Re: Minimum Configuration / Hardening

2003-06-26 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
this box (unless you have two NIC's, and the other has an IP but this defeats the purpose a bit). -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // GPG public key: http://www.edespot.com/~amackenz/public.key // veritas nunquam perit // 'Truth never dies' pgp0.pgp Description: PGP

Re: Minimum Configuration / Hardening

2003-06-25 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
'. Fantastic Linux hardening script by Jay Beale. http://www.bastille-linux.org/ -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // GPG public key: http://www.edespot.com/~amackenz/public.key // I have great faith in fools; My friends call it self-confidence. // -- Edgar Allan Poe pgp0

Re: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-19 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
on the roads in whatever country you live in. Why don't we all drive go karts as they would be cheaper and the roads are designed to allow it :) This is as stupid an analogy as one could think of. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // GPG public key: http://www.edespot.com

Re: AOL Now Bouncing DHCP Addresses, Residential Addresses[May Be OT]

2003-06-17 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
running qmail locally, there is a way to direct email destined for a specific domain through another mail server (your upstream providers smtp server comes to mind). Add the following line to /var/qmail/control/smtproutes: aol.com:smtp server upstream Restart qmail and be happy. -- // Andrew

Re: Linux desktop speed - Linux FUD

2003-06-11 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
. rant Among all the high fives and rah-rahing on this list (and other Linux lists I belong to) about Linux vs Windows there are some things most of us would seem to rather ignore. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // GPG public key: http://www.edespot.com/~amackenz

rc.local and shutdown

2003-01-26 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
to actually power-cycle to reboot. Oddly, if I hit ctrl-alt-delete at this point I hear some HDD activity, but nothing seems to happen. I'm not sure where /etc/rc.d/rc.local is executed from, or what is wrong with my shutdown apps... Anybody got any ideas??? -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http

Re: rc.local and shutdown

2003-01-26 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
+++ Bret Hughes [RedHat] [Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 12:00:37PM -0600]: On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 11:32, Andrew MacKenzie wrote: I've got two peculiar problems with my RH 8.0 system that I suspect may be related. 1) /etc/rc.d/rc.local is not executed when the system boots. 2) telinit

Re: lost /dev/cdrom and IRQ probe anomolies -- please help.

2003-01-15 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
to test this on? I could be wrong, and I hope I am... -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // My other car is a cdr. msg102496/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

ATI All-In-Wonder VE issues.

2002-12-28 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
[sr_mod aic7xxx sd_mod] -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Though a program be but three lines long, // someday it will have to be maintained. // -- The Tao of Programming msg100385/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

CD-RW (scsi)

2002-12-12 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
) usbcore77056 1 [pwc hid usb-ohci] ext3 70400 2 jbd52212 2 [ext3] aic7xxx 137140 0 sd_mod 13552 0 (unused) scsi_mod 107144 3 [sg aic7xxx sd_mod] -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com

Re: A couple of kernel questions

2002-12-09 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
-- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Concerned about the viral nature of the GPL? Try this: *Write Your Own // Damn Code* msg98220/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: The rm command and non root users

2002-12-05 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
permissions work. I thought that was what he was doing... It's not like he said he just installed RH over Windows on his company network and was amazed that rm behaved this way. Cut him a little slack. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more

Re: Compiling kernel 2.4.19

2002-11-12 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
for you from that dir). In short: # cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/configs/kernel-2.4.18-athlon.config /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/.config # cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.19 # make oldconfig build as usual I hope this helps. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // My other car is a cdr. msg94674

Re: virtual memory exhausted!?

