windows system has to be set up as a bridg

Shell Scripting (IF within FOR?)

2002-12-13 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Theoretically, in my head, this ought to function, however I wanted to run it past by some of the shell guru's on here, see if anyone spots any logistical problems with this. I'm trying to run a particular command several time (it's a backup script, using cp/rsync). First, the script rena

Re: ipconfig

2002-12-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 19:28, Buck wrote: > Howdee to all list members: > > I am very new to Linux. In fact, as of Monday I had not as much > as seen a computer running Linux. Tuesday I took up installing and > learning Linux. I downloaded Red Hat 8.0 from the internet and made > CD-ROMS a

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 18:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > That's the only explanation I can think of that makes any sense. I wonder > what the date represents?? > > Do you know if the apache entry in the errata pages was also updated sometime > in the past 48 hours? I think so. I recall seei

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread mklinke
That's the only explanation I can think of that makes any sense. I wonder what the date represents?? Do you know if the apache entry in the errata pages was also updated sometime in the past 48 hours? If so, I'll add a note to my little, er, growing update procedure to not trust the errata p

RE: Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread chadd
most (many) ISA modems are not "winmodems". I have a USR and a Viking that are internal non-winmodems. Good luck finding many systems nowdays that have even 1 isa slot though. c -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Radu Popa Sent: Friday, Dec

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 16:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >From my up2date log: > [Fri Dec 13 17:19:38 2002] up2date new up2date run started > [Fri Dec 13 17:22:33 2002] up2date installing packages: ['apache-1.3.27-2', > 'mm-1.1.3-11', 'mm-devel-1.1.3-11', 'wget-1.8.2-4.73'] > > and the errata pag

Re: DEFCON authenticator/Biometric authenticator

2002-12-13 Thread Yoink!
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, estero wrote: > Hi, I was thinking of getting the DEFCON authenticator for my boyfriend. > I was wondering if there is anything that will make it run nicely on > linux? Its only compatible with Windows. Are you sure it really "works" there? http://www.extremetech.com/article

ipconfig

2002-12-13 Thread Buck
Howdee to all list members: I am very new to Linux. In fact, as of Monday I had not as much as seen a computer running Linux. Tuesday I took up installing and learning Linux. I downloaded Red Hat 8.0 from the internet and made CD-ROMS and practiced installing it in different configurati

Mounting Iomega Zip250 - not supported ???

2002-12-13 Thread achana
Hi. Further to my saga of (re) mounting an iomega zip250 that I have been using, I searched Iomega site, and the site docu says Iomega does not support Linux for the zip250. Unless I have been hallucinating with my backups for a year or there is something fishy here... -- redhat-list mailing li

Mounting Iomega ZIP250 on Friday 13th ... eek IRQ conflict

2002-12-13 Thread achana
I have been working with the USB drive on Redhat 7.1 (2.4.2-2) for a year and I am happy with it until this morning. I disconnected it and used it on a laptop (W98). In the meantime the Linux box was rebooted. When I plugged the USB Iomega into linux again, and tried mounting it with : # mount -t -

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread mklinke
Hello Gordon, On Friday 13 December 2002 23:07, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > Actually, the errata you were offered "today" were new. There is not > yet an entry in the errata list for the packages you were offered. > > Up2date will always have the latest errata when they're released. Today, via t

Re: Browsers

2002-12-13 Thread Jivan M
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 02:13:52PM -0400, Ted Gervais wrote: > > I want to use Netscape as my default browser and wonder where I tell RH8.0 > to make the change. > I have been snooping around through Netscape and of course there is nothing > there. > > Any thoughts fellows..?? For the best way

Re: named refused query?

2002-12-13 Thread Gary
Hi Ashley, On Friday, December 13, 2002, 6:19 PM, you put forth, in part, about "named refused query?": A> Lately I'm seeing a lot of these messages pop up in my server log. A> Anyone know why? A> named[416]: refused query on non-query socket from [207.14.100.134].53 A google search comes

named refused query?

