[SLUG] I've screwed up sshd

2001-11-19 Thread Howard Lowndes
...and all I did was change the IP address of the damned box. Now I cannot log into it; all I get on the client is: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host Running both the server and the client in debug is not much more enlightening. I have cleared out the various

[SLUG] I'm a dill [was] I've screwed up sshd

2001-11-19 Thread Howard Lowndes
Engage Google before operating keyboard. Say after me tcp-wrappers It was an early morning watching the Leonids (8-) -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com We are either doing something, or we are not. 'Talking about' is a

Re: [SLUG] I've screwed up sshd

2001-11-19 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 08:23:58PM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: ...and all I did was change the IP address of the damned box. Now I cannot log into it; all I get on the client is: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host Running both the server and the client in debug

Re: [SLUG] I've screwed up sshd

2001-11-19 Thread Tony Green
* This one time, at band camp, Howard Lowndes said: ...and all I did was change the IP address of the damned box. Now I cannot log into it; all I get on the client is: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host Running both the server and the client in debug is not much

[SLUG] Gnome config problem

2001-11-19 Thread Laurie Savage
I have a working Gnome 1.4 setup, but got this message during ./configure for evolution. checking for gnome-config... no checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install How do I fix

Re: [SLUG] debian hacked

2001-11-19 Thread Ken Foskey
Matthew Clark wrote: I would be blocking arp requests from outside my network. Try this and if you are still getting crap then maybe you have problems, but I think it is just a chatty windows box (on the optus network) looking to resolve an ip address. I also get tonnes of them when I run

Re: [SLUG] debian hacked

2001-11-19 Thread David Kempe
Curious, the modem only stops blinking when I shutdown the box, is this because the network cable stops being active? I believe the cable modem is pretty much a docsis to ethernet bridge of some sort. Not having any ethernet link would probably be fatal to its function i think :-)

Re: [SLUG] Gnome config problem

2001-11-19 Thread Simon Wong
On Mon, 2001-11-19 at 21:36, Laurie Savage wrote: I have a working Gnome 1.4 setup, but got this message during ./configure for evolution. checking for gnome-config... no checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file

Re: [SLUG] Reading CDRW Disks

2001-11-19 Thread Heracles
On Sunday 18 November 2001 22:45, Crossfire wrote: Heracles was once rumoured to have said: I had the chance to use a mate's cable connection the other night and downloaded the latest kernel source. My problem is that he put it on a CDRW disk (using windows) and my system does not even

[SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread Minh Van Le
Has anybody configured 3 or 4 nics to work under Linux ? I'm trying to make a decision between possibly having 3 or 4 10mbit RealTek PCI nics (at $20 each), or purchasing the D-Link 4-Port PCIBUS 10/100 NIC DFE-570TX ($499.70AUD at everythinglinux.com.au). To go on a Celeron 850, 64mb ram, 20gb

Re: [SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Minh Van Le Is there any hardware traps I should look for (eg. onboard/offboard mainboards) that prohibits 3 or 4 regular nics to be used under Linux ? Is there a particular brand/type of mainboard/nic combo I should get ? Plug them in, and they'll work. You'll only be caught out

[SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread Matt -
I will soon be making a decision on which university I should study Computer Science/IT. I know there are many educated people in this forum with a degree or greater and look forward to hearing your opinions. Currently i'm looking at UTS, Sydney and UNSW but am wondering how these differ from

RE: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Matt, Go to UTS, so if are in attendance on the last Friday of the month, you won't have to travel to get to the SLUG meeting. Pretty good reason if you ask me. :) Regards Mehmet Ozdemir Original Message: - From: Matt - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 04:29:18 +1100

Re: [SLUG] Samba - Public Access Share - Solved

2001-11-19 Thread Steven Kerr
Original message from: David Kempe [EMAIL PROTECTED] you need to have security=share only once in the config Fixed. It ended up being a case of using older documentation (boo hiss). The default for security= changed from Samba 1.9 (the doc I was using) to Samba 2+ I actually found in the

Re: [SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
Also afaik there're problems with the NetGear FA311s with 2.4.x ? and people have suggested use of FA310s instead. Is this true ? Get Intel EtherExpress cards or Tulips (chipset, not brand). Netgear 10/100's work well in linux. What's the difference between OEM and Retail pricing ? You

RE: [SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread George Vieira
I'm running 2 Realtek 8029 and 1 Tulip card and worked great in the old P100 system and when moved to the new system I had problems with 1 of the 8029 cards having weird conflicts. Though I would still use them anyway, I've heard people make comments about Realtek cards being bad but I've never

Re: [SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
George Vieira wrote: I'm running 2 Realtek 8029 and 1 Tulip card and worked great in the old P100 system and when moved to the new system I had problems with 1 of the 8029 cards having weird conflicts. Probably just an irq conflict or maybe shared pci/isa slot blues. Though I would

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread Rich Buggy
Hi Matt, Currently i'm looking at UTS, Sydney and UNSW but am wondering how these differ from universities such as Macquarie and UWS and why these may be discouraged ? I wouldn't discourage anyone going to club mac (aka Macquarie). I have a degree from there and had a great time getting

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread David Fitch
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:49:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt, Go to UTS, so if are in attendance on the last Friday of the month, you won't have to travel to get to the SLUG meeting. Pretty good reason if you ask me. :) sounds like a good reason to me! These decisions seem

