Re: [SLUG] editing passwd: alters home dir location ? or

2003-07-28 Thread Kevin Saenz
.kde .gtkrc are not needed. I would leave the bash files they may be of use if the users want to mod files on the system. ** Reply to note from Andrew McNaughton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:38:53 +1200 (NZST) Be a little careful. If the user's home directory is accessible from

Re: [SLUG] Sending mail

2003-07-28 Thread Andrew McNaughton
How about `sendmail -bd -q1h -X/var/log/thoughtpolice` ? It records incoming as well as outgoing mail though. To get only outgoing you'd presumably doctor your SMTP mailer definition. Andrew On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Kevin Saenz wrote: You can try using procmail Can Any one suggest me

Re: BIND zone file Re: [SLUG] vhost HTTPD.CONF: hostname-less webserver, can I have a

2003-07-28 Thread Gonzalo Servat
On 28/07/2003 3:09 PM +, Voytek Eymont wrote: [..snip..] what do I need here: zone file has: @ IN SOA wombat.sbt.net.au. admin.sbt.net.au. ( 0010 ; Serial number for this data (yymmdd##) ..stuff removed... ;

Re: [SLUG] Finding all config files... (Debian question))

2003-07-28 Thread Angus Lees
At Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:36:38 +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: I'm trying to set up a backup strategy. What I want to find is all the configuration files for the various installed packages. Some are obvious (/etc/apache/http.d.conf, /etc/passwd) Others are not

Re: [SLUG] Disk Access Speed

2003-07-28 Thread John McQuillen
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 11:34, Lyle Chapman wrote: Sorry one more question to annoy everybody with, I have installed a new 80gb seagate drive and the problem is when I copy something to or from it I am getting a woeful 3 mb/sec transfer speed. I ran hdparm -Tt /dev/hda and the result was the

[SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Kevin Saenz
Just wondering if anyone has started playing with 2.6.0 kernel? What's it like? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] updating kernel, rebbot after ?

2003-07-28 Thread Voytek Eymont
** Reply to note from Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:41:58 +1000 On Sun, Jul 27, 2003, Voytek Eymont wrote: what do I now need to reload the (new) kernel...? reboor or what else ? Reboot. is there any 'special' way to reboot to specify new kernel...? I rebooted, but,

Re: [SLUG] updating kernel, rebbot after ?

2003-07-28 Thread Mary
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003, Voytek Eymont wrote: ** Reply to note from Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:41:58 +1000 On Sun, Jul 27, 2003, Voytek Eymont wrote: what do I now need to reload the (new) kernel...? reboor or what else ? Reboot. is there any 'special' way

[SLUG] C - exec fn call env vars

2003-07-28 Thread Andy Eager
Hi all, Got a bit of a C code using execle() to call a shell script with a specific environment. I've got no trouble seeing the environment vars in bash. Is there any way of setting an environment variable in the shell script so that it modifies the environment of the *parent* process? I

Re: [SLUG] updating kernel, rebbot after ?

2003-07-28 Thread Brett Fenton
depending on your boot loader you need to specify where the kernel is. in lilo this is /etc/lilo.conf then re-run /sbin/lilo in grub you can either define in /boot/grub/menu.lst or just pass the kernel at the grub boot prompt. brett On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 05:02, Voytek Eymont wrote: ** Reply

Re: [SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Steve Kowalik
At 6:50 pm, Monday, July 28 2003, Kevin Saenz mumbled: Just wondering if anyone has started playing with 2.6.0 kernel? What's it like? I have. It's ... different. It uses modprobe.conf, rather than modules.conf, PCMCIA requires tweaking, and X doesn't work. And I've panic'd it twice. Oh well.

