Re: covert dos format ascii file to unix format

2000-12-05 Thread Kelly Scroggins
Open the file in vi and set it to save the file in unix format like this : :set ff=unix Then save the file like this : :w kelly Quoting Eric Sisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Bob Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, > Is there a utility to convert a basic dos ascii file to

Re: sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly Scroggins
that was it. I thought I checked that. But I guess I overlooked it. Thanks, kelly Quoting Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: What are your permissions on /etc ? These are mine. indicating write only by owner no group no others. drwxr-xr-x 48 root root 4096 Nov 29 17:48 etc

sendmail error

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly Scroggins
I'm having a problem sending mail *>OUT<* of my Linux box. Recieving mail works very well. This problem just 'suddenly' appeared a month or two ago. Everything worked very well for several months. The Linux box is Red Hat 6.1, stock kernel, and the email client is Mutt 1.0pre3us. The erro

Re: Secure vs insecure installs

2000-11-30 Thread Kelly Scroggins
I have a related question but I first need to provide a little background. Please read on. I've been using an opendoc book called "Securing and Optimizing Linux : Red Hat Edition". I've followed the advice of the book for the first few chapters (can't remember exactly how many). They include p

Re: Terminal Emulation error

2000-11-05 Thread Kelly Scroggins
bly a 'rpm -Uvh' for the packages. The 'U' should keep any config files. Marco - Original Message - From: "Kelly Scroggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 11:03 PM Subject: Termina

Re: Terminal Emulation error

2000-11-04 Thread Kelly Scroggins
Nope, I don't have the kernel source. I didn't even compile the kernel, I'm still running the stock kernel for Red Hat 6.1. I know there are options for "Unix98 ptys" in when you compile the kernel, but I didn't do that. >:-/ Thanks anyway, kelly Quoting Statux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If y

Terminal Emulation error

2000-11-04 Thread Kelly Scroggins
I've committed stupidity. Please don't beat me up too much... even though I deserve it. I've been experimenting with different security settings and locked myself out of the gnome terminal window. Even worse, I don't really know which setting I changed that produced the problem. I know, I shoul

Re: disk partitioning

2000-11-03 Thread Kelly Scroggins
Quoting Jeff Hogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -Original Message- From: Kelly Scroggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:55 AM Subject: Re: disk partitioning > >Since I

mounting toms root/boot disk

2000-10-19 Thread Kelly Scroggins
How do I mount a toms root boot (floppy) disk? His doc says to use /dev/fd0u1722 ... but I get an error message when I try it. i.e., [root@server:root]# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0u1722 /mnt/floppy mount: special device /dev/fd0u1722 does not exist I tried making the /dev file : touch /dev/fd0u

Re: disk partitioning

2000-10-17 Thread Kelly Scroggins
Since I've received no responses, I guess there isn't a way around it with diskdruid. kelly Quoting Kelly Scroggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Thanks ken, But I stated that I already know how to accomplish this with fdisk. My question is concerning diskdru

Re: disk partitioning

2000-10-15 Thread Kelly Scroggins
etry to use this. Disk Druid is pretty smart about knowing where to put partitions. Unless you've read the docs (and even if you have), it'll be a bit more complex to use fdisk. hth, kf -- My recommendation: Don't shop at Explorer Micro, Columbus, Ohio.

disk partitioning

2000-10-14 Thread Kelly Scroggins
I'm installing Red Hat as the only OS. In partitioning my disk, I want to put the swap partition physically near the outside of the disk. I can see how fdisk will let me do this but diskdruid didn't work the way I intended. With diskdruid the swap partition was the first one I created, but it en

total memory not detected

2000-10-02 Thread Kelly Scroggins
I'm experiencing a minor problem with my redhat 6.1. Sometimes when I boot the machine, it only reports 2/3 of the memory installed (188MB). If I reboot, it reports the entire amount. This output shows the entire (correct) amount of memory installed on this machine. -- sample output -