Re: [Siglinux] Samba as a PDC for windows network

2002-01-31 Thread Doc
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Jeffrey Forman wrote: > Is it a requirement that an entry for user "testuser" must be present in > the linux password file /etc/passwd?Or do I have to at least create them > an account, which then becomes their home directory, place to store > profiles, etc etc?? Any help wou

[Siglinux] Samba as a PDC for windows network

2002-01-31 Thread Jeffrey Forman
Calling all samba gurus. I'm using samba right now as a basic file server for my home lan right now. I made it the PDC so now I can login to the domain from any windows machine on the network, authenticating back to the samba machine. But I am having one slight problem. All the users that want to

Re: [Siglinux] Addressable memory in Linux 2.4.9?

2002-01-31 Thread Paul Sack
Today at 8:55am, Robert Kennedy expounded: ++ ++ Does anyone know off the top of their head how much memory Linux 2.4 can ++ address in general? Also how much any single user process can utilize? ++ I googled for it and checked all the docs that came with the kernel ++ sources but could not find

[Siglinux] Addressable memory in Linux 2.4.9?

2002-01-31 Thread Robert Kennedy
Does anyone know off the top of their head how much memory Linux 2.4 can address in general? Also how much any single user process can utilize? I googled for it and checked all the docs that came with the kernel sources but could not find an up-to-date answer. Lots of hits about Linux 2.2's lim

[Siglinux] Re: 802.11b/prism II

2002-01-31 Thread Paul Sack
Okay, I tried the orinoco drivers and it now works. I think I tried them before, but I was using a different AP and the phase angle of the electricity in the wiring in the room was less than it is now ;) -Paul -- Are you a turtle? ___ Siglinux maili

Re: [Siglinux] 802.11b/prism II

2002-01-31 Thread Patrick Lang
I have a POS D-Link DWL-650 (made by gemtech). I've used it with the wlreless-ng by building from source per their INSTALL, worked fine (but I never got the patches to make airsnort work to work). I've also used the change /etc/pcmcia/whatever wvlan_cs to orinoco_cs method mentioned by someo

Re: [Siglinux] gentoo linux

2002-01-31 Thread Michael H. Collins
At least three people on the Austinlug are not happy with gentoo. Not to speak of the number of people fleeing gentoo for SGL on the irc channel. I want to try it but am very afraid. Maybe you could do a presentation for ALG? http://www.austinlug.org Hotch Van Blarcum wrote: > gentoo lin

Re: [Siglinux] Sorcerer Linux

2002-01-31 Thread Michael H. Collins
I love it. Soon as i get this laptop backed up it is going on here. It is so nice to know exactly what is on your machine. So far everything works, and much more crisply. The boot and shutdown take about 7 seconds. Maybe a SGL sig? Good help on the #sorcerer irc channel on irc.openprojects.

[Siglinux] ALG This Thursday, Jan. 31st;

2002-01-31 Thread Dan_Lee Vogler
COMING This Thursday to ALG-Austin Linux Group, Jan. 31th; Speaker: ALG's own Philip A. Carinhas, Ph.D., of Fortuitous Technologies, Inc. Time: 7:00 PM Date: Thursday, January 31, 2002 Location: City of Austin, Waller Creek Complex Topic: Phil will discuss "JFS," the "Journaling File System.

[Siglinux] gentoo linux

2002-01-31 Thread Hotch Van Blarcum
gentoo linux is another source based self compiled distro. unlike sorcerer gentoo uses a system similar to freebsd's ports for package management. very nice its like apt-get on steroids. Hotch ___ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

Re: [Siglinux] 802.11b/prism II

2002-01-31 Thread Don 'Duck' Harper
YesAddtron thingie... Finally traced down something ( don't have it bookmarked, sorry ), which suggested changing from wvlan_cs to orinoco_cs for your card in /etc/pcmcia/config. I did, it stopped bitching, and worked. RH 7.2 w/ RH 2.4.9-21 kernel, so YMMV. Don On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 01:04