Re: Linuxconf no longer exists with RedHat 8.0 ... How do I easily configure sendmail/postfix ?

2003-03-09 Thread Brad Alpert
> Hello, > > I recently purchased RedHat 8.0 and I noticed that there is no > linuxconf anymore. > > How do I configure sendmail or postfix so that I can specify > virtual domains, aliases, config options, spam protection, mail > forwarding, ... as it used to be with RedHat 5 or 6 running > vml

re: linuxconf

2002-11-07 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> I'm running RH7.1, and every time after I quit Linuxconf I get the = > following. > The following command told me something had to be done > /etc/rc3.d/S55named probe > Executing: /etc/rc3.d/S55named start RedHat /etc/init.d/named script is broken. Well, not exactly. the bind package imp

re: linuxconf

2002-11-07 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> One very important aspect is that it allows the ability to abort any > change at any time (except after it's already been applied, of course) > and not cause any changes to be made irrespective of the will of the > user. My understanding about later versions of linuxconf, this was added > as an o

Re: linuxconf

2002-11-07 Thread Eric Wood
- Original Message - From: "ABrady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Defending the indefensible, eh? > > I downloaded versions myself, straight from solucorp.qc.ca and had > problems with them. Specifically with sendmail, bind, permissions, etc. > Basically, I had trouble with the same things that gav

Re: linuxconf

2002-11-07 Thread ABrady
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:30:54 -0500 "Eric Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What version of linuxconf? Get the latest version here: > http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/ > > The linuxconf version which came with RH 7.2 and below are all > sabotaged by RH. Most people run this crippled version a

Re: linuxconf

2002-11-07 Thread Eric Wood
- Original Message - From: "Juan Nin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >The linuxconf version which came with RH 7.2 and below are all sabotaged by > RH. > > Do you have any article or something on this? One only needs to review the version of linuxconf bundled at distribution release time versus the

Re: linuxconf

2002-11-07 Thread Juan Nin
From: Eric Wood >The linuxconf version which came with RH 7.2 and below are all sabotaged by RH. Do you have any article or something on this? Thanks in advance, Juan -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.co

Re: linuxconf

2002-11-07 Thread Eric Wood
What version of linuxconf?  Get the latest version here: http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/   The linuxconf version which came with RH 7.2 and below are all sabotaged by RH.  Most people run this crippled version and then complain that it don't work.  They are short-sighted.   -eric wood  

Re: linuxconf

2002-11-07 Thread Juan Nin
From: RH >I'm running RH7.1, and every time after I quit Linuxconf I get the following. [...] >Please Help me to solve this problem. # rpm -e linuxconf :) never use it, it sucks, it will ruin all your configurations... you'll find macabrous stories about linuxconf in every linux mailing-list ar

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-06 Thread Anthony Abby
>When did RH even try to "support" it? They just gave it a bad rap by >disabling modules, not assisting Jacques into make it compatible with the >next version, yadda yadda yadda. >-eric > They're doing the same thing with KDE too. I think it's disgusting what they're doing to KDE in Null! An

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-06 Thread Eric Wood
- Original Message - From: "Keith Morse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Redhat doesn't support it anymore, but it is still available from > http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/ if you happen to like it. When did RH even try to "support" it? They just gave it a bad rap by disabling modules, not a

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread Daniel Tan
u need to install webminu not using gui? if yes, try kontrol-panel - Original Message - From: "cj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:39 PM Subject: RE: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3 Is it actually being replaced by W

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread Aly Dharshi
No actually Nautilus is supposed to be a replacement, I don't quite like that program, but I guess that it may get better with time ??? Till then Webmin (http://www.webmin.com) is as many people say a better replacement. Aly. -- Aly Dharshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator

RE: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread cj
Is it actually being replaced by Webmin? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Tan Sent: Friday, 6 September 2002 4:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3 i read about it being replaced due to some bugs in it

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread Daniel Tan
i read about it being replaced due to some bugs in ittry webmin - Original Message - From: "Keith Morse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:30 AM Subject: Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3 On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread Keith Morse
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any replacement for linuxconf in RedHat 7.3 or why is it removed > in this release. Redhat doesn't support it anymore, but it is still available from http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/ if you happen to like it. -- redhat-list maili

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread Frederic Herman
Don't forget to enable ssl. Otherwise it's communicating unsecured. webmin has a utility to install ssl which pulls a perl module to do it. Once you,ve installed and enabled ssl, the url to the server changes from http to https. Fred Teodor Georgiev wrote: >use webmin for remote configura