2002-12-13 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Lately I'm seeing a lot of these messages pop up in my server log. Anyone know why? named[416]: refused query on non-query socket from [207.14.100.134].53 -- W | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. +

Errata Schedule

2002-12-13 Thread Rick Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Noticed today on: https://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ That Red Hat is announcing an "end of life" to each of their versions as far as Errata support is concerned. Excerpt: + Red Hat Linux Advanced Server -- Red Hat will provide

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 10:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Matthew's note did bring something to my attention that I didn't realize. > Chuck's response below which included the links to the errata pages was > interesting in that I see the RH 7.3 Apache update is dated 11-25 on the > page. I se

Re: RH ftp mirrors

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Hartung
Bret, Thanks! Should have thought of looking there! Duh! Bob Bret Hughes wrote: On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 16:07, Bob Hartung wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to ftp into the RH site and it is S-o-o-o-w that I tried sunsite and the RH directory under distributions is empty. Is there an up-t

Re: DSL Modems Recommendations?

2002-12-13 Thread swhatley
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:22:22 - "Andy Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Can anyone recommed a DSL modem (pref USB) available in the UK to run on >RH8? I would *not* recommend a USB DSL modem especially if you plan to use it with Linux. It is so much easier to configure an Ethernet NIC than a

Re: RH ftp mirrors

2002-12-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 16:07, Bob Hartung wrote: > Hi all, >I'm trying to ftp into the RH site and it is S-o-o-o-w that I tried > sunsite and the RH directory under distributions is empty. Is there an > up-to-date RH mirror available? > redhat.com/mirrors shows lots of them even one in Tuls

RH ftp mirrors

2002-12-13 Thread Bob Hartung
Hi all, I'm trying to ftp into the RH site and it is S-o-o-o-w that I tried sunsite and the RH directory under distributions is empty. Is there an up-to-date RH mirror available? Does anyone else have an trouble with the speed of the RH site? TIA Bob -- redhat-list mailing list unsub

Mounting USB Iomega ZIP250

2002-12-13 Thread achana
Hi! I have been working with the USB drive on Redhat 7.1 (2.4.2-2) for a year and I am happy with it until this morning. I disconnected it and used it on a laptop (W98). In the meantime the Linux box was rebooted. When I plugged the USB Iomega into linux again, and tried mounting it with : # mount

RH 8.0 apache 2.0.40 upgrade to 2.0.43

2002-12-13 Thread Peter
I compiled and installed Apache 2.0.43 into a different directory from 2.0.40 and when I go into the 2.0.43 directory and enter httpd start OR apacehctl start it starts version 2.0.40. 1. How can uninstall 2.0.40 and 2.0.43 completely and install again? OR 2. How can I get 2.0.43 running? (I alr

RE: DSL Modems Recommendations?

2002-12-13 Thread fluke
I don't think DirecTV DSL was ever available in the UK. I also had their service and the gateway did work fine with Linux. The actual reliablity of the service and availablity of their technical support was a complettely different matter. Btw, being complette jerks to their customers seems to ha

radius/wireless

2002-12-13 Thread Simpson, Doug
Has anyone setup a radius with a wireless access point. I have a 3com 8000 access point and a Cistron Radius. It has been a while since I worked with the radius, but I do not see a dictionary.3com in the raddb directory. Do I need this to get the access point and the radius to work. Maybe I sho

RE: DSL Modems Recommendations?

2002-12-13 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've had good luck with directv (used to be telocity) I am running ADSL (800k downstream, 200k upstream). They supply th modem. Costs $49.99 a month. Check out http://www.directvinternet.com - -Tom - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:11:36 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chuck, > > I don't intend to beat on you but perhaps you can shed some light on > what to me is very confusing about the way RH is handling the security > fixes. > > I guess it would be

Re: DSL Modems Recommendations?

2002-12-13 Thread fluke
There are many "flavors" of xDSL (ADSL, SDSL, RDSL, etc.). Whatever DSL gateway or bridge model someone recommends may or may not work with the flavor you end up subscribing to. It is preferable to find a DSL provider that claims to support Linux. It is also usually easier to find an ether

Re: Browsers

2002-12-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For RH7.3 click your Gnome menu PROGRAMS>SETTINGS>DOCUMENT HANDLERS> URL HANDLERS Should be something similar in 8.0, I guess. gl Pepijn Randy Williams wrote: Greetings, I just did this a few nights ago, but the only thing I can remember is that you could right click on the icon, select prop

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread mklinke
Chuck, I don't intend to beat on you but perhaps you can shed some light on what to me is very confusing about the way RH is handling the security fixes. I guess it would be fair to say, at least in my case, that I unnecessarily updated my openssh using the tarball at openssh.org to 3.5p1. Wha

RE: KDE vs Gnome

2002-12-13 Thread Jody Cleveland
> If you need a GUI filemanager, turn off Nautilus and use GMC. I didn't realize gmc was gui. Is it the same as the one you see when you type in mc at a command line? Jody -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/

Re: DSL Modems Recommendations?

