Re: [SLUG] vim 6.1 on RH 8.0 behaviour for readonly files

2002-12-04 Thread Ken Foskey
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 12:32, Chris Velevitch wrote: When using vim 6.1 on RH 8.0 to edit a read only file, if you modify the file and save the changes with :w! and continue editing, the file permissions are still read only and all subsequent save of changes, each time, require the use of :w! .

RE: [SLUG] ADSL iPrimus

2002-12-04 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 13:09, Jon Biddell wrote: Shameless plug time...:-) www.alwaysonline.net.au Reasonably good pricing, they *don't* use Telstra, and GREAT service Anyone have a comment on datafast.net.au ? Rob signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [SLUG] DivX under linux

2002-12-04 Thread Ben Buxton
Mplayer is a better one for movies IMHO. It does virtually all Codecs (sorenson's a pain still), *and* can encode them too. It supports hardware accellerated video, meaning I can play a 700x400 full fram divx with negligible CPU load. Together with fb, tvout and lirc support, you can do proper

[SLUG] rp-pppoe and modem sync

2002-12-04 Thread Minh Van Le
I use Roaring Penguin PPPoE and have a D-Link ADSL 300 modem. Do I still receive traffic (and incur charges) if my ppp0 interface is down while my modem is on and sync'd ? Can my provider still send data downstream to me and count it as part of my system usage when I haven't logged on ? This is

Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Rob B
- Original Message - From: Michael Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:21 AM Subject: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ? Hi all, I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl have used and can recommend and what not

Re: [SLUG] rp-pppoe and modem sync

2002-12-04 Thread David Kempe
Your bandwidth usage will be charged on layer 3 usage. Thats if youve got an IP address you are getting charged dave - Original Message - From: Minh Van Le [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do I still receive traffic (and incur charges) if my ppp0 interface is down while my modem

Re: [SLUG] DivX under linux

2002-12-04 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
On Wed 04 Dec, Ben Buxton bloviated thus: Mplayer is a better one for movies IMHO. It does virtually all Codecs (sorenson's a pain still), *and* can encode them too. It supports hardware accellerated video, meaning I can play a 700x400 full fram divx with negligible CPU load. Together with

RE: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Fox
Hi all, I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl have used and can recommend and what not maybe to use. apt-get install proftpd -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

RE: [SLUG] time on a Linux box

2002-12-04 Thread Luke King
hello, thanks to all those that responded. the information given has been most helpful. Glen, i am not in a position that i can afford my own internet connection at home. hence, i am 'forced' to use the one at work. the mail server does add disclaimers or whatever to the end of each mail that

Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Rob B
- Original Message - From: Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Michael Lake' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:27 PM Subject: RE: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ? Hi all, I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl

RE: [SLUG] time on a Linux box

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Fox
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Luke King Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2002 9:32 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] '; Luke King Subject: RE: [SLUG] time on a Linux box hello, thanks to all those that responded. the information given

RE: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Fox
Hi all, I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl have used and can recommend and what not maybe to use. apt-get install proftpd You didn't really read the email, did you? Yes, somewhat. But probably not entirely. However... since when wasn't proftpd

Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Rob B
- Original Message - From: Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Rob B' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: RE: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ? I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl have used and can

[SLUG] Stopping pop ups

2002-12-04 Thread Mick
I read somewhere that if you're using a mozilla web browser then you could stop pop-up adds I use Netscape 7.0, buyt can't find anything in prefrences to indicate any sort of pop up killer ... any tips from the pro's? Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] Stopping pop ups

2002-12-04 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:14:23 +1100 Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read somewhere that if you're using a mozilla web browser then you could stop pop-up adds I use Netscape 7.0, buyt can't find anything in prefrences to indicate any sort of pop up killer ... any tips from the pro's?