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread Martin Mewes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Moin, moin ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >Is there any replacement for linuxconf in RedHat 7.3 or why is it >removed in this release. I wrote: LinuxConf is for any reason now part of RH 7.3. If you want an "easy to use" Configuration Tool then y

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread Martin Mewes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Moin, moin ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >Is there any replacement for linuxconf in RedHat 7.3 or why is it >removed in this release. LinuxConf is for any reason now part of RH 7.3. If you want an "easy to use" Configuration Tool then you should u

Re: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3

2002-09-05 Thread Teodor Georgiev
use webmin for remote configuration in Linux (via web interface). - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:00 AM Subject: Linuxconf in RedHat 7.3 > Is there any replacement for linuxconf in RedHat 7.3 or why is it re

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread philip
t;[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Saul Arias >Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:07 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3 > > >At 06:41 PM 16-08-02, Anthony Abby wrote: > > >>This is the kind of answer that is

RE: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
I think this question is not so easy to answer as it might seem. There have in fact been some problems with LinxConf in the past, but in it's defense I think that was more the case because there have been so many changes in configuration files etc when you build a utility that does as much as

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread ABrady
ly maintained for Redhat. It just doesn't get included. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Saul Arias > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with

RE: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Rob Emanuele
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Saul Arias Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3 At 06:41 PM 16-08-02, Anthony Abby wrote: >This is the kind of answer that is really of no help to a new person >try

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Saul Arias
At 06:41 PM 16-08-02, Anthony Abby wrote: >This is the kind of answer that is really of no help to a new person >trying to learn Linux. Instead of coming off like a hammer, why not >just point the guy in the right direction??? I apologize. Allow me to point the guy in the right direction: 1. Ope

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
One point I neglected to point out. Linuxconf is actually comprised of several RPMs if you want the full GUI. Here's a description of the packages from their Redhat download page. linuxconf: This is the main package. Everyone needs it. You do not need any X library to use it. linuxconf-gui

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
This is the kind of answer that is really of no help to a new person trying to learn Linux. Instead of coming off like a hammer, why not just point the guy in the right direction??? Linuxconf can be downloaded and installed from http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/ Anthony On Fri, 2002-08-16

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Anthony Abby
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 17:43, Robert Vaughn wrote: > Does linuxconf not exist with RedHat 7.3? Is there a > replacement utility? I could not find it when I did > the workstation or server installation. > > Thanks, > ...Robert Redhat no longer ships Linuxconf with 7.3, however it's still alive

Re: LinuxConf - seems to have dissapeared with 7.3

2002-08-16 Thread Saul Arias
At 05:43 PM 16-08-02, you wrote: >Does linuxconf not exist with RedHat 7.3? Is there a >replacement utility? I could not find it when I did >the workstation or server installation. Sometimes it helps to RTFM: From RELEASE-NOTES: The following applications and packages not previously mentione

Re: linuxconf - segmentation fault ( core dumped )

2002-07-22 Thread Eric Wood
Here recently, linuxconf had a problem parsing the RH network settings files and core dumped. Grab the lastest linuxconf from: http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/download.hc -eric wood - Original Message - From: "kutbuddin ali hussain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello, > when i try

Re: linuxconf - segmentation fault ( core dumped )

2002-07-22 Thread Eric Wood
Here recently, linuxconf had a problem parsing the RH network settings files and core dumped. Grab the lastest linuxconf from: http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/download.hc -eric wood - Original Message - From: "kutbuddin ali hussain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello, > when i try to r

Re: linuxconf - segmentation fault ( core dumped )

2002-07-22 Thread Eric Wood
Here recently, linuxconf had a problem parsing the RH network settings files and core dumped. Grab the lastest linuxconf from: http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/download.hc -eric wood - Original Message - From: "kutbuddin ali hussain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello, > when i try to run L

RE: linuxconf in RH 7.3 ??? alternatives? (2nd post)

2002-05-24 Thread Devon Harding - GTHLA
: Re: linuxconf in RH 7.3 ??? alternatives? (2nd post) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 20-May-2002/15:51 -0400, Devon Harding - GTHLA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is there a tool for command line instead of X? /usr/sbin/netconfig Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <m

Re: linuxconf in RH 7.3 ??? alternatives? (2nd post)

