[SLUG] Rebuilding rpm database

I've managed to corrupt a systems RPM database. Any ideas on how to rebuild it? --rebuilddb doesn't do it. Must be really stuffed! TIA Stuart -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Samba Shre help

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 04:50:19PM +1100, Simon Bryan wrote: > Caqn some SAMBA guru please help? I need to setup a share so that only one > user has read/write access from any workstation, the user is a valid Win NT Try: [careers] path = /some/real/path writeable = yes valid users = msmith --

Re: [SLUG] X11 forwarding over SSH (with DHCP)

On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 03:16, Christopher Booth wrote: > In your /etc/ssh/ssh_config file is there a line that says > ForwardX11 yes Yes, this is set okay. > > also check for a line > CheckHostIP yes > > a guess but try making that no That was commented out so I made that explicitly no. > >

[SLUG] Samba Shre help

Hi all, Caqn some SAMBA guru please help? I need to setup a share so that only one user has read/write access from any workstation, the user is a valid Win NT Domain user. eg Share Name: careers Username: msmith Path: /some/real/path Cheers, _ Simon Bryan

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a zip file?

> Is it possible to mount a zip/gzip/bzip file as part of the filesystem, > so it gets decompressed on the fly and only when needed? Similar > to mounting an iso from a file I guess. With a user-space file system, yes. There's a few around, some of which use the Midnight Commander vfs modules

Re: [SLUG] How to you upgrade libraries on Potato?

> I need to upgrade from libdb2 -> libdb3 > > Using apt-get install it says it is uninstallable You need to give the complete error output, otherwise we won't be able to deduce why. - Jeff -- We're kind of like Canada, only we hate ourselves more, and it's wetter

Re: [SLUG] Using unstable packages with Potato

Richard Hayes wrote: > I want to run unstable packages with Potato. > > I need to upgrade a number of important files including libc6 & libdb3 > > How to I query which programmes may break? > > Do I just use the --install option? If all you want to do is install libdb3 (which exists in testing

[SLUG] Keeping TCP character strings together

I think I have been down this path before, but it was a while ago and I cannot find any reference and I am not in a position to have a look at the srchives just at the moment. When a user is logged into a rlogin, telnet, or ssh session over TCP sockets there is often the occasion that one stroke

[SLUG] How to you upgrade libraries on Potato?

Dear list, I need to upgrade from libdb2 -> libdb3 Using apt-get install it says it is uninstallable I would happily read the manuals but I can not find any information on either debian.org or debianhelp.org. If anyone can advise (or point to the information) I would be very thankfull. Also

[SLUG] Try Harder button - should be default on all applications :-)

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[SLUG] X11 forwarding over SSH (with DHCP)

Calling SSH/X gurus! I am trying to get X11 forwarding over SSH working. I am using DHCP to obtain an IP and bring up my interface (eth0). When I SSH to my box, X forwarding works if there is an entry in my /etc/hosts file that matches the IP of that box (when I use a static IP). But it doesn'

Re: [SLUG] X crashes for nicko, works for ed

could be offbase here but shouldn't you use startx -- :2 to start a new xserver ? Chris On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:47:46 +1100 "Nick Croft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slug, > > On Friday I was fiddling around with locale in my user account nicko. > This was to get xterm and mutt working with utf

[SLUG] X crashes for nicko, works for ed

Slug, On Friday I was fiddling around with locale in my user account nicko. This was to get xterm and mutt working with utf8. When I tried to start X again, it crashed. Another user on this machine - ed, can start X, as can root. I re-exported the locale variables to C after trying out en.US.U

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a zip file?

On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 12:01, Steve Downing wrote: > At 25 February 2002, Peter Hardy wrote: > >On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 10:48, Steve Downing wrote: > >If you don't mind recompressing them in a different format, then cramfs > >should do the job fine. I don't know of anything to mount tarballs, *snip*

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Re: [SLUG] Another place to eat

Isn't it the other way round, where it's illegal or rather ill advised to provide tap water, ever since the water incident that happened few years back? Rgds, H T Wijaya - Original Message - From: Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, February 24, 2002 5:38 pm Subject: Re: [SLU

RE: [SLUG] Shocking Service

Usually you only get shocking service if you are a big mob. If you are (say) a table of two or three you often get priority service. That's why McDonalds was so popular - you get instant service (no comment on the product). Also, one of the other problems we had looking for alternate places was t

Re: [SLUG] Toshiba laptop

On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 10:49:52AM +1100, Ken Foskey wrote: > My kernel now boots. I did not have ext3 compiled into the kernel I had > it as a module.(Jeff from archives) > > I can load the network module insmod xircom_cb and it appears to load > however there is no eth0. It was defined to

Re: [SLUG] Another place to eat

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:00:58AM +1030, David Fitch wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 09:28:56AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Do they charge exorbident prices for their drinks, and a $1 for a jug > > of tap water? > > either: > - take a small plastic bottle with you (like the 500ml orange j

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a zip file?

At 25 February 2002, Peter Hardy wrote: >On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 10:48, Steve Downing wrote: >> Is it possible to mount a zip/gzip/bzip file as part of the filesystem, >> so it gets decompressed on the fly and only when needed? Similar >> to mounting an iso from a file I guess. >> I have a 20Meg

[SLUG] Re: How can I get a list of locks in a table in Postgres?