[SLUG] UserName and Groups disasster

2003-07-28 Thread Phillipus Gunawan
G'day, Just a few days ago, I was try to experiment with Samba+LDAP to store users and groups. As a start, I found out that webmin has a module that can auto-generate all the necessary things to set up LDAP as well as the SAMBA. So, I give it a try. The result? I've lost my ability to log in to

Re: [SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Kevin Saenz Just wondering if anyone has started playing with 2.6.0 kernel? What's it like? Check my X-Operating-System header. :-) Works well here (home desktop only), but there are some scheduling issues that make listening to ogg files and moving windows reasonably annoying. There

[SLUG] imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread Ben de Luca
After ten years of the same uni email address, the machine on which my mail lives is about to be retired. Given that I am not a uni student any more I am in a bind. Im looking for some one to sell me just an imap mail box some where. Can some one recommend any one? Ben de Luca For a few days

Re: [SLUG] imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread Chris Deigan
Ben de Luca wrote: Im looking for some one to sell me just an imap mail box some where. Can some one recommend any one? host.sk, if you don't mind waiting a while... - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Angus Lees
At Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:44:13 +1000, Steven Kowalik wrote: At 6:50 pm, Monday, July 28 2003, Kevin Saenz mumbled: Just wondering if anyone has started playing with 2.6.0 kernel? What's it like? I have. It's ... different. It uses modprobe.conf, rather than modules.conf, PCMCIA requires

Re: [SLUG] C - exec fn call env vars

2003-07-28 Thread Stuart Cooper
Got a bit of a C code using execle() to call a shell script with a specific environment. I've got no trouble seeing the environment vars in bash. Is there any way of setting an environment variable in the shell script so that it modifies the environment of the *parent* process? no

Re: [SLUG] C - exec fn call env vars

2003-07-28 Thread Angus Lees
At Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:15:07 +1000, Andy Eager wrote: Is there any way of setting an environment variable in the shell script so that it modifies the environment of the *parent* process? nope. I fear not - but is there any way of returning something from a shell other than through an exit

Re: [SLUG] updating kernel, rebbot after ?

2003-07-28 Thread Voytek Eymont
You are indeed, from what I can see, running the newest kernel installed on your machine. Which version of the kernel does RHN want you to upgrade to? Mary, thanks RHN says I need this: RHSA-2003:238Updated 2.4 kernel fixes vulnerabilities Synopsis Updated 2.4 kernel fixes

Re: [SLUG] updating kernel, rebbot after ?

2003-07-28 Thread Mary
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003, Voytek Eymont wrote: Filter by Latest Package: 1 - 1 of 1 (0 selected) SelectLatest Package Installed Package Related Errata kernel-2.4.20-19.7 kernel-2.4.20-18.7 kernel-2.4.18-5 RHSA-2003:238-14 Well,

RE: [SLUG] imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread Jon Biddell
-= After ten years of the same uni email address, the machine -= on which my mail lives is about to be retired. Given that I -= am not a uni student any more I am in a bind. -= -= Im looking for some one to sell me just an imap mail box -= some where. Can some one recommend any one? Ben,

Re: [SLUG] Sending mail

2003-07-28 Thread Md. Ashraful Alam
Every one is saying use procmail ...But I want the clear procedure . === Thank You Md. Ashraful Alam - Original Message - From: Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Md. Ashraful Alam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[SLUG] CD I/O errors

2003-07-28 Thread David
I've been sent a data CD from england.. probably windows... that I can't read. I'm managed to retrieve a directory of jpg's from it, but other files won't read at all i get I/O errors. Is this likely to be some Windows weirdness? if so what if anything can I do about it? I don't possess a

Re: [SLUG] CD I/O errors

2003-07-28 Thread Md. Ashraful Alam
David Probably The CD was not write perfectlly . === Thank You Md. Ashraful Alam - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: [SLUG] CD I/O errors

[SLUG] Personalising samba mounts

2003-07-28 Thread mick
Hi All, We have an e-smith server that has unused home directories for each user and a common shared directory. We currently access the common share using one users name and password, in /etc/fstab, even though the common share allows anonymous logins. I would like to edit the /etc/fstab file

Re: [SLUG] Sending mail

2003-07-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Md. Ashraful Alam wrote: Every one is saying use procmail ...But I want the clear procedure . Well, if you mean what everyone seems to think you mean, then it will require fiddling with sendmail delivery options, mail transports. I don't think a lot of people have

Re: [SLUG] Sending mail

2003-07-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Jamie Wilkinson This one time, at band camp, Md. Ashraful Alam wrote: Every one is saying use procmail ...But I want the clear procedure . Well, if you mean what everyone seems to think you mean, then it will require fiddling with sendmail delivery options, mail transports. I

Re: [SLUG] Re: Multi-page TIFF Viewer/Printer

2003-07-28 Thread Stuart Guthrie
Thanks to all who replied. xnview was great but only for viewing (no print option!!!) This live below worked a treat and the clues were provided by Angus, Jeff and Anand: convert {1}.tif {1}.ps ; gv {1}.ps I also tried the above with pdf/xpdf but it broke and also took forever. ps rocks! So

Re: [SLUG] updating kernel, rebbot after ?