2002-05-23 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 20-May-2002/15:51 -0400, Devon Harding - GTHLA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is there a tool for command line instead of X? /usr/sbin/netconfig Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA2

RE: linuxconf in RH 7.3 ??? alternatives? (2nd post)

2002-05-22 Thread Devon Harding - GTHLA
Is there a tool for command line instead of X? -Devon -Original Message- From: Robert Moses [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: linuxconf in RH 7.3 ??? alternatives? (2nd post) Sorry. I just scanned the archive and saw the

Re: linuxconf in RH 7.3 ??? alternatives? (2nd post)

2002-05-20 Thread Robert Moses
Sorry. I just scanned the archive and saw the discussion about redhat-config-network thank ahead of time -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: Linuxconf and 7.3

2002-05-13 Thread EricRyd
try redhat-config-network -Original Message- From: Jake McHenry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linuxconf and 7.3 Hi, I just installed 7.3, everything going good so far, but I can't get the hostname set correctly. What happe

Re: linuxconf - X problem :problem solved

2002-04-20 Thread Hanny Tidore
Thanks. It works. --- ABrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:50:26 -0700 (PDT) > Hanny Tidore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated: > > > Hellp; > > > > I have the following error whenever I start > linuxconf: > > > > Error messages from remadin :Xlib: connecti

Re: linuxconf - X problem

2002-04-20 Thread ABrady
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:50:26 -0700 (PDT) Hanny Tidore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated: > Hellp; > > I have the following error whenever I start linuxconf: > > Error messages from remadin :Xlib: connection to > ":0.0" refused by server > Error messages from remadin :Xlib: Clien

re: Linuxconf: undefined symbol: jpeg_destroy

2002-04-17 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> Hi, > I have compiled Apache (using Apachetoolbox), with > PHP, using GD library on RH 7.2. > Since then my linuxconf is broken: > linuxconf: error while loading shared libraries: > /usr/lib/libgd.so.1.8: undefined symbol: jpeg_destroy jpeg_destroy is part of the libjpeg library, which is used

Re: Linuxconf conundrum!

2002-04-12 Thread Bill Crawford
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Mike Burger wrote: > Check /etc/passwd, and see if her shell is set to /bin/sh instead of > /bin/bash. No, Linuxconf didn't add the "-m" option to useradd. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat

Re: Linuxconf conundrum!

2002-04-12 Thread Mike Burger
Check /etc/passwd, and see if her shell is set to /bin/sh instead of /bin/bash. On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, rob wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm running RH 7.0, and I'm experiencing a perplexing problem. > > What I did was: > > 1) I created a new user in linuxconf called 'carolyn' > > 2) The main group

RE: Linuxconf conundrum!

2002-04-10 Thread rob
April 11, 2002 1:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linuxconf conundrum! On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:02:48 -0400 "rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm running RH 7.0, and I'm experiencing a perplexing problem. > > What I did was: &g

Re: Linuxconf conundrum!

2002-04-10 Thread Tom Pollerman
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:02:48 -0400 "rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm running RH 7.0, and I'm experiencing a perplexing problem. > > What I did was: > > 1) I created a new user in linuxconf called 'carolyn' > > 2) The main group is 'carolyn' > > 3) alternative group is 'mcc

RE: Linuxconf conundrum!

2002-04-10 Thread Bill Crawford
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, rob wrote: > Same result when I try su - carolyn. > > By the way, this doesn't happen with other users. In that case you have a .bashrc that's different or missing. Perhaps this user was created differently, or has removed the file. ___

RE: Linuxconf conundrum!

2002-04-10 Thread rob
Same result when I try su - carolyn. By the way, this doesn't happen with other users. Thanks, Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bill Crawford Sent: April 10, 2002 11:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linuxconf conu

Re: Linuxconf conundrum!

