Re: [SLUG] Project Management software

2001-04-22 Thread Ron Skeoch
Jon Austin wrote: > > | all, > | > | one of our people just came to me asking me about > | "Project Management Software" and my immediate reaction was a "?" > | and "oh no Microsoft" > | > | I havent got a clue and dont even know where to start > | Most of the client workstations are NT

Re: [SLUG] using rcp as root

2001-04-22 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Anyone know what else I need to change to get this to work ? a) Do not use root, especially unencrypted! b) Use scp instead of rcp (and ssh instead of telnet). You *can* allow root logins, but it's better (read: wise) not to. - Jeff -- "A rest with a fermata is the moral opposit

Re: [SLUG] using rcp as root

2001-04-22 Thread Andrew Bennetts
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:06:52PM +1000, Matt Hyne wrote: > I'm trying to work out what permissions I have to change on two machines to allow me >to 'rcp' as root from one machine to another. > > I have added both machines to /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.equiv but I still get >permission de

Re: [SLUG] using rcp as root

2001-04-22 Thread Tony Green
* This one time, at band camp, Matt Hyne said: > I'm trying to work out what permissions I have to change on two machines to allow me >to 'rcp' as root from one machine to another. > > I have added both machines to /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.equiv but I still get >permission denied message

[SLUG] using rcp as root

2001-04-22 Thread Matt Hyne
I'm trying to work out what permissions I have to change on two machines to allow me to 'rcp' as root from one machine to another. I have added both machines to /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.equiv but I still get permission denied messages - [root@panda /etc]# rcp /etc/smb.conf panda-new:/et

[SLUG] Next SLUG Meeting - Friday, 27th April, 2001

2001-04-22 Thread Jeff Waugh
Next SLUG Meeting - Friday, 27th April, 2001 Please note: We will be attempting to start and finish the meeting earlier from now on, so dinner doesn't run so late. Talks will begin at 7pm, with the usual suspects beforehand. The Usual

Re: [SLUG] Running X from tomsrtbt

2001-04-22 Thread Anand Kumria
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 04:43:32PM +1000, Ken Caldwell wrote: > Having created a Python addon floppy to go with my tomsrtbt system I > thought I would see If I could run X and thus be able to experiment with > Tkinter. I have managed to get it working except that the backspace, > delete and arrow

Re: [SLUG] Re: Debian Menu Customisation

2001-04-22 Thread Craige McWhirter
This just gives me vebose or debugged output. I cant see any error messages. It says it is reading my .menu dir and is updating from there but it just doesnt. Thus spake Angus Lees ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), on 0: > \begin{Craige McWhirter} > > Morning. I'm trying to add my own custom menu items usin

[SLUG] Problem installing new iptables in kernek 2.4.3

2001-04-22 Thread Phillipus Gunawan
Why when I'm finished upgrade kernel2.4.3 and iptables1.2.1a, and type   iptables -L   I got an error:   modprobe: Can't locate module ip_tables iptables v1.2.1a: can't initialise iptables table 'filter': Module is wrong version Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.   When I

Re: [SLUG] Re: CAD & GIS on Linux

2001-04-22 Thread Howard Lowndes
For CAD have a look at another German product http://www.cycas.de/ -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates "...well, it worked before _you_ touched it!" On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Richard Ibbotson wrote: > Terry > > >

Re: [SLUG] squashed faxes

2001-04-22 Thread Howard Lowndes
Have you tried sending the fax to a different machine? Is your modem class 2 or class 2.0? -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates "...well, it worked before _you_ touched it!" On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SLUG] CAD & GIS on Linux

2001-04-22 Thread Michael Lake
Terry Collins wrote: > > Wondering if anyone has any recomendation on either CAD or GIS apps > under Linux. GRASS is THE GIS package for Linux. Its big and powerful having been funded by the US Military and made available to the public the same way the internet was. Google will find lots on it.

[SLUG] Re: REGARDING PPP DIALUP SOURCE CODE

2001-04-22 Thread Angus Lees
\begin{[EMAIL PROTECTED]} > I am looking for dialup slip and dialup PPP implementation on Unix as well > as on DOS. > Could anyone tell from where I can down load the source code for dialup slip > and dialup ppp on Unix and DOS. did you even try and look for yourself? ftp://ftp.linuxcare.com.au/

[SLUG] Re: Debian Menu Customisation

2001-04-22 Thread Angus Lees
\begin{Craige McWhirter} > Morning. I'm trying to add my own custom menu items using the ~/.menu > system. When I run menu-update my menu updates are not inserted, nor are > there any errors. My menu files are good because I can copy them to > /usr/lib/menu and they get inseted into the menus corr

Re: [SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-22 Thread Craige McWhirter
If you want a nice and simple GUI tool, printtool is available. Printtool can be got as: apt-get install printtool As per usual, there's other ways ;) Thus spake Michael Lake ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), on 0: > Hi > > This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup > is gone.