2002-12-13 Thread Joe Polk
Can't think of any brands but if you specify that you want an Ethernet DSL modem, you should be fine. <> -- Original Message --- From: "Andy Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:22:22 - Subject: DSL Modems Recommendations? > Can anyone

RE: DSL Modems Recommendations?

2002-12-13 Thread Terry Hobart
I have no idea what is available in the UK but at my house I have an Alcatel 1000. The phone company gave it to me with my DSL. It plugs into the phone jack (the filtered one) and my Ethernet card plugs into it - no dirvers for the modem at all. It has been fairly reliable. If I had the choice I wo

Re: Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread -Taylor -
-I'm looking at "crossing over" from Mandrake to RedHat; but I have a -few questions: - -1. I've already installed Mandrake, and would like to install RedHat -over it. Can this be done? - -2. Is OpenOffice compatable with MS Office? Star Office? - -3. I read somewhere (a LONG time ago) tha

Re: Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread abbey
On Friday 13 December 2002 01:30 pm, you wrote: > There are two ways to set up printing for linux -- CUPS and LPR.  Do NOT > worry about it though.  Just looks at Redhat's hardware compaitibility > and use the gui to set up the printer.  As long as you confirm here: > > http://hardware.redhat.com/h

hp302 ATA133 controller problems

2002-12-13 Thread Douglas, Stuart
Title: hp302 ATA133 controller problems Hello all, I'm new to Linux, hence my post.  :) I'm retro-fitting some legacy PCs to serve as syslog servers at some of my offices.  I'm using HighPoint Technology Rocket 133 ATA/133 controller cards to get around the 8 GB BIOS limit (AMI BIOS 2.0 o

RE: Browsers

2002-12-13 Thread Randy Williams
Greetings, I just did this a few nights ago, but the only thing I can remember is that you could right click on the icon, select properties, and change the command from "htmlview %u" to "opera %u" and it should work if your PATH is set up right. Although I'm sure that there is a better way to do

Re: Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread Ben Russo
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 13:29, Andre Stevens wrote: > I'm looking at "crossing over" from Mandrake to RedHat; but I have a > few questions: > > 1. I've already installed Mandrake, and would like to install RedHat > over it. Can this be done? If Mandrake is working for you why bother switching? They

Re: Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread Andre Stevens
Thank you to everyon who responded to my inquiries. Your help is much appreciated. Andre--Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

RE: Red Hat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread redhat
With 8.0, it installed the auto-update thingy that found a new kernel as well as many other updates. I don't know how long 8.0 has been released, but I downloaded mine from the website and never paid a dime to Red Hat. I imagine if they are too slow on releasing bug fix, maybe we should pay them

DSL Modems Recommendations?

2002-12-13 Thread Andy Kirk
Can anyone recommed a DSL modem (pref USB) available in the UK to run on RH8? Thanks -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread Johnathan Bailes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 13:41, Joe Polk wrote: > -- Original Message --- > From: Andre Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:29:46 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Newbie Question(s) > > > I'm looking at "crossing over" from Mandrake to RedHat; but I h

Re: Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread Radu Popa
I have tried several winmodems in Linux. I've used Motorola SM56, Genius (Lucent) and Conexant (HCF, if I remember right). All of them worked quite well, but as Joe said, you cannot compare them with external modems, which are much better. - Original Message - From: "Joe Polk" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Seeking Redhat version differences from 5.2 to 8.0

2002-12-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 11:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am wondering if there is a resource available that provides lists of the > differences/changes of each Redhat version/release from the previous one. > > I would like to start with Redhat 5.2 and go up to 8.0, and read about the > changes th

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Kent Borg
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:54:43AM -0600, David van Hoose wrote: > I find it kind of iritating that RH just released an update for KDE > 3.0.3 instead of releasing 3.0.5 which had the same fixes. Some > programs should be tested, but others are already being tested and > fixed on a daily basis. No

Re: Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread Joe Polk
I would think as a Mandrake user some of these questions would be apparent. Nevertheless... Loading RH over Mandrake would be a mistake. Star Office and Open Office are largely compatible with MS Office, but be aware that many custom tweaks may not transfer. External modems are always preferred b