2003-07-28 Thread Voytek Eymont
** Reply to note from Jamie Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:53:32 +1000 So, when you up2date, are you actually installing the kernel or is it telling you that the package is being skipped because of the configuration? no. RHN it say it was 'succesfull'. Try up2date -f

[SLUG] Static Routes 101

2003-07-28 Thread Kevin Fitzgerald
Title: Message Hi All A pretty Basic question but one that is stumping me. I have a commercial need to add three static routes to my IPCOP gateway machine. I have added default gateways by using #route add default gw [IP address] But how do I add the following Static routes?

Re: [SLUG] Static Routes 101

2003-07-28 Thread Martin
$author = Kevin Fitzgerald ; But how do I add the following Static routes? 172.31.0.0/16 to 192.168.0.252 10.100.0.0/16 to 192.168.0.252 192.168.0.0/16 to 192.168.0.252 if you don't have a route to 192.168.0.252 yet you need to set that first. route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask

Re: [SLUG] binfmt_coff.o: where can I get/build it?

2003-07-28 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 22:25, Chris wrote: I recently update my kernel to 2.4.20-18 and now binfmt_coff.o is missing. It normally resides in /lib/modules/2.4.20*/kernel/fs/. Where I can I get this file? I am not that familiar with kernel modification, how do I make a copy of this file?

[SLUG] Please help!

2003-07-28 Thread tony cao
Hi, please help. Currently I am running RedHat 9 (Kernel is 2.4.20-8smp). I would like to upgrade my kernel to 2.4.20-19smp but when I used up2date GUI. It could not upgrade my kernel and later I found out that I have the errors below. How can I fix it? I ran the command rpm -qa | grep

Re: [SLUG] Re: imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread Mary
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, Anand Kumria wrote: Can't recommend any but a quick google 'email hosting site:au' turned up lots of possibilities. One name that was familiar to me was: URL: http://www.anchor.net.au/email-hosting.php which offers what I think you want for $69/pa That particular hosting

[SLUG] Marking packets at the user level

2003-07-28 Thread Howard Lowndes
I have a situation where I have a workgroup server which has several user accounts on it; the users connect to the server from their desktops which act as basic X terminals. I want to be able to block some users from web browsing and accessing external mail servers, etc. whilst allowing others

[SLUG] Re: binfmt_coff.o: where can I get/build it?

2003-07-28 Thread Chris
Oops, I forgot to mention that I have Redhat 8.0 and I updated the kernel using up2date. Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Re: imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread Chris Deigan
Mary wrote: That particular hosting plan seems to require that you have a domain name. This is probably a good idea in any case -- a domain name is not subject to the whim of others. If you don't want to go with your own domain (or possibly subdomain of one of your friend's registered domains,

Re: [SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Andrew Bennetts
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 08:19:56PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Kevin Saenz Just wondering if anyone has started playing with 2.6.0 kernel? What's it like? Check my X-Operating-System header. :-) Works well here (home desktop only), I would check it, if it was there... -Andrew.

