Re: NFS Question

2003-08-17 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
use options like intr,soft to softmount ricky On Thursday 14 August 2003 20:29, Gerry Doris wrote: > I sometimes manually mount NFS volumes on my internal lan. This works > fine until the system containing the NFS volumes is rebooted or turned > off. > > Once this happens I can't find a way to u

Re: basic question!!

2003-08-14 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
> > editing a particular file. but i can't recall what it is > > > > this is driving me crazy!!! > > > > i'm using linux RH8.0 > > > > thanks > > > > bruce > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > /etc/issue is the file

Re: ftp server problem

2003-08-14 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
3 root root 4096 Aug 2 11:15 .. > drwx-wx---2 root ftp 4096 Aug 3 18:39 upload > -rwxr--r--1 root root 4417203 Aug 2 12:29 wsf8.zip > > > -- > Gerry > > "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer -- Rit

ttf fonts

2003-08-14 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
hi all, can ttf fonts be used on the console? If yes, how? ritesh -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: using home directory from linux server for all other linuxmachines on network

2003-03-29 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
when the server(Host A) was up, my songs began back from the place they had paused... hope this could clearify that it isn't necessary to do a hard boot on the client machine(Host B).. rrs On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > yes, it does happen thatway,, but even then i neve

Re: using home directory from linux server for all other linuxmachines on network

2003-03-29 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
pears. > > Been there, done that... more times than I care to remember... ;) > > > > Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > >It isn't necessary that the server need to be hard booted to get it back. > >pass appropriacte parameters to nfs and

Re: How to shut down X without shutting down the computer?

2003-03-29 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
boot into init 3 while running linux, it boots into console mode. from there you can use your X server firing up with startx. rrs On 28 Mar 2003, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > Forgive an amateur... > > When I'm at home, I work exclusively on my RH8.0 box, and I like to have > X running so I can

Re: Cant get mysql to work under RH8.0

2003-03-29 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
the rpm for mysql that you've installed is a source rpm, kindly install the binary rpms like mysql-3.23.52.2.i386.rpm rrs On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Billy Davis wrote: > When we installed RH8.0 on our server, we also selected the mysql package > for installation. When we enter 'rpm -qi mysql' , it te

Re: using home directory from linux server for all other linuxmachines on network

2003-03-29 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
the condition you are mentioning was also with me.. i've completed it and am happily using it. NFS can accomplish the job for the home directory and NIS for the centralized login. as for backups and fallbacks they too can be configured on them.. rrs On 27 Mar 2003, Jim Vellenga wrote: > Greet

Re: using home directory from linux server for all other linuxmachines on network

2003-03-29 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
it isn't necessary that the server need to be hard booted to get it back. pass appropriacte parameters to nfs and you are in the run. rrs On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jeff Lane wrote: > Dont ask me how to do this, because its very ugly, from what I have > heard, but you could use something like NIS to

Re: Console MP3 Players

2003-03-23 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
use aumix. rrs On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Alejandro Calbazana wrote: > Hello, > > I've downloaded mpg123 as a console MP3 player. Everything works great, but I am > curious... Is there any way to control volume from the console? > > Thanks, > > Alejandro -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscri

Re: RHCE looking for a job

2003-03-20 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
it's very sorry to know.. but the reason behind it is that GNU/Linux requires knowledge as its primary requisite, not certification.. ritesh Quoting Sergey Motorny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Everyone, > > I am a 22-year-old RHCE with Bachelor's in Business Administration and > about to compl

Re: [OT]: Stupid question: How to stop MRTG?