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Michael Schwendt enscribed the following: MS>I don't think they like the idea of out-sourcing their QA into the MS>community. ;) Yup... which would, without doubt, raise a whole new set of problems and associated complaints! ;-)

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Terry Moore-Read enscribed the following: TM>Actually they are mainly backporting patches from the newer versions TM>to the versions in the current redhat release so most of the time the TM>new release is already fixed. The reaso

DEFCON authenticator/Biometric authenticator

2002-12-13 Thread estero
Hi, I was thinking of getting the DEFCON authenticator for my boyfriend. I was wondering if there is anything that will make it run nicely on linux? Its only compatible with Windows. thanks ~estero _ I B I Z A in your Box! Get

Re: Seeking Redhat version differences from 5.2 to 8.0

2002-12-13 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:26:44 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am wondering if there is a resource available that provides lists of > the differences/changes of each Redhat version/release from the > previous one. No, because it would boil down to

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Bret Hughes enscribed the following: BH>On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 10:25, Chuck Mead wrote: BH>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- BH>> Hash: SHA1 BH>> BH>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Matthew Boeckman enscribed the following: BH>> BH>> MB

Serial port connection dump / MP3 mobile player

2002-12-13 Thread Radu Popa
Hi! Is there a way I could dump all the information that is coming to a serial port into a file, so after that I could rearange it? And where I should modify the settings for the port? (baud rate, parity, etc...) Also is there any one who built a car mp3-player with a LCD display and keypad? Th

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 11:54, David van Hoose wrote: > You are not alone. > I sent RedHat a message addressing the issue about how they are > releasing older packages with their set of security fixes rather than > helping patch the program's CVS so that ALL of the newer versions of the > program

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:54:43 -0600, David van Hoose wrote: > I sent RedHat a message addressing the issue about how they are > releasing older packages with their set of security fixes This is good. Backporting security fixes doesn't have the side-

microsoft, india and some out-and-out bribery

2002-12-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
an amusing followup to that recent thread on microsoft and bri... uh, donations in india, a recent link at linuxtoday.com describes how microsoft is negotiating to (take a deep breath here) *share* the source code to windows with government officials in india. of course, this "sharing" will b

Newbie Question(s)

2002-12-13 Thread Andre Stevens
I'm looking at "crossing over" from Mandrake to RedHat; but I have a few questions: 1. I've already installed Mandrake, and would like to install RedHat over it. Can this be done? 2. Is OpenOffice compatable with MS Office? Star Office? 3. I read somewhere (a LONG time ago) that Linux requi

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Terry Moore-Read
Actually they are mainly backporting patches from the newer versions to the versions in the current redhat release so most of the time the new release is already fixed.  The reasoning behind this is to keep the release feature stable while keeping up with security & bug fixes.     Terry Moor

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 10:25, Chuck Mead wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Matthew Boeckman enscribed the following: > > MB>> Are you sure that they're not addresing the issues? *My* understanding is > MB>> that, in most cases, the security patches

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Ben Russo
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 12:54, David van Hoose wrote: > You are not alone. > I sent RedHat a message addressing the issue about how they are > releasing older packages with their set of security fixes rather than > helping patch the program's CVS so that ALL of the newer versions of the > program

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread mklinke
Matthew's note did bring something to my attention that I didn't realize. Chuck's response below which included the links to the errata pages was interesting in that I see the RH 7.3 Apache update is dated 11-25 on the page. I seldom visit this page unless it's for a special reason as I tend

Browsers

2002-12-13 Thread Ted Gervais
I want to use Netscape as my default browser and wonder where I tell RH8.0 to make the change. I have been snooping around through Netscape and of course there is nothing there. Any thoughts fellows..?? --- Ted Gervais, Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, Canada -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe

Re: Seeking Redhat version differences from 5.2 to 8.0

2002-12-13 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 11:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where might I find the Changelog specific to each RH version differences? > > I did a "find" on my 5.2 system and see changelogs for several different > applications/utilities, but nothing specific to the differences in the RH > release from

LDAP and pam_mkhomedir.so

2002-12-13 Thread Jeff Bearer
I can't get pam_mkhomedir.so to make home directories. It appears simple to setup, I've followed the directions I've found online and I can't get it to create the directory. I've added this entry to /etc/pam.d/login" session required/lib/security/pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=0222