Re: [SLUG] C - exec fn call env vars

2003-07-28 Thread Andrew Bennetts
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:15:07PM +1000, Andy Eager wrote: Hi all, Got a bit of a C code using execle() to call a shell script with a specific environment. I've got no trouble seeing the environment vars in bash. Is there any way of setting an environment variable in the shell script

Re: [SLUG] Static Routes 101

2003-07-28 Thread Oscar Plameras
But how do I add the following Static routes? 172.31.0.0/16 to 192.168.0.252 route add -net 172.31.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.??? gw 192.168.0.252 I've never used the 172.31.0.0/16 form, so I don't know if it works. '172.31.0.0/16', is another way of writing '172.31.0.0 netmask

RE: [SLUG] Marking packets at the user level

2003-07-28 Thread Visser, Martin (Sydney)
As the actual client application are going to be running on the same server, I think you will be hard pressed to get packet marking to work at that level. I have done packet marking, classify and policing, but only using hardware routers and marking either by host addresses or TCP/UDP port. (The

Re: [SLUG] Re: imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread DE LUCA Ben
I just looks like pop mail to me, I need IMAP or laptop. And i think IMAP is cheaper. On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 01:54, Anand Kumria wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 20:49:46 +1000, Ben de Luca wrote: After ten years of the same uni email address, the machine on which my mail lives is about to be

Re: [SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Andrew Bennetts Check my X-Operating-System header. :-) Works well here (home desktop only), I would check it, if it was there... Turns out I don't send those headers to SLUG. :-) - Jeff -- Get Informed: SCO vs. IBMhttp://sco.iwethey.org/

Re: [SLUG] Re: imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread DE LUCA Ben
The problem is with standard ISP's you only get POP mail and you have to buy internet access off them. I change ISP's enough that I dont want to do that. On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 08:59, Mary wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, Anand Kumria wrote: Can't recommend any but a quick google 'email hosting

Re: [SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Kevin Saenz
Maybe I'm dumb but I never saw any mention of reiserfs in 2.6.0 did they kill it from the kernel? I was only just reading about how fast reiserfs4 is going to be. quote who=Kevin Saenz Just wondering if anyone has started playing with 2.6.0 kernel? What's it like? Check my

Re: [SLUG] Static Routes 101

2003-07-28 Thread Kevin Saenz
you might have a file in /etc/sysconfig/ or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts called static routes all you need to do is add net 172.31.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 gw 192.168.0.252 (Hmmm just wondering if your systems not going to freak.) Hi All A pretty Basic question but one that is stumping me. I

Re: [SLUG] Re: imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread Mary
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, DE LUCA Ben wrote: The problem is with standard ISP's you only get POP mail and you have to buy internet access off them. I change ISP's enough that I dont want to do that. Fair enough, I'd recommend you go for your own domain/subdomain then (Chris's idea about the

[SLUG] OT - Converting EPS to text

2003-07-28 Thread Richard Hayes
Dear list, I need to convert an eps file to text under windows. It is easy under Linux /unix but I do not understand how to do it un M$ Richard Hayes Nada Marketing - Australia UK 2/713 Pacific Hwy Gordon Australia 2072 Ph +(61-2) 9418 4545 Fax +(61-2) 9418 4348 Mob +(61) 0414 618 425

Re: [SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Kevin Saenz Maybe I'm dumb but I never saw any mention of reiserfs in 2.6.0 did they kill it from the kernel? I was only just reading about how fast reiserfs4 is going to be. Reiser3 is still in 2.6. Hans is trying to get Reiser4 in. Depending on how much of an effect Andrew Morton

[SLUG] Quiet keyboards

2003-07-28 Thread Andrew Monkhouse
Not quite Linux I know, but SWMBO is complaining about the noise I am making while typing. I do have a noisy keyboard, and I type fast, which makes for a lot of fast loud clicks, which gets her heart racing. So I am looking for a very quiet keyboard. Must be compatible with Linux (cannot

[SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread Mary
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, Jeff Waugh wrote: But you're better off choosing ext3, jfs or xfs over reiserfs. :-) C'mon, back your assertions, it makes world domination easier you know! -Mary ... still genuinely interested in the filesystem debate, in which people make surprisingly few good arguments.