Re: [SLUG] Stopping pop ups

2002-12-04 Thread Andrew Bennetts
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 10:14:23PM +1100, Mick wrote: I read somewhere that if you're using a mozilla web browser then you could stop pop-up adds I use Netscape 7.0, buyt can't find anything in prefrences to indicate any sort of pop up killer ... any tips from the pro's? Mozilla has it,

Re: [SLUG] Stopping pop ups

2002-12-04 Thread Kevin Saenz
I read somewhere that aol disabled the command to stop popups as this was the mainstay of their business. So the best bet is to keep using mozilla. it's under edit - preferences - Advanced - scripts This is the same under netscape but it doesn't work. It works well. The only problem is when you

RE: [SLUG] Perl and LWP::UserAgent With Cookies Support

2002-12-04 Thread LS
Hi Gavin: I actually was able to fetch the html pages that the php script generates after login in. I can also submit to forms within the admin area and capture the resulting html sent from the php script. The solution I used before your email is simply: $cookie_jar = HTTP::Cookies-new();

[SLUG] sticky proposal

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[SLUG] rp-pppoe and modem sync

2002-12-04 Thread Minh Van Le
I use Roaring Penguin PPPoE and have a D-Link ADSL 300 modem. Do I still receive traffic (and incur charges) if my ppp0 interface is down while my modem is on and sync'd ? Can my provider still send data downstream to me and count it as part of my system usage when I haven't logged on ? This is

[SLUG] December meeting cancelled.

2002-12-04 Thread Mary Gardiner
Hi everyone, This is a negative announcement: There will be NO December monthly meeting of SLUG. Our next monthly meeting will be on Friday the 31st of January. -Mary msg28548/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re[2]: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread evilbunny
Hello Jeff, scp? mind you I run proftpd for the poor ppl without good set of security tools and don't have virtuals... it locks things down tight... -- Best regards, evilbunnymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates

Re: [SLUG] Perl and LWP::UserAgent With Cookies Support

2002-12-04 Thread Gavin Carr
Hi Louis, On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:10:16PM +1100, LS wrote: I actually was able to fetch the html pages that the php script generates after login in. I can also submit to forms within the admin area and capture the resulting html sent from the php script. The solution I used before your

Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Lake
Michael Fox wrote: I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl have used and can recommend and what not maybe to use. apt-get install proftpd You didn't really read the email, did you? Yes, somewhat. But probably not entirely. However... since when wasn't

RE: [SLUG] rp-pppoe and modem sync

2002-12-04 Thread Minh Van Le
Do I have an IP address if I have not authenticated with my ISP ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Kempe Sent: Wednesday, 4 December 2002 20:58 To: Minh Van Le; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] rp-pppoe and modem sync Your

Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Fox
Quoting Michael Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks Michael for the proftpd suggestion. The description of it from apt-cache show seemed like it was very powerful and provided features I wont be using so I assumed the config files might be more complex too which may not be the case. So its in the

[SLUG] Mailman

2002-12-04 Thread Edwin Humphries
G'day, I'm a relative newbie, trying to set up Mailman on a RH7.2 box. I've installed into the default locations (/var/mailman), tested as suggested, and set up a test list. My mailbox receives the Your new mailing list: test message. Clicking on the links gets a 404 message. I've enabled the

Re: [SLUG] Mailman

2002-12-04 Thread Howard Lowndes
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Edwin Humphries wrote: G'day, I'm a relative newbie, trying to set up Mailman on a RH7.2 box. I've installed into the default locations (/var/mailman), tested as suggested, and set up a test list. My mailbox receives the Your new mailing list: test message. Clicking on

Re: [SLUG] Mailman

2002-12-04 Thread John Clarke
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:55:54AM +1100, Edwin Humphries wrote: Clicking on the links gets a 404 message. Where does the link point? I'm guessing it's something like: http://hostname/listinfo/test because of this: [error] [client 144.137.89.83] File does not exist:

[SLUG] Secure Merchant Services from PHP?

2002-12-04 Thread Karl Bowden
I am trying to setup a credit card payment option for a website, but I am finding it hard to find a Merchant Gateway provider in Australia that supports PHP. I have found that ANZ has 3 api's available - ASP, Java or Win32, St. George have a few solutions but do not provide any more details on

Re: [SLUG] Secure Merchant Services from PHP?

2002-12-04 Thread Paul L Daniels
On 05 Dec 2002 11:04:21 +1100 Karl Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to setup a credit card payment option for a website, but I am finding it hard to find a Merchant Gateway provider in Australia that supports PHP. I have found that ANZ has 3 api's available - ASP, While they all

Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread David Fitch
Hi Michael, I'm another vote for proftpd. Been using it for yonks, permanently connected to the the net, it gets many probes/ connections per day (none legitimate) and has stood up to it all so far (with the apt-get updates of course). (although the vsftp (or whatever it was) sounds interesting

Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Fox
Quoting David Fitch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Michael, I'm another vote for proftpd. Been using it for yonks, permanently connected to the the net, it gets many probes/ connections per day (none legitimate) and has stood up to it all so far (with the apt-get updates of course). (although the

Re: [SLUG] Secure Merchant Services from PHP?