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 04:53:53PM +0900, Antony Stace wrote: > I have run into a problem with postgres. I cannot update some rows in a table while > i can update other rows in the same table. How can I see what locks are on a >table/row in postgres? don't know. but "pgmonitor" could show you

[SLUG] Using unstable packages with Potato

Dear list, I want to run unstable packages with Potato. I need to upgrade a number of important files including libc6 & libdb3 How to I query which programmes may break? Do I just use the --install option? regards, Debian dummy. -- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing - 113-115 Oxford St Darli

Re: [SLUG] Another place to eat

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 09:28:56AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Do they charge exorbident prices for their drinks, and a $1 for a jug > of tap water? either: - take a small plastic bottle with you (like the 500ml orange juice ones) and fill it from the sink in the dunny, or - order the water,

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a zip file?

On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 10:48, Steve Downing wrote: > Is it possible to mount a zip/gzip/bzip file as part of the filesystem, > so it gets decompressed on the fly and only when needed? Similar > to mounting an iso from a file I guess. > I have a 20Meg docs folder which I don't always need, and it i

[SLUG] Mounting a zip file?

Is it possible to mount a zip/gzip/bzip file as part of the filesystem, so it gets decompressed on the fly and only when needed? Similar to mounting an iso from a file I guess. I have a 20Meg docs folder which I don't always need, and it inflates to >100Meg, wasting a lot of space on the lapto

[SLUG] logrotate

sluggers, when logrotate "runs each statement" in the config files does it do this in series waiting for each to be done or does it do this in parallel? EG: /var/log/one { create 0600 weekly postrotate /etc/rc.d/init.d/initscript restart endscript } /var/log/two { create 0600

Re: [SLUG] music players frontends problem

Ramana Juvvadi wrote: > > Is there any solution for this?? And can please > anybody tell me what is the problem.. check your mixer settings? -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} Ph(02) 4627 2186 Fax(02) 4628 7861 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.woa.com.au Wombat Outdoor Adventures

Re: [SLUG] Another place to eat

On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Nicholas Reese wrote: > I don't know how packed the Marigold (just around the corner from Gang > Spew) gets on a Friday night, but I have had Yum Cha there many times > and their service is good and the food fantastic. They also have two > massive floors of space so getting a

Re: [SLUG] Enforcing proxy use

On 21 Feb 2002, Stephan Borg wrote: > > > I read somewhere once, that using IPChains (or IPTables), you could > > > redirect all IP traffic through Squid for security/proxy. > > > > Last time I looked Netgear supported neither IPChains or IPTables. > > Is there any mention of Netgear in that quo

Re: [SLUG] Tip: DVD playing on Linux/BSD

> Ogle works really well. I had to grab the latest stuff from the > web site, but basically it all just works once you've got the right > packages installed. > > Sound and image works fine. I'm running on a PIII 733MHz machine, so > it's by no means cutting edge. Ogle even kept working fine

[SLUG] music players frontends problem

Hello All, I am running Redhat 7.1. When i play music with xmms or kmediaplayer, the progressbar moves fast and unable to hear anything. I can listen to music with mpg123. Is there any solution for this?? And can please anybody tell me what is the problem.. thanks Ramana Juvvadi

Re: [SLUG] Small correction to that "nextx" script

> I rarely touch shell functions (except for scripting, of course) > or aliases. #!/bin/sh scripts all the way. It'll save you > trouble in the end :). (Pseudoshell:) scp .bashrc over here source .bashrc Done! - Jeff -- http://www.xach.com/debian-users-are-beatniks.html

Re: [SLUG] Small correction to that "nextx" script

On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 11:08:26PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Your comments near psgrep are the reason I don't bother adding aliases, > > etc, to my profile. It used to annoy me when I'd jump on another box and > > didn't have all my customisations. > > One of these days I'll add the "bring al

[SLUG] link to Thinclient talk slides..

http://www.linuxhelp.com.au/~smilie/thinclients/ -- Anthony Rumble - Managing Director EverythingLinux.com.au - The Alternative Operating System Store LinuxHelp.com.au - Support,Training,Development,Consulting Phone: 0500 500 368 Direct 02-9712-1799 Fax 02-9712-3977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Use

Re: [SLUG] Small correction to that "nextx" script

> Your comments near psgrep are the reason I don't bother adding aliases, > etc, to my profile. It used to annoy me when I'd jump on another box and > didn't have all my customisations. One of these days I'll add the "bring all of my dotfiles over" function, which is just dirty at the moment. :

Re: [SLUG] Application rights and access

> What distro are you using? If it is Debian I expect there will be an > appropriate group to add this user to for mounting this share. OTher > distro's may well do something similar. I am using SuSE 7.3 Personal. I tried giving myself rights to every group except root, still did not work.

Re: [SLUG] running ipchains from CGI script

don't change the ownership of ipchains.  use sudo. (man sudo for details). If your cgis are run by user apache then in /etc/sudoers allow user apache to run the ipchains command. Kerry. - Original Message - From: Nicholas Reese To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, Februar

Re: [SLUG] Local Suse Mirrors

At 8:45 pm, Sunday, February 24 2002, Jeff Waugh mumbled: > SuSE doesn't distribute ISOs in the hope that you'll purchase the boxed set. > You can download an FTP tree, which I assume is the contents of the ISO, > however; it's available on planetmirror.com. > You can also get SuSE from linuxiso

Re: [SLUG] Small correction to that "nextx" script

On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 04:52:13PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Or, check out psgrep in my .bashrc: > http://perkypants.org/dotfiles/ Your comments near psgrep are the reason I don't bother adding aliases, etc, to my profile. It used to annoy me when I'd jump on another box and didn't have all my