Re: [SLUG] raid 1 on linux

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 05:09:50PM +1000, Marty Richards wrote: I forgot there where so many steps before I started writing this :) OK Here's john's not so short guide to RAID 1 :) I'm gogin to assume you have two drives you want to RADI 1 /dev/hda /dev/hdc /dev/hda has / which is on h

Re: [SLUG] ADSL connection

Chris Stokes was once rumoured to have said: > I am setting up a RH7 machine with 2 nic's one to a private address and one > to a telstra ADSL. I have the ADSL working and can ping and browse external > addresses as well as ping internal addresses. I then tried to set up masq > and test connecting

RE: [SLUG] raid 1 on linux

Doh! Spoke too soon. Yes, the mkraid finished happily. Then the mdcreate raid1 /dev/md0 /dev/hda2 /dev/hdc2 finished happily. But the mdadd -ar now returns: /dev/hda2: no such device /dev/hdc2: no such device /dev/md0: no such device Sigh. ;) I think I'll make my own raid using cp hehe. It

RE: [SLUG] raid 1 on linux

Hi Howard, Thanks for your mail (thanks Crossfire also). I was having problems with mdadd -ar returning "invalid argument". We could create raid0 easily, but raid1 was not happening. I am using 2.2.16 I have since found some kernel patches that claim to help - these have been installed and mkr

[SLUG] decrypting MSWord8 files

Hi, I've been sent a file which the owner wants me to be able to read. Why he mightn't want me to write on my own copy is not clear. However, when I try to open it, Word asks me for a password. Presumably it is encrypted - at any rate strings(1) returns garbage. I understand that software exists

Re: [SLUG] raid 1 on linux

What's the problem. I have a site in Melb that has been running software RAID1 under RH6.1 for around a year now and it has not given a skerrit of problem. The original RAID was a disaster, so what kernel are you using? -- Howard. LANNet Com

Re: [SLUG] Re: Ghosting HDD's..

In fact you shouldn't be doing it at all unless you are running under something like tomsrtbt or the Linuxcare CD. Then you have no probs about /proc or anything other than what is strictly on the HDD. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates <

[SLUG] ADSL connection

I am setting up a RH7 machine with 2 nic's one to a private address and one to a telstra ADSL. I have the ADSL working and can ping and browse external addresses as well as ping internal addresses. I then tried to set up masq and test connecting from another internal machine - no luck. After check

[SLUG] OT PCRecyclers

I have had communication today with Steve Lagos of PCRecyclers on [EMAIL PROTECTED] with no problems and also sent an email straight from the web page. He asked me to pass on the message that they were unaware of the bouncing email problem and to pass on his email address (above) I guess if so

[SLUG] Proftpd and PAM

G'day all, I am a bit stuck with this, I can't work out whats going on, I hope someone can at least help me track down the problem . I just installed Proftpd on a Redhat 6.2 box running kernel 2.4.2 and xinetd when I try and login in I get this ... # ftp servername Connected to servername 220 s

[SLUG] Re: Running pppd as non-root

\begin{Greg Hosler} > however, it is the case that any suid program that is compromised will > almost certainly (and immediately, to the knowledgeably) be used as a > root exploit. > > It is for this reason that RH (circa 5.x releases I think) removed the suid > bit on pppd (I think that the orig

Re: [SLUG] raid 1 on linux

Marty Richards was once rumoured to have said: > Hi All, > > Is it just me or does the configuration of Raid 1 on Linux really suck? Pre2.4, yes - yes it does. MD/RAID got cleaned up a lot in 2.4, but even then, its still not perfect. Oh, and I think devfs potentially breaks new-style raid to

[SLUG] raid 1 on linux

Hi All, Is it just me or does the configuration of Raid 1 on Linux really suck? Its a real pain to configure, and I dread the day I have to fix it after it breaks. Even Netware 2.15 was better than this, and that was more than 10 years ago. I haven't benchmarked it yet but I have a gut feelin

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[SLUG] Re: wu-ftpd debian

\begin{David} > test:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/wu-ftpd start > test:/etc/init.d# ps ax | grep ftp > 5085 pts/1S 0:00 grep ftp > Nothing happened. What am I doing wrong? anything in /var/log/daemon.log ? strace -f it and see what/where its dying -- - Gus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User

Re: [SLUG] Uncompressing .tgz files

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, David wrote: > what does gunzip or gzip do that tar doesn't? > > tar xzf works and is easier to relate to. GZIP compresses. Tar doesn't - it simply puts numerous paths/files into one archive. All tar xzf does is pipe the output through GZIP before running the TAR command

Re: [SLUG] Uncompressing .tgz files

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, D.V.Rogers wrote: > have readthe book, twice > still having problems uncompressing .tgz files > any command line suggestions? > any utilities recommended? .TGZ files are not just compressed files - they are compress TAR files. You can do this one of two ways, depending on w

[SLUG] Using Freesco to connect to Bigpond direct

Hello there, I am new to this,so be gentle :) I have used the Freesco router (www.freesco.org) for about 5 routers now, works fine. So far I have only set up normal ISPs on it. But now I tried to set one up for Bigpond Direct. Anyone tried that yet ? Or anyone here setup a Linux for it and could

Re: [SLUG] ftp attack perhaps?

Do you have any interesting firewall logs that match these. I find it useful to log all incoming SYN only TCP packets whether they are accepted or not; it tell me what is trying to connect. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates

Re: [SLUG] Re: Ghosting HDD's..

Angus Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it may be a little safer than cp -a (devices, not copying /proc, etc) > and it would even preserve access times on files ;) cp -a should be safe for devices, but you do have to unmount /proc and the like. It also preserves access times/modification times,

[SLUG] ftp attack perhaps?