2002-04-10 Thread Bill Crawford
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, rob wrote: > If I try to 'su carolyn', the prompt I get is 'bash-2.04$' instead of > 'carolyn@athena /root$' Try "su - carolyn" ? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redha

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-17 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Edward Dekkers wrote: >Let's be serious, what is wrong with a tool that does everything? We were >all brought up on .conf files, we learn them, know them, etc. But >really.why the necessity? Why try to remember the syntax of

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-17 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16 Jan 2002, Bret Hughes wrote: >On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 18:40, Anthony E. Greene wrote: >> That's for old timers. These days, people want more than an old text >> editor like vi. That's why I switched to vim ;-) > >I gave up on the old text based s

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-17 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Rodolfo J. Paiz posted the following: RJP>At 1/17/2002 09:02 AM -0500, you wrote: RJP>>My question is to all, what can webmin do that LC can't? I've found it can RJP>>only do fewer things. RJP> RJP>I use Webmin extensively to ru

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-17 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 1/17/2002 09:02 AM -0500, you wrote: >My question is to all, what can webmin do that LC can't? I've found it can >only do fewer things. I use Webmin extensively to run about five servers in three countries. It has *never* (repeat, *never*) broken anything. It runs in my browser, with SSL en

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-17 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17 Jan 2002, Bret Hughes posted the following: BH>Speaking of the shell-scripting list I guess chuck locked down hie mail BH>server REALLY tight. I can not longer post to it or sen him a mail to BH>complain about it. I think it is because I use

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-17 Thread Eric Wood
What's kills me is that RH "deprecates" Linuxconf in there docs and has no substitute - what a testimony! In fact, RH always ships a outdated version of LC, with most of the modules disabled. RH never has considered pulling the latest LC down from Jacques' site which he made compatible with the

RE: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-17 Thread Ani_Adarsh
Does --- Anon > -Original Message- > From: Thomas Ribbrock [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linuxconf Substitute? > > [Bloatmail snipped] > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 05:3

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-17 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
[Bloatmail snipped] On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 05:34:40PM -0600, JW wrote: > Hey, no need to change, you were right the first time. emacs has an X > Window mode too :-) Tsk, tsk, tsk - if you want to use emacs under X, use XEmacs... :-) Cheerio, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2qu

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 23:06, David Talkington wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bret Hughes wrote: > > >> >vi. > >> > >> That's for old timers. These days, people want more than an old text > >> editor like vi. That's why I switched to vim ;-) > > > >I gave up o

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Devon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 January 2002 12:06 am, David Talkington wrote: > Bret Hughes wrote: > >> >vi. > >> > >> That's for old timers. These days, people want more than an old text > >> editor like vi. That's why I switched to vim ;-) > > > >I gave up on the

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bret Hughes wrote: >> >vi. >> >> That's for old timers. These days, people want more than an old text >> editor like vi. That's why I switched to vim ;-) > >I gave up on the old text based stuff now that I user real machines. I >use gvim --reverse

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 18:40, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > >Chris Montgomery wrote: > > > >>Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? This > >>isn't installed, by default, for my RH7.1 system. > > > >vi. > > That's for old time

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> I hasten to add that one genuinely good use for front ends like that > is to watch what they do to the actual configuration files, and learn > from it. (Learning to configure fetchmail is a whole lot easier when > you see how fetchmailconf builds a .fetchmailrc, for instance.) I just > don't thi

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Edward Dekkers posted the following: ED>Sorry for this bit of ramble, but my opinion is that just because it's not ED>hard core or 'the way it was done' doesn't mean it shouldn't be done like ED>that. I really do think it IS all

RE: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Robert Finneran
about six months and had a whopping four weeks of MSCE training classes. Before that they were carpet salemen or something... Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Talkington Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:28 PM To: [EMAIL PR

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Edward Dekkers wrote: >Imagine all the newbie questions dissappearing off this list for starters >about where things are. And imagine all the other newbie questions appearing from guys who have no idea how to fix things when the GUI falls down or i

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Edward Dekkers
> Indeed. The point we, the smartasses, were making is that Linuxconf > is a good idea that just happens to be a bad idea. With all due > respect to its author, who undertook an incredibly ambitious task, > it's just too flaky in practice. Further -- and though I freely admit > that this is a p

RE: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Robert Finneran
I thought you guy's banter was rather amusing. You need a good sense of humor in this business! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Talkington Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 5:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linu

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Monte Milanuk
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:09:53 -0600 Chris Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I should have asked if there is another option that runs under x > windows. Remember, newbie here. :) > Webmin seems to be a popular choice. Runs its own little webserver, has the potential for using secur

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ABrady wrote: >> Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? >> This isn't installed, by default, for my RH7.1 system. > >Commandline. Linuxconf is available in 7.1. But, it's still dangerous to >some config files and permissi

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread ABrady
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:10:08 -0600 Chris Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? > This isn't installed, by default, for my RH7.1 system. Commandline. Linuxconf is available in 7.1. But, it's still dangerous to some config fil