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread David van Hoose
You are not alone. I sent RedHat a message addressing the issue about how they are releasing older packages with their set of security fixes rather than helping patch the program's CVS so that ALL of the newer versions of the program will be patched. I find that RedHat is in essence pulling a M

Re: Seeking Redhat version differences from 5.2 to 8.0

2002-12-13 Thread Greg . Larramore
Where might I find the Changelog specific to each RH version differences? I did a "find" on my 5.2 system and see changelogs for several different applications/utilities, but nothing specific to the differences in the RH release from the previous one. Thanks. Joseph A Nagy Jr <[EMAIL PROTE

CUPS web administration

2002-12-13 Thread Radu Popa
Hi! I have a slight problem with CUPS. I cannot acces it through web interface and I get the following error: "You are not authorized to view this page". Is there any speciffic setting to be done in cupsd.conf? Thank you! PS Sorry for sending html first -- redhat-list mailing list uns

RE: CUPS web administration

2002-12-13 Thread Jason Staudenmayer
Title: Message cups.conf set the address for allow/deny Allow >From xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx   Same for   -Original Message-From: Radu Popa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 12:30 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: CUPS web administration Hi!   I hav

Re: Seeking Redhat version differences from 5.2 to 8.0

2002-12-13 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 11:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am wondering if there is a resource available that provides lists of the > differences/changes of each Redhat version/release from the previous one. > > I would like to start with Redhat 5.2 and go up to 8.0, and read about the > changes th

CUPS web administration

2002-12-13 Thread Radu Popa
Hi!   I have a slight problem with CUPS. I cannot acces it through web interface and I get the following error: "You are not authorized to view this page".   Is there any speciffic setting to be done in cupsd.conf?     Thank you!  

Seeking Redhat version differences from 5.2 to 8.0

2002-12-13 Thread Greg . Larramore
I am wondering if there is a resource available that provides lists of the differences/changes of each Redhat version/release from the previous one. I would like to start with Redhat 5.2 and go up to 8.0, and read about the changes that were implemented with each new release. Is this information

Piranha

2002-12-13 Thread Mustapha Hadim
Hi Redhat list, May be this is not the right list to post my question, however may be someone can help us. I have configured a Piranha cluster under Redhat Linux 7.3. I would like to implement a new scheduling algorithm, that takes into account the CPU, memory and network state. I have downloaded

RE: AAaahhh Crap! (Chapter 2)

2002-12-13 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Burke, Thomas G. enscribed the following: BTG>Yes, I did that. Interestingly, lilo does not work until I mount up BTG>my / & /usr partitions & chroot the / partition. /sbin/lilo -r - -r root-directory Before doing

Re: statically linked binary is stripped when building rpm

2002-12-13 Thread Chris Rouch
On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 17:06, Marius Andreiana wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to make a rpm on RedHat 8.0 with race ( > http://race.sourceforge.net/ ). I've downloaded the compiled version. > > Everything goes fine, but the final rpm has a binary executable of 92 > bytes instead of the original 800k.

RE: AAaahhh Crap! (Chapter 2)

2002-12-13 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes, I did that. Interestingly, lilo does not work until I mount up my / & /usr partitions & chroot the / partition. - -Original Message- From: Rick Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Matthew Boeckman enscribed the following: MB>> Are you sure that they're not addresing the issues? *My* understanding is MB>> that, in most cases, the security patches are applied to the version of MB>> the app currently being

Re: AAaahhh Crap! (Chapter 2)

2002-12-13 Thread Rick Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Burke, Thomas G. wrote: | I've been researching, and I believe you are correct. I'll try it | tonight & hope the system comes back. If not, I guess it's a | reinstall (glad I've got some backups!) | | -Original Message- | From: Emmanuel Seyma

RE: Samba vs. WIndows XP

2002-12-13 Thread James Francis
> -Original Message- > From: Linux Admin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 8:35 PM > To: Redhat List > Subject: Samba vs. WIndows XP > > > I am trying to access a Samba share from a Windows XP PC. The share is > configured with SHARE security mode. Guest acces

Re: LPI or RHCE?