2003-03-19 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
mrtg simply creates html files with refresh rate=300s i.e. 5minutes.. if you take a look into it's source you'll find it there.. another point, edit your /etc/crontab file.. there mrtg is mentioned to be executed every 5 minutes. cheers! ritesh Quoting Budi Febrianto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm

Re: Bash script .bash_logout

2003-03-19 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
what terminal do you use on your X Window.. Quoting will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The .bash_logout script is not executing when my system is in run level > init 5 (Xsession); however, in init 3 it runs fine. Any one know how > this can be fixed? > > Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche) -- X

RE: Problem with Samba

2003-03-19 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
thanks for your help.. but sorry, i prefer doing it manuall, editing the configuration files.. ritesh Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Ritesh Raj Sarraf <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wednesday, 19 > March 2003 23:22: > > > i'd already done it.. the problem is if y

Re: Problem with Samba

2003-03-18 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
i'd already done it.. the problem is if you kill the PID connection to other shares are also lost i.e. Samba for all connections jusk creates a single PID. ritesh Quoting "Anthony E. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 18-Mar-2003/16:47 +, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL

Problem with Samba

2003-03-18 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
hi all, i'm using samba 2.2.3a on rh7.3. my samba server also is a dc.i've made a share for my cdrom. when i access the share from my client(win2kpro) it accesses it well but again when i try ejecting the cd i get a message saying, device or resource busy. i checked the processes and found th

Problem with Samba

2003-03-18 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
hi all, i'm using samba 2.2.3a on rh7.3. my samba server also is a dc.i've made a share for my cdrom. when i access the share from my client(win2kpro) it accesses it well but again when i try ejecting the cd i get a message saying, device or resource busy. i checked the processes and found th

Problem with Samba

2003-03-18 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
hi all, i'm using samba 2.2.3a on rh7.3. my samba server also is a dc.i've made a share for my cdrom. when i access the share from my client(win2kpro) it accesses it well but again when i try ejecting the cd i get a message saying, device or resource busy. i checked the processes and found th

Re: Can't mount floppy drive

2003-03-18 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
i tried your problem upon my pc running rh 7.3. and both the options worked.. option 1: mount /mnt/floppy it worked.. option 2: then i went for manual mount, mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mn t/floppy even this worked.. the floppy i used was the rescue disk created by win98.. the /etc/filesy

Re: Can't mount floppy drive

2003-03-18 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
i tried your problem upon my pc running rh 7.3. and both the options worked.. option 1: mount /mnt/floppy it worked.. option 2: then i went for manual mount, mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mn t/floppy even this worked.. the floppy i used was the rescue disk created by win98.. the /etc/filesy

Re: default groud

2003-03-17 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
look at the useradd -g and -G options.. anyone, could figure the same problem where the criteria is that the user account is already created.. i just want a present user to be member of a particular present group.. how do we do that ? Quoting Jianping Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have redhat

Re: Starting an application as root

2003-03-17 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
a better option would be to use sudo. giving root password to every one can be hazardous. instead, using sudo you get root privileges to run programs with local user passwords. note: remember not to allow editors kind off stuff in sudo.. ritesh Quoting Jose Romildo Malaquias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

Re: Is RH8 Ever Going to be Updated?

2003-03-17 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
i love to see this answer by david. the best way is sources. even you'd prefer sources for additional features.. redhat packages donot come with every features enables, as it happened with me in the case of samba which i needed to run with ssl. also distros(particularly redhat) avoid many more l

Re: Can't mount floppy drive

2003-03-17 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
try the vfat option. if that fails it could be the kernel doesn't support (you'll have to recompile then) else a better option, try to format it once with the mkfs command if you are going to use it only under linux.. but as i think, I/O error is only shown when the floppy is damaged :-0 ritesh Q

Re: grub can boot from the grub.conf (Michael Schwendt)

2003-03-16 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Quoting winglion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: well, your partition table shows that your harddisk is 40gb and you've created the first primary partition to be FAT which is covering the 1024 cylinders range.. As per my knowledge, you'll never be able to boot from the harddisk thisway,, you'll have to u

Re: Dual boot on SOny laptop PCG-Z505SX

2003-03-16 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-- Ritesh R. Sarraf "To learn, you've got to get your hands dirty." your problem, most probably must be with the MBR. There could be two options, one to re-install and the other without reinstalling. Option Reinstall: Reinstall the system and define GRUB/LILO to be installed on the MBR inste

Re: Custom redhat distribution

2002-09-02 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
refer to the ldp,, it has a book for "Linux from Scratch" you can try it... ritesh - Original Message - From: "Postman Pat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2 Sep 2002 15:07:09 - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Custom redhat distribution > Greetings list, > Any ideas, documentation, pointer