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: >Chris Montgomery wrote: > >>Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? This >>isn't installed, by default, for my RH7.1 system. > >vi. That's for old timers. These days, people want more than an old text editor like vi. That's

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Mike Watson
Webmin. You can get it at http://www.webmin.com mw Chris Montgomery wrote: > > Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? This > isn't installed, by default, for my RH7.1 system. > > TIA, > > Chris > > ___ > Redhat-list ma

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread JW
At 03:18 PM 1/16/2002 -0800, you wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Chris Montgomery wrote: > >>I guess I should have asked if there is another option that runs under x >>windows. Remember, newbie here. :) > >gvim. > >- -d > >[waits for the other shoe to drop] > > Hey, no n

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Montgomery wrote: >I guess I should have asked if there is another option that runs under x >windows. Remember, newbie here. :) gvim. - -d [waits for the other shoe to drop] - -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dta

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Chris Montgomery
I guess I should have asked if there is another option that runs under x windows. Remember, newbie here. :) Chris ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chuck Mead wrote: >On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, David Talkington posted the following: > >DT>BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >DT>Hash: SHA1 >DT> >DT>Chris Montgomery wrote: >DT> >DT>>Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? This

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread Chuck Mead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, David Talkington posted the following: DT>BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- DT>Hash: SHA1 DT> DT>Chris Montgomery wrote: DT> DT>>Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? This DT>>isn't installed, by def

Re: Linuxconf Substitute?

2002-01-16 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Montgomery wrote: >Dumb newbie question, but what do people use in place of linuxconf? This >isn't installed, by default, for my RH7.1 system. vi. - -d - -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp - -- htt

Re: Linuxconf [was: having problems configuring network cards]

2002-01-13 Thread Ben Logan
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 06:37:57PM -0500, Devon wrote: > Linuxconf has been depreciated since Red Hat Linux 7.1, I believe. It is > still included on the install disks, but is not installed by default on a > new install. Thanks, that's good to know. I rarely used it so I won't miss it. :) >

Re: linuxconf in inetd

2001-03-24 Thread Gustav Schaffter
Then all my PCs are root-kit'ed. 'Cause it happened regularly to me until I rpm -e'd linuxconf. I haven't studied the source code of linuxconf, but when I run it *something* put back linuxconf in my inetd.conf files. Which, BTW, was the major reason why I stopped using linuxconf. Best regards Gu

re: linuxconf in inetd

2001-03-23 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> Now, as for the best way to disable linuxconfig, many on the list wil > tell you to run "rpm -e linuxconf". That is the way I preferre to do > it, but you can do it the way you have discribed as well. One thing to > be aware of, unless you go into linuxconf and disable web access, it > will pu

Re: linuxconf in both inetd.conf and chkconfig

2001-03-23 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Jack Byers wrote: > On both my rhat 5.2 system and my rhat 6.2 system: > > linuxconf appears in /etc/inetd.conf > > and also appears as a result of > /sbin/chkconfig --list > > I was under the impression that in general, > services were controlled > by either > inetd > or

Re: linuxconf

2001-03-21 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> You can't answer "none" to the question "what is the *most* stable > release"... > I'm asking this as a person I know uses Linuxconf. He knows nothing about > Linux. He doesn't want to use anything else. He is running the linuxconf > that > comes with RH6.2. I know there must be a bit more stab

Re: linuxconf

2001-03-21 Thread Ted Gervais
Mike.. I just tried WEBMIN. WOW!! This is sure a nice utility. I never heard of it before. But then I haven't heard of a lot of things. Thanks for the thought on using that rather than linuxconf.. On Wednesday 21 March 2001 05:25, you wrote: > The problem is that, in my experience, it

Re: linuxconf

2001-03-21 Thread Mike Burger
The problem is that, in my experience, it is the correct answer. Linuxconf has a bad habit of overwriting configuration files which aren't even part of the changes a user was making. Webmin only makes the changes you request it to make, and has been a more stable and secure product. It's free, s

Re: linuxconf

2001-03-21 Thread Peter Peltonen
You can't answer "none" to the question "what is the *most* stable release"... I'm asking this as a person I know uses Linuxconf. He knows nothing about Linux. He doesn't want to use anything else. He is running the linuxconf that comes with RH6.2. I know there must be a bit more stable and fucn