2002-12-13 Thread Ben Russo
All points well taken, I wasn't trying to draw absolutes, just generalities. I was trying to say that there are plenty of people I would trust the operation of my employers enterprise LINUX server infrastructure with confidence, whom I am sure could not pass the RHCE if they just walked in to

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 09:40, Matthew Boeckman wrote: > > > > Are you sure that they're not addresing the issues? *My* understanding is > > that, in most cases, the security patches are applied to the version of > > the app currently being distributed by RH. This was certainly true with > > re

RE: Only static IPs works, DHCP hangs ..... It works now.

2002-12-13 Thread James Francis
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 7:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Only static IPs works, DHCP hangs . It works now. > > > Thank you to all who sent responses. The culprit, besides my > ignorance, wa

Re: redhat-list digest, Vol 1 #6120 - 15 msgs

2002-12-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 08:37, CM Miller wrote: > > Thanks for the help, it worked. > > I am confused, why does it work under /etc/crontab and > not under /etc/cron.daily? > > -Chris > cron.hourly daily weekly monthly are just convenience dirs that are not really part of cron but simply use

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Matthew Boeckman
Are you sure that they're not addresing the issues? *My* understanding is that, in most cases, the security patches are applied to the version of the app currently being distributed by RH. This was certainly true with regard to the OpenSSH bugs, and I'm fairly sure that philosophy is true wi

Re: RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Mike Burger
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Matthew Boeckman wrote: > I'm a little disturbed by something I'm seeing with the way that RH > manages RPM security updates. It's almost microsoftian they way they are > tending to take weeks or months to address critical security holes. > > For example, the recent Apache<

Pb with fonts under RedHat 8.0 and KDE 3.0.5

2002-12-13 Thread Christian Roche
Hello, after having upgraded my system to RedHat 8.0 + KDE 3.0.5 I'm having lots of problems with fonts: - No Adobe fonts appear in the KDE font control module anymore, although the module insists on using "Helvetica 12" for window titles. - The fonts used by KDE applications (Luxi Sans I gues

GRUB command help for a n00b

2002-12-13 Thread Douglas, Stuart
Title: GRUB command help for a n00b Hi all! I'm retro-fitting some legacy PCs with HighPoint Technology ATA133 controllers and have run into a problem with the AMI mainboard systems (Microstar MS-6117 BIOS upgraded to v2.0).  I'm installing RH8.0 directly to the drive on this controller, an

Re: Good, least expensive Fiber GigE?

2002-12-13 Thread Eric Sisler
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 11:39, Henderson, TL Todd wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions for a good, reasonably inexpensive > Fiber GigE card for RedHat 8.0? We've been using the NetGear GA620 1000Base SX for some time (acenic driver). They haven't given us any problems and were, IIRC, middle o

RedHat, RPMS, and updates

2002-12-13 Thread Matthew Boeckman
I'm a little disturbed by something I'm seeing with the way that RH manages RPM security updates. It's almost microsoftian they way they are tending to take weeks or months to address critical security holes. For example, the recent Apache<1.3.27 shared memory exploit, originally announced Aug

RE: AAaahhh Crap! (Chapter 2)

2002-12-13 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been researching, and I believe you are correct. I'll try it tonight & hope the system comes back. If not, I guess it's a reinstall (glad I've got some backups!) - -Original Message- From: Emmanuel Seyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent

Using shell "/bin/true"

2002-12-13 Thread Kailesh MUSSAI
Hello, I would like user guest with shell /bin/true to login to X such that he/she can only run netscape. I really need that user not to have any shell access. On Red Hat 7.2, I set guest'

Re: DHCP Server?

2002-12-13 Thread Mike Burger
The Windows system has to be set up as a bridge, so that all traffic is sent over. On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Compu Ant wrote: > Hi! > I have two subnets 10.10.2.0 and 10.10.3.0 > Linux Server on 10.10.2.0 and it's configured that I can ping other subnet > computers and vice-versa. > Router is done by

RE: Only static IPs works, DHCP hangs .....

2002-12-13 Thread Michael Turner
Cameron you said: I run a dhcp client (dhcpcd) on eth1 to get the setup from my ISP, but I also run a dhcp server on eth0 (internal) to give the other local machines info about gateway, DNS, etc. I was wondering how I could let the other computers know that information without having to do it

Re: AAaahhh Crap! (Chapter 2)

2002-12-13 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 06:15:21AM -0800, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > > Can anybody tell me how to get boot.b back, or am going to have to > reinstall? [seyman@munshine seyman]$ rpm -qf /boot/boot.b lilo-21.4.4-14 Re-install lilo? Emmanuel -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:

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