[SLUG] Printer problem

2001-04-22 Thread Alister Waller
Hi, Redhat 6.2 I am using LPR to print. If I send a print job to remote printer on a PC running a LP daemon the print job goes through fine. If I try and print to the local printer attached to the server by a parallel cable 9 times out of 10 the job seems to sit in the queue until I turn the pr

[SLUG] monkeys broke my apt?

2001-04-22 Thread Geoffrey Robertson
Yesterday I attempted to upgrade gnumetic with # apt-get install gnumetric and something broke. now I get: mintie:~# apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: gnome-libs-da

[SLUG] SB16 cards (again)

2001-04-22 Thread Michael (Micksa) Slade
okay, so my previous request for SB16 cards got many responses, but I was too late to ask anyway to bring any to a meeting :) So with that in mind, who wants to bring one over to a meeting for me to buy? I want to buy 2, will pay up to $30, and will be very upset if they don't work :P Mick. --

[SLUG] How to get printing setup under Debian

2001-04-22 Thread Michael Lake
Hi This is quick. When I changed over to debian from RH my printing setup is gone. No printcap file at all. Have looked for combinatios of printcfg printconfig etc commands in bins, looked on debian doc site, and SLUG archives retured 55 matches but didnt actually show any text (must be doing som

Re: SLUG Membership WAS:[SLUG] JOB: Exciting Development Opportunities

2001-04-22 Thread luke
On 18 Apr, Mehmet Ozdemir wrote: > Jeff while making sly references may seem all good and well, it does > reflect on the organisations marketing ability. Take me for example I > joined as a paying member last march, and have a membership card to > prove it, member #167, exp 31/3/01 and will

[SLUG] Re: CAD & GIS on Linux

2001-04-22 Thread Richard Ibbotson
Terry > CAD seems to be a controversial one although there is a beta > version at the University of Lancaster in the UK. Can't remember > the name of it just now but I can find it if you really want it. http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/andy/ac3d.html thanks -- Richard -- SLUG - S

[SLUG] Re: CAD & GIS on Linux

2001-04-22 Thread Richard Ibbotson
Terry > Wondering if anyone has any recommendation on either CAD or GIS apps > under Linux. CAD seems to be a controversial one although there is a beta version at the University of Lancaster in the UK. Can't remember the name of it just now but I can find it if you really want it. The best

[SLUG] CAD & GIS on Linux

2001-04-22 Thread Terry Collins
Wondering if anyone has any recomendation on either CAD or GIS apps under Linux. -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} Ph(02) 4627 2186 Fax(02) 4628 7861 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.woa.com.au WOA Computer Services "People without trees are like fish without clean water" -- SLU

[SLUG] squashed faxes

2001-04-22 Thread jimd
Hi, I have been experimenting with efax (driven by fax) to send PS files as faxes. The command fax make converts PS to a G3 (TIFF) file quite acceptably. However, on the receiving machine, the top few lines were squashed to a fraction of their proper height. Is this a physical problem with the tra

[jason@mindsocket.com.au: Re: [SLUG] Mac OS, basiliskii]

2001-04-22 Thread Jason Nicholls
reposting to this list (replied to author only). - Forwarded message from Jason Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Jason Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matthew Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Mac OS, basiliskii Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:52:39 +0800 G'day, On Sun,

[SLUG] Consumer Electronics Show

2001-04-22 Thread Jon Biddell
Any SLUGgers intending to go to this ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] An HTML Help browser for Linux?

2001-04-22 Thread Harry Ohlsen
I have a file that's in windoze HTML Help format, but which I'd like to have access to on my Linux laptop. I tried searching using google to search for an HTML help browser for Linux, but to no avail. Does anyone know whether such a thing exists, or whether there's a converter that can take H

Re: [SLUG] An HTML Help browser for Linux?

2001-04-22 Thread Peter Hardy
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 02:59:52PM +1000, Harry Ohlsen wrote: > I have a file that's in windoze HTML Help format, but which I'd like to > have access to on my Linux laptop. > > I tried searching using google to search for an HTML help browser for > Linux, but to no avail. > > Does anyone know

[SLUG] REGARDING PPP DIALUP SOURCE CODE

2001-04-22 Thread nmgtrn3
Hello , I am looking for dialup slip and dialup PPP implementation on Unix as well as on DOS. Could anyone tell from where I can down load the source code for dialup slip and dialup ppp on Unix and DOS. Thanks, Mallika -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] An HTML Help browser for Linux?

2001-04-22 Thread Harry Ohlsen
>Is it a chm file? Yes. >That is Compiled HTML Metafile or something like that. Compiled HTML or CHM >is what you want to search for... try that on google and freshmeat. I know >there are windows tools that help you make them at least :) Thanks for the tip. I'll try that. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] An HTML Help browser for Linux?

2001-04-22 Thread David Kempe
> I tried searching using google to search for an HTML help browser for > Linux, but to no avail. Is it a chm file? That is Compiled HTML Metafile or something like that. Compiled HTML or CHM is what you want to search for... try that on google and freshmeat. I know there are windows tools that h