First symptom.. couldn't ftp to my webserver, connection refused. Second symptom.. the following on the console when I checked the web server: IP_MASQ:reverse ICMP: failed checksum from 164.138.225.122! IP_MASQ:reverse ICMP: failed checksum from 164.138.225.122! Third symptom.. the following i

Re: [SLUG] odd bit in apache access log

Dave Fitch wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 01:45:23AM +1000, Rick Welykochy wrote: > > ... - - [25/Mar/2001:22:15:56 +1000] "GET http://www.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.1" 403 218 > > ...^ > > > > Is the ^ bit above perhaps specified in a L

Re: [SLUG] UPS serial cable

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 08:09:48AM +1000, Simon Bryan wrote: > I had a similar experience, I then typed in the address manually and it > worked! No reason for that, once contact was established it became quite > normal with no bounces, so perhaps something is screwy on the web page. that wasn't

Re: [SLUG] UPS serial cable

I had a similar experience, I then typed in the address manually and it worked! No reason for that, once contact was established it became quite normal with no bounces, so perhaps something is screwy on the web page. At 07:35 27/03/2001, you wrote: >On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 06:44:02AM +1000, Uma

Re: [SLUG] odd bit in apache access log

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 01:45:23AM +1000, Rick Welykochy wrote: > ... - - [25/Mar/2001:22:15:56 +1000] "GET http://www.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.1" 403 218 > ...^ > > Is the ^ bit above perhaps specified in a LogFormat specifier in > your h

Re: [SLUG] UPS serial cable

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 06:44:02AM +1000, Umar Goldeli wrote: > On another note, have you tried to email them yet? Every single address on > their contact list bounces.. :( except "sales" I think. I ended up ringing them though. Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slu

Re: [SLUG] odd bit in apache access log

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 11:58:43PM +1000, Ian Tester wrote: > attacks. You wouldn't happen to be on a cable modem or ADSL connection would > you? it's on a more or less permanent modem connection. Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug

Re: [SLUG] UPS serial cable

On another note, have you tried to email them yet? Every single address on their contact list bounces.. :( //umar. On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Michael Still wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Dave Fitch wrote: > > > I noticed second hand UPS' for sale at > > www.pcrecyclers.net (checking out those HP mac

Re: [SLUG] UPS serial cable

Try MRI in Melb. They had these Sola 510's by the pallett full at $50 each only about 2 weeks ago. They looked almost brand new. I got a Sola 750wa for that price from them. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates

Re: [SLUG] odd bit in apache access log

Dave Fitch wrote: > Why do every so often I get bits like: > > adlax3-110.dialup.optusnet.com.au - - [25/Mar/2001:22:15:56 +1000] "GET >http://www.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.1" 403 218 > > in my apache access.log? > > It's out of the blue, that person hasn't been looking at my > website or anything t

Re: [SLUG] odd bit in apache access log

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Dave Fitch wrote: > Why do every so often I get bits like: > > adlax3-110.dialup.optusnet.com.au - - [25/Mar/2001:22:15:56 +1000] "GET >http://www.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.1" 403 218 > > in my apache access.log? > > It's out of the blue, that person hasn't been looking at my >

[SLUG] odd bit in apache access log

Why do every so often I get bits like: adlax3-110.dialup.optusnet.com.au - - [25/Mar/2001:22:15:56 +1000] "GET http://www.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.1" 403 218 in my apache access.log? It's out of the blue, that person hasn't been looking at my website or anything they just appear to be requesting my

Re: [SLUG] Uncompressing .tgz files

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 05:33:44PM +1000, marty uttered: > > have readthe book, twice > > still having problems uncompressing .tgz files > > .tgz is equivalent to .tar.gz > As noted before. > tar -zxvf filename.tgz > Don't use the 'minus' in front of tar options as most, if not all newish tar's

Re: [SLUG] .tgz uncompress FIX

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:49:34PM +1000, D.V.Rogers wrote: > the solution fix used was follwowing > tar zxvf (filename) --for .tgz files > tar xvf (filename)-- for .tar files > thanks again and hope to get to some REAL problems late Remember that some browsers (mozilla) automatical

Re: [SLUG] UPS serial cable

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Dave Fitch wrote: > I noticed second hand UPS' for sale at > www.pcrecyclers.net (checking out those HP machines > Simon was looking at). They're Sola 510 600VA models > and look quite good for $149. They'll add the serial > cable as well for an extra $18, so my question is

Re: [SLUG] wu-ftpd debian

Also, you might want to check that cat /etc/inetd.conf | grep ftp And make sure an existing ftp server is not already enabled, as this might have the port already ;) so you'd need to # it out, and ps aux | grep inetd ; kill -1 pidof inetd Then try running wu-ftpd again - Original Message -

Re: [SLUG] wu-ftpd debian

No idea :) I tend to use proftpd, apt-get install proftpd... - Original Message - From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 5:02 PM Subject: [SLUG] wu-ftpd debian > > I just apt-got wu-ftpd, and it appeared to install ok. > > When I tried

[SLUG] wu-ftpd debian

I just apt-got wu-ftpd, and it appeared to install ok. When I tried to start it this is what i get. The first line was just me trying to see if the script was actually being invoked at all! test:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/wu-ftpd blob Usage: /etc/init.d/wu-ftpd {start|stop|restart|force-reload}

Re: [SLUG] Can't compile 2.4.2 kernel - where is gas? - SOLVED

Astute readers with acute memories will remember my problems with compiling a 2.4.2 kernel on a Debian sid box. The answer to the problem for now was found by perusing some back numbers on the debian-user list. In /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/Makefile, you need to replace all instances of -of