2002-12-04 Thread Karl Bowden
So it seems then that both the ANZ and CommBank API can be interfaced fairly easily with PHP. I also heard that PHP 4.2 now includes SAIP (Server Application Interface Protocol) which is ment to make it easier to mix Perl and PHP scripts in the one site. eb - What shop frontend software do you

Re: [SLUG] sendmail banning no reverse dns

2002-12-04 Thread David Fitch
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:18:27PM +1100, Crossfire wrote: Kevin Waterson was once rumoured to have said: How is it possible to ban all mail from addresses that do not reverse lookup? This is not always a good idea - not every legimate mail server has a valid reverse lookup address.

Re: [SLUG] sendmail banning no reverse dns

2002-12-04 Thread Tony Green
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 13:21, David Fitch wrote: you could argue that it's not a legimate mail server if it doesn't reverse resolve. Are there valid reasons why they wouldn't reverse resolve? What if you house your machines at a co-lo site? You're allocated an IP and you can't control the

Re: [SLUG] sendmail banning no reverse dns

2002-12-04 Thread David Fitch
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 01:26:47PM +1100, Tony Green wrote: On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 13:21, David Fitch wrote: you could argue that it's not a legimate mail server if it doesn't reverse resolve. Are there valid reasons why they wouldn't reverse resolve? What if you house your machines at a

Re[2]: [SLUG] sendmail banning no reverse dns

2002-12-04 Thread evilbunny
Hello David, DF you might not be able to control the reverse mapping but it DF should still map to something - which is good enough. DF Are there co-lo places where the IP doesn't reverse map to DF anything? and if so, why? (apart from incompetence DF or cluelessness) Neither, it's to do with

Re: [SLUG] sendmail banning no reverse dns

2002-12-04 Thread David
I don't think it's off topic either.. i've been following closely On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, David Fitch wrote: On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 01:26:47PM +1100, Tony Green wrote: On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 13:21, David Fitch wrote: you could argue that it's not a legimate mail server if it doesn't

[SLUG] Terminal programs

2002-12-04 Thread Alan L Tyree
What do people use other than minicom as a terminal program. I'm on RH8 if it matters. Thanks, Alan -- -- Alan L Tyree[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/~alant Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 419 638 170 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 --

Re: [SLUG] Terminal programs

2002-12-04 Thread Ben Leslie
On Thu, 05 Dec 2002, Alan L Tyree wrote: What do people use other than minicom as a terminal program. I'm on RH8 if it matters. Seyon. Unfortunately it also sucks. Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Terminal programs

2002-12-04 Thread Chris Samuel
What do people use other than minicom as a terminal program. I'm on RH8 if it matters. Being an ex-UUCP weenie I tend to stick to using the cu program from the Taylors UUCP package. Quick usage would be: cu -s speed -l device where speed is obvious and device is something like /dev/ttyS0

[SLUG] PPP Multilink 2002

2002-12-04 Thread Steven Evans
Hey Guys, Am currently trying to setup a multilink connection with a 2.4.19 kernel, pppd 2.4.1, and slackware 7.1. I have 2 56k modems calling an isp with cisco digital access server 5300/5400's answering the call. I call the isp, get the same ip for both modems, but send traffic through one

Re: [SLUG] Secure Merchant Services from PHP?

2002-12-04 Thread Anand Kumria
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:04:21AM +1100, Karl Bowden wrote: I am trying to setup a credit card payment option for a website, but I am finding it hard to find a Merchant Gateway provider in Australia that supports PHP. I have found that ANZ has 3 api's available - ASP, CommSecure.com.au

Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Lake
Hi all, Thanks for the suggestions. I have installed vsftpd and will see how it goes. The config file is easy to follow which is nice. I'll test it out at home. Thanks all. Mike UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER

Re: [SLUG] DivX under linux

2002-12-04 Thread Steve Kowalik
At 9:18 pm, Wednesday, December 4 2002, Rev Simon Rumble mumbled: Though it's probably better to compile your own. The compile process is very easy (particularly for Debian users: debian/rules binary) once you've got all the dependencies. Of course, Rev Simon *meant* to say 'fakeroot