Re: linuxconf

2001-03-20 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Peter Peltonen wrote: >What is the most stable release of linuxconf that I should consider running on >RH6.2? You can install the most stable release of linuxconf with this command: # rpm -e linuxconf =) - -d - -- David Talkington http://www.spotnet.org P

Re: linuxconf

2001-03-20 Thread Mike Burger
None. Download Webmin from www.webmin.com...you'll be much happier for done so. On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Peter Peltonen wrote: > > > What is the most stable release of linuxconf that I should consider running on > RH6.2? > > > Cheers, > Peter > > > > ___

Re: linuxconf

2001-03-20 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Peter Peltonen wrote: >> You can install the most stable release of linuxconf with this >> command: > >I knew I'd get answers like this... :) > >Okay, so I'm looking the *most* stable version of Linuxconf. > >And no, I'm not going to use it by myself (just to c

Re: linuxconf

2001-03-20 Thread Peter Peltonen
David Talkington wrote: > You can install the most stable release of linuxconf with this > command: I knew I'd get answers like this... :) Okay, so I'm looking the *most* stable version of Linuxconf. And no, I'm not going to use it by myself (just to clear things up :) Cheers, Peter ___

Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm

2001-03-11 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Bret Hughes wrote: > I don't mind it making changes. What I do mind is that there is no > way to know what changes it is going to make ir has made for that > matter. IMHO The documentation does a fair job of explaining what the > various boxes to fill in mean but as mention

Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm

2001-03-11 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> Anyone been able to install the linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm file? There's > a known bug (known by everyone but RH) with linuxconf-1.19r2-4 not > supporting the LABEL in /etc/fstab, which causes problems when dealing > with quotas. > I'd like to upgrade, but I get failed dependencies on older li

Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm

2001-03-11 Thread Peter Kiem
> Well, personally I believe that if you use linuxconf you will soon become > an expert...from trying to fix the damage that it does to your system. Agree totally! Linuxconf is pure evil and should be banished. I've had it destroy things on my system too many times just even from going into the

Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm

2001-03-11 Thread Bret Hughes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, personally I believe that if you use linuxconf you will soon become > an expert...from trying to fix the damage that it does to your system. > Either that you you will give up altogether on Linux and go back to > windows. > > Linuxconf is a disaster waiting to hap

Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm

2001-03-11 Thread badger
get the message "linuxconf in the wrong direction to go." - Original Message - From: "Leonard den Ottolander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 6:35 AM Subject: Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm > Hi Todd, > > &

Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm

2001-03-11 Thread gerry
Well, personally I believe that if you use linuxconf you will soon become an expert...from trying to fix the damage that it does to your system. Either that you you will give up altogether on Linux and go back to windows. Linuxconf is a disaster waiting to happen. I changes too many things on it

Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm

2001-03-11 Thread AABAN34
 We are not all Linux experts out here and linuxconf may be a way for someone to learn Linux or get started using this OS. Brian

Re: linuxconf-1.24r8-1.i386.rpm

2001-03-11 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Todd, > error: failed dependencies: > libncurses.so.4 is needed by linuxconf-1.24r8-1 > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 is needed by linuxconf-1.24r8-1 Let me first tell you that I despise linuxconf, and I refuse to use it. It is *far* to buggy for such a central

re: linuxconf and the accounts uucp and ftp

2001-02-22 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> Due to security reasons I have to remove all accounts which are not > needed on our RH 6.2 servers. > So I deleted several user accounts including the uucp account, group and > it's home directory as well as the ftp user account, group and it's home > directory. > But now when I start linuxconf

Re: linuxconf

2000-11-22 Thread Jacques Gelinas
> I am having a problem with linuxconf and RH70. I have installed the > xinetd update and I still cannot get it to work. I have also enabled the > linuxconf service by setting "disable = no" in the > /etc/xinetd.d/linuxconf-web file. Below is the message tha shows up in the > /var/log/messages f

Re: Linuxconf

2000-11-11 Thread ktb
Jake McHenry wrote: > > I did this before, but I can't remember how to do it anymore. When you see a > down arrow, how do you see what else is available? And also, in the Service > Control panel, how do you scroll the text to see the full description of the > service? Use your "down arrow" on yo

RE: Linuxconf

2000-11-11 Thread Jake McHenry
That works for the drop down menus, but how about scrolling to see the whole description of something? Jake On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Tomer Okavi wrote: --CTRL+X -- --> -Original Message- --> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jake McHenry --> Sent: Saturda

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