Re: [SLUG] morning question

2000-12-21 Thread Joshua Burvill
Colin Humphreys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a csv list of names and emails in the form below name,email,company,title I think it is allready sorted by the email field. I want to do a case insensitive match on "email" and remove duplicates. This is what I have come up with,

Re: [SLUG] morning question

2000-12-21 Thread Joshua Burvill
Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Untested: uniq -iu --skip-fields=1 --separator=, --check-fields=1 SPAM-LIST All in long option form, apart from case insensitive (-i) and print only unique (-u). man uniq - it rocks. :) - Jeff W, my uniq does not have "separator" or

[SLUG] XFree86

2000-12-21 Thread Dean Hamstead
Did I miss it? Or has no one mentioned that X4.0.2 is out? Oh well, it is. I suppose yall read /. so its barely worth mentioning alsa 0.5.10 is alsa out with fixes when compiling for k 2.2.18 I also notice that a new reiser patch for 2.2.17 is out but hasnt seeped out through the mirrors yet

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL config on startup

2000-12-21 Thread John Ferlito
On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 08:27:47AM +, Herbert Xu wrote: Angus Lees [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /etc/network/interfaces. if you just use pon(8), you may want to use this line instead: test $PPP_LOCAL == $myip pon dsl-provider (where $myip is the IP address that your dialup line

Re: [SLUG] Kylix (Delphi on Linux) at Feb SLUG?

2000-12-21 Thread Mehmet Ozdemir
Wouldoffer from Borland to demo Kylix at the February SLUG you like to see this? It's a hot topic right now, but does it belong at a SLUG meeting? Yes please M Ozdemir -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] ADSL Not working - Authentication problem

2000-12-21 Thread Martin
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Andrew Morton wrote: Martin wrote: Dec 21 16:50:36 denial pppd[4807]: rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 73958817d1f56263fdc363469e3d5e1b, name = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"] Heh. That should be [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think you need to be using [EMAIL PROTECTED], not just

[SLUG] blocking ICQ

2000-12-21 Thread Peter
I want to block ICQ access from any machine on my network between the hrs of xx00hrs and yy00hrs. I am masq using a box running kernal 2.2.6 Any ideas how I can best do this ?? Why do I want to do this ?? Well the one sided, conversation went something like this "If you can't manage your ICQ

Re: [SLUG] blocking ICQ

2000-12-21 Thread John Ferlito
On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 02:03:12AM +1100, Peter wrote: I want to block ICQ access from any machine on my network between the hrs of xx00hrs and yy00hrs. I am masq using a box running kernal 2.2.6 ipchains is you're friend. 2 scenarios usefule info

[SLUG] chroot()ed apache

2000-12-21 Thread Ho Ming Shun
Hi, I am researching on the best way to chroot an Apache server. According to all the documentation that I could find, it seems to suggest that I should not hard link shared libraries and binaries into the chroot jail. Rather, I should make seperate copies of them. I was thinking that this

Re: [SLUG] Re: Delphi, was Learning to program

2000-12-21 Thread Raul
While it is good to see Borland/Inprise porting to Linux, I would point out a practical problem with Delphi. Not so much the language itself, it may well justify those enthusiastic exclamation points, but it is only available from one company, and it's future is tied to Borland's fortune.

[SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread Peter Rundle
Sluggers, I've been given a script that looks like this for i in server1 server2 do ssh -l admin $i "df" done Can someone enlighten me as to how this might work in regards to the login password? Is there some certificate or something that you can store on the box running the script

Re: [SLUG] Re: Delphi, was Learning to program

2000-12-21 Thread Crossfire
- Original Message - From: Raul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: Delphi, was Learning to program But there are no real alternatives in the wings. For some reason the Linux crowd has problems adopting Java and cling

Re: [SLUG] XFree86

2000-12-21 Thread DaZZa
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Dean Hamstead wrote: I also notice that a new reiser patch for 2.2.17 is out but hasnt seeped out through the mirrors yet (its not on aarnet anyway) probably worth grabing if your into reiserfs (or crashfs as ive come to call it *grin*) Wanna elucidate as to why? I've

Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread tom burkart
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Peter Rundle wrote: I've been given a script that looks like this ... machine a .sshrc file or something? man ssh didn't help much. Why not? you haven't got enough experience reading between the lines :-) From memory: In a section called RSA authentication... use

Re: [SLUG] blocking ICQ

2000-12-21 Thread Gareth Walters
I do it like this. ipchains -A input -s INTERNAL -d login.icq.com 5190 -p tcp -j REJECT ---Gareth - Original Message - From: "Peter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 2:03 AM Subject: [SLUG] blocking ICQ I want to block ICQ access from any

Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread Howard Lowndes
If you are using RSA keys and have the password requirement set on for the RSA key, then you will be prompted for the RSA key to unlock your private key for each server as it is accessed. In this case the password will be the same for all servers as it is not server specific but is tied to your

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL not working - Authentication problem

2000-12-21 Thread Crossfire
- Original Message - From: "Rebecca Richards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: [SLUG] Re: ADSL not working - Authentication problem It was installed this morning. They offered me a USB installation, but when I declined they

Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread Crossfire
- Original Message - From: "Mikolaj J. Habryn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Peter Rundle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required On 22 Dec 2000 08:21:11 +1100, Peter Rundle wrote: Can someone enlighten me as to

Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread J.
On 22 Dec 2000 10:45:42 +1100, Crossfire wrote: uh, the ssh and sshd manpages document `authorized keys'. Which don't solve the problem of having to type in passwords for each connection, unless you use null passphrases. man ssh-agent PS: Yes, this is a Better Way. No it isn't.

Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread Crossfire
- Original Message - From: "Mikolaj J. Habryn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Crossfire" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required On 22 Dec 2000 10:45:42 +1100, Crossfire wrote: uh, the ssh and sshd manpages

Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread J.
I suspect the OP wasn't that interested in the philosophy of ssh, but what the hell. It's a slow day. On 22 Dec 2000 11:42:34 +1100, Crossfire wrote: Null passphrases are the answer. For automated connections, its pretty much the only answer. That I will grant you. But I thought the original

[SLUG] Wierd sys board behaviour

2000-12-21 Thread Howard Lowndes
I'm trying to set up an ISA multiport serial card to run under Linux, specifically a Digi Classicboard 8. I have done this elsewhere with some success in an old box, but I cannot seem to get it to work on a more modern mobo. I don't know what the exact brand of the mobo is, but it has a VIA

RE: [SLUG] ADSL Not working - Authentication problem

2000-12-21 Thread David Kempe
And you can use your old fasion net connection to test your password with the following telnet pop-server.bigpond.net.au 110 user writeme password password and see if it authenticates you. Failing all that call telstra we had to use username@bpa before it would work and

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL not working - Authentication problem

2000-12-21 Thread Martin
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Rebecca Richards wrote: Hmm... as far as I am aware, you do __not_ need to give the NIC card used by the ADSL an IP address. Indeed, if you were watching how the techie did things, he didn't put an IP address into the Windows configs for the interface either. You

Re: [SLUG] Wierd sys board behaviour

2000-12-21 Thread Marty
When I put the, now configured, card back in the new mobo, having previously run MAKEDEV to create the /dev/ttyS* nodes for the extra ports, when I run setserial to bring up the new ports in the kernel to match the on-board setting, setserial complains that there is no such device for the

Re: [SLUG] Wierd sys board behaviour

2000-12-21 Thread Howard Lowndes
I don't think that this is the problem. This particular Digi board does not use any oddball modules like pcxx.o, just the standard multi-serial modules (...thinks - check the kernel configs). As I say, I already have one running elsewhere. -- Howard.

Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread Crossfire
- Original Message - From: "Mikolaj J. Habryn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Crossfire" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required ... You're one of David's friends, aren't you? You know... that's really depressing.

Re: [SLUG] Wierd sys board behaviour

2000-12-21 Thread Terry Collins
Howard Lowndes wrote: on-board setting, setserial complains that there is no such device for the eight ports on the card, as if the new mobo is still not seeing the card. 2c - is it a motherboard bus speed problem? i.e too high? -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} Ph(02) 4627 2186 Fax(02) 4628 7861

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL not working - Authentication problem

2000-12-21 Thread Rebecca Richards
Hi Martin, On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Martin wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Rebecca Richards wrote: Works like a charm. When I want to up the ADSL, I do "adsl-start", when I want to drop the ADSL, I do "adsl-stop". Simple. I had it all running 5 minutes after the techie left (and he left

Re: [SLUG] Wierd sys board behaviour

2000-12-21 Thread Howard Lowndes
Maybe, but I'm not too sure how to determine if it is the prob. It is definitely a 133 capable mobo tho. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates http://lannetlinux.com "...well, it worked before _you_ touched it!" On Fri, 22 Dec 2000,

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL not working - Authentication problem

2000-12-21 Thread Crossfire
- Original Message - From: "Rebecca Richards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Martin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Rebecca Richards" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL not working - Authentication problem to make it an interface

[SLUG] Re: Re: ADSL not working - Authentication problem

2000-12-21 Thread Angus Lees
\begin{Rebecca Richards} I much rather like the situation where, if the link dies and doesn't come back up within say three attempts, it stops and waits for me to see what's happening. add "maxfail 3" to your /etc/ppp/options (or similar) with adsl, i've found i need a *large* (well over a

Re: [SLUG] SSH hint required

2000-12-21 Thread Conrad Parker
take it offline, fellas. Merry Christmas to all, be nice to each other -- avoid scriptkiddies, flamewars, and scooters flimsier than your forearm. Conrad. On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:24:13PM +1100, Crossfire wrote: - Original Message - From: "Mikolaj J. Habryn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [SLUG] Re: Delphi, was Learning to program

2000-12-21 Thread Peter Faulks
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 08:31:52 +1100, Crossfire wrote: I fail to see how Delphi is a real-work environment, rather than a GUI building environment. This maybe getting off topic, but Delphi __IS__ a real-work environment, __BECAUSE__ it is a GUI building environment. By combining *RAD with fast

[SLUG] Sending SMS Messages...

2000-12-21 Thread Daniel Finn
Is is possible to send sms messages to a mobile in linux ... by using a modem to send it, without a connection to the internet? If so.. what software do I need? Daniel Finn EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 4886934 MOBILE: +61 (403) 364 302 Nepean Micro Computers - www.nmc.com.au -- SLUG -

Re: [SLUG] Re: ADSL not working - Authentication problem

2000-12-21 Thread John Ferlito
On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 02:23:50PM +1100, Rebecca Richards wrote: Hi Martin, For instance, I have the following: domain home.becsta.net search vic.bigpond.net.au That's not quite right. From man resolv.conf The domain and search keywords are mutually exclusive. If

Re: [SLUG] blocking ICQ

2000-12-21 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 02:03:12AM +1100, Peter wrote: I want to block ICQ access from any machine on my network between the hrs of xx00hrs and yy00hrs. I am masq using a box running kernal 2.2.6 Any ideas how I can best do this ?? I tend to use (as well as rm'ing ip_masq_icq.o)