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
I attend UWS, if you live out this way i think its a waste of time to go to a city uni. Do engineering over comp science. I know in my elec/mech/comp engineering there is a feeling of comp sci being a bludgy degree. Dean Rich Buggy wrote: Hi Matt, Currently i'm looking at UTS, Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread Peter Hardy
On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 08:16, Dean Hamstead wrote: Also afaik there're problems with the NetGear FA311s with 2.4.x ? and people have suggested use of FA310s instead. Is this true ? Get Intel EtherExpress cards or Tulips (chipset, not brand). Tulips are nice cards, but apparently they

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread Jason Rennie
Currently i'm looking at UTS, Sydney and UNSW but am wondering how these differ from universities such as Macquarie and UWS and why these may be discouraged ? Macquarie is not to be discouraged. Actually if you look at the marks to get in, macquarie is getting harder to get into. I've found

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread Jason Rennie
These decisions seem important at the time but once you've got a degree, it don't matter a hoot which uni it's from. Certainly for IT/CompSci anyway, it might make a difference for law or medicine etc don't know. Thats quite a good point. What uni will be the easuest to get too. Unless you

Re: [SLUG] Mgetty+Sendfax

2001-11-19 Thread Jamie Honan
What the problem is, I want to be able to send a html fax and can't find anything on how to do that. Render HTML to PS. Render PS to pbm Convert pbm to group-3 compressed send the group-3 compressed file. The method to acheive this is left as an exercise to the reader. I leave this

Re: [SLUG] Compile errors with Gnome orbit packages

2001-11-19 Thread Simon Wong
FYI. Ximian have ACK'd the problem. -Forwarded Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Bug 15593] Changed - Orbit includes not found by configure scripts Date: 19 Nov 2001 18:14:10 + Please do not reply to this

RE: [SLUG] Multiple NICS under Linux

2001-11-19 Thread Bernhard Luder
RTL8139 (10/100) works fine as well and costs less than $20 each. Bernhard Luder This electronic mail is solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you receive this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system

Re: [SLUG] OT: University

2001-11-19 Thread Ben Leslie
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Rich Buggy wrote: Hi Matt, Currently i'm looking at UTS, Sydney and UNSW but am wondering how these differ from universities such as Macquarie and UWS and why these may be discouraged ? I wouldn't discourage anyone going to club mac (aka Macquarie). I have a

Re: [SLUG] Reading CDRW Disks

2001-11-19 Thread Gareth Walters
- Original Message - From: Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Reading CDRW Disks On Sunday 18 November 2001 22:45, Crossfire wrote: Kernel was 2.4.0-4. Thanks to all who answered. I now know a hell of a

[SLUG] High Speed Serial Card

2001-11-19 Thread John Ferlito
Anyone know of any high speed serial card for linux? Preferably PCI with an RS-422 interface that will handle 2Mb connections. I'll be using it to terminate a HDSL connection. -- John Ferlito Senior Engineer Bulletproof Networks ph: +61 (0) 2 9663 9000 fax: +61 (0) 2 9662 4744 mob: +61 (0)

[SLUG] project's interviews

2001-11-19 Thread Lie Dewi
Dear Sir, I am student in the Bachelor of Information Technology at Charles Sturt University, Australia, and my name is Dewi Lie I am enrolled in the subject ITC301: Software Project Management and Quality Assurance. As one of my compulsory assignment in this subject, I am required to conduct

[SLUG] [foster@dim.ucsd.edu: [SUN] Linux on Sun Sparc hardware]

2001-11-19 Thread Broun, Bevan
This is a message from the sunmanagers mail list. Anyone able to help [EMAIL PROTECTED] with linux on sun hardware? The sun in question is a bit old now, linux may well be a good idea for it for the same reasons that it's good on older PCs. But I havent any linux on sparc experiance. BB -

Re: [SLUG] [foster@dim.ucsd.edu: [SUN] Linux on Sun Sparc hardware]

2001-11-19 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
It really blew my mind when Broun, Bevan [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This is a message from the sunmanagers mail list. Anyone able to help [EMAIL PROTECTED] with linux on sun hardware? The sun in question is a bit old now, linux may well be a good idea for it for the same reasons that it's

[SLUG] Cat Files

2001-11-19 Thread Scott Ragen
Hi all, What I am trying to do (as indicated by my last post) is send faxes from our program. I have successfully been able to fax documents, but my problem now is I need to cut the document into smaller documents according to a fax number. What the file looks like is: 'html fax Number'

[SLUG] 2.4.1[34] low memory?

2001-11-19 Thread Matthew Sanderson
Is anyone here running 2.4.13 or 2.4.14 on a machine with very little RAM? I am (my trustly old 486 NAT gateway), and it's screwing up regularly where 2.4.12 did not. I'm after some more information from others, so that I can do a bit of amateur kernel debugging :) --m@ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] Cat Files

2001-11-19 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Scott Ragen wrote: How can I say look at the html line and then cut the document into separate files to be faxed? If you have a common delimiter line in the file between the documents, you can use csplit to split the file up, e.g.: csplit faxfile '/pattern/' '{*}'

Re: [SLUG] Compile errors with Gnome orbit packages

2001-11-19 Thread Daniel Stone
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 06:24:35PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Daniel Stone wrote: On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:02:17PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: I think I used something like COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | grep ximian | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs apt-get install