2002-11-09 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
buffers cached Mem:255408 139640 115768 0 10948 71504 -/+ buffers/cache: 57188 198220 Swap: 851404 0 851404 Did you run this before, during, or after your build? Have you looked at it during your build? -- // Andrew MacKenzie

Re: Syslog Server

2002-11-08 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
/syslog. There may be other places it can be set -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Water, taken in moderation cannot hurt anybody. // -- Mark Twain msg94304/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Monitor log files

2002-11-07 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
if you watch more than one file. logmon /var/log/messages /var/log/secure ... Does syntax highlighting too. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Your system which soared // So freely on gliding wings // now hangs, frozen and blue msg94189/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: complete system backup

2002-11-06 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
by: dd if=myhdd.img of=/dev/hda bs=1024 -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available. // On Unix, I am limited only by my knowledge. // --Peter J. Schoenster msg94003/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Back to gcc 2.96

2002-11-05 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
or 2.96. I usually have trouble with the scsi aicxxx stuff. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Thus spake the master programmer: // After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless. // -- Geoffrey James, The Tao of Programming msg93798/pgp0

Re: Killing an X window app

2002-11-03 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
it. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind // there are few. // --Suzuki-roshi msg93600/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: GCC 2.96 FUD alert

2002-10-31 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
/src/linux-2.4.19/drivers/scsi' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_scsi] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/drivers' make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2 -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Codito, ergo sum msg93329/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to ban someone from running a program

2002-10-31 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
be of much help. I just know that it *can* be done. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // The road to hell is paved with NAND gates. // -- J. Gooding msg93337/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to ban someone from running a program

2002-10-31 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
(MIN) username hard priority 10 What else can I add here? 1 is in minutes? That's an aweful long time... Perhaps you could experiment with shorter periods? 1min of CPU time is quite a bit of time. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Thus spake

Re: Opps (OT)

2002-10-30 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
directed to the list! Too bad it wasn't something more 'saucy'! :-) Nothing to see here, move on.. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. msg93276/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Installing w/ bootnet.img in 8.0 via dhcp/tftp/etherboot

2002-10-30 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
ramdisk image: initrd.img. The boot: prompt appears and I press enter to be greeted with that error. Does this bootnet.img work when used as a floppy? -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // if (argc 1 strcmp(argv[1], -advice) == 0) { // printf(Don't Panic!\n

Re: bash scripting question

2002-10-24 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
test.out rval=`cat $tmpfile`; rm -rf $tmpfile -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Also, the Scots are said to have invented golf. Then they had // to invent Scotch whiskey to take away the pain and frustration. msg92646/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: bash scripting question

2002-10-23 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
--prefix=$1` but it doesn't work. x will be assigned the 'output' of your command. After your command has finished, $? will be assigned the return value of the command. ./configure whatever x=$? Try it on the command line! # ls output # echo $? -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com

Re: procmail question

2002-10-22 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
to be sent *too* the user with the procmail setting though. Perhaps a mailing list would be more appropriate? Or even just have procmail forward to each of the users? -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. msg92522/pgp0.pgp

Re: Security (was: Tripwire)

2002-10-20 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
will log information to. tail -f can be useful, or (plug) a program I wrote called logmon (http://www.edespot.com/plaidhat/code/LogMon). -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand. // -- Chinese Proverb msg92261

Re: Tonight I got hacked.

2002-10-18 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
-- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Your system which soared // So freely on gliding wings // now hangs, frozen and blue msg91952/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Linux as a firewall

2002-10-18 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
/ -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. // - Turkish proverb msg92017/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Security (was: Tripwire)

2002-10-18 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
and monitoring your log files are good habits. Be vigilant. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Sleep: n. slEp // A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine. msg92153/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

RH 8.0 Kernel Compile error.

2002-10-16 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/drivers' make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2 -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering // iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas. msg91622/pgp0.pgp

Re: RH 8.0 Kernel Compile error.

2002-10-16 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
, or either source or destination register must be SFBR. make[2]: *** [sim710_d.h] Error 255 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/drivers/scsi' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_scsi] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/drivers' make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2 -- // Andrew

Re: RPM fake build of package?

2002-10-16 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
believe what you are looking for is 'rpm --justdb'. Just updates the RPM database. -- // Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com // Lend a man a PC and he'll surf for a day. Give a man a PC and you're his // tech support forever. msg91648/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

RE: strange printing behavior

2001-12-10 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
unsubscribe redhat-list winmail.dat