Re: [SLUG] Quiet keyboards

2003-07-28 Thread Gonzalo Servat
On 29/07/2003 12:49 PM +1000, Andrew Monkhouse wrote: Not quite Linux I know, but SWMBO is complaining about the noise I am making while typing. I do have a noisy keyboard, and I type fast, which makes for a lot of fast loud clicks, which gets her heart racing. So I am looking for a very

Re: [SLUG] Quiet keyboards

2003-07-28 Thread Brett Fenton
I've got a logitech cordless which is relatively quiet and the cordless is good if you have a desk full of crap like me. Brett Andrew Monkhouse wrote: Not quite Linux I know, but SWMBO is complaining about the noise I am making while typing. I do have a noisy keyboard, and I type fast,

Re: [SLUG] Disk Access Speed

2003-07-28 Thread John McQuillen
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 13:17, Lyle Chapman wrote: So I just add this to the drive_whitelist? { Seagate, ALL }, The model value gained with `hdparm -i` is what you use where you have Seagate as below... # hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=ST360015A, FwRev=3.33,

Re: [SLUG] OT - Converting EPS to text

2003-07-28 Thread Michael Lake
Richard Hayes wrote: I need to convert an eps file to text under windows. It is easy under Linux /unix but I do not understand how to do it un M$ Install Ghostscript for Windows. That comes with a small utility called epstopdf - yep the same one as on Linux. Run epstopdf myfile.eps and you

Re: [SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
-Mary ... still genuinely interested in the filesystem debate, in which people make surprisingly few good arguments. Ok, I'll throw my diaper into the ring... PartitionMagic works with ext3, I'm slowly shrinking my Window$ partitions, thus... Also, something I know quite a bit less about,

Re: [SLUG] anyone tried 2.6.0-test-beta?

2003-07-28 Thread Angus Lees
At Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:05:35 +1000, Andrew Bennetts wrote: On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 09:03:05PM +, Angus Lees wrote: I was going to say I hadn't noticed any difference - but I just tried getting X to work and I can't find the right module to make /dev/psaux work :( I'm guessing that

Re: [SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Mary On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, Jeff Waugh wrote: But you're better off choosing ext3, jfs or xfs over reiserfs. :-) C'mon, back your assertions, it makes world domination easier you know! :-) Lots of rehashing here, but for the benefit of the list: Okay, so, reiserfs has no recovery

Re: [SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread Brett Fenton
http://www.vmars.tuwien.ac.at/courses/akti12/journal/02ws/article_02ws_Menedetter.pdf I read this a while back it's about as clear as it's going to get, though has dated very slightly. Brett Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Mary On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, Jeff Waugh wrote: But you're better off

[SLUG] Open Source Software Seminars - Canberra/Melbourne/Sydney

2003-07-28 Thread Perry, David J
Unfortunately this seminar costs $440 but it may be of interest to some people. I've deleted the attachment but the link has all the details. Cheers David + NOIE conducted a seminar on

Re: [SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread James Gregory
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 14:16, Jeff Waugh wrote: XFS is a long-standing filesystem that has been used on OS/2 and IRIX. It is especially good for high throughput applications, such as media work (which is not surprising given SGI's market). Metadata only journalling, scales incredibly well with

Re: [SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread Mary
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Mary On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, Jeff Waugh wrote: But you're better off choosing ext3, jfs or xfs over reiserfs. :-) C'mon, back your assertions, it makes world domination easier you know! :-) Lots of rehashing here, but for the

Re: [SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 00:45, Brett Fenton wrote: http://www.vmars.tuwien.ac.at/courses/akti12/journal/02ws/article_02ws_Menedetter.pdf I read this a while back it's about as clear as it's going to get, though has dated very slightly. It's also not there. Cheers, Bret Brett Jeff

[SLUG] Give your Man The Extra He Needs

2003-07-28 Thread Delbert Velasquez
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Re: [SLUG] Re: imap mail box for me?

2003-07-28 Thread Chris Deigan
DE LUCA Ben wrote: I just looks like pop mail to me, I need IMAP or laptop. And i think IMAP is cheaper. A shell (ssh) account may also be what you are after.. - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread Brett Fenton
When I click on the link it auto downloads the pdf it works for me. Brett Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 00:45, Brett Fenton wrote: http://www.vmars.tuwien.ac.at/courses/akti12/journal/02ws/article_02ws_Menedetter.pdf I read this a while back it's about as clear as it's

Re: [SLUG] Filesystems

2003-07-28 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=James Gregory Right, and since XFS is meta-data journalling (like reiser), you have no more protection of data integrity than with reiserfs. I have reiser on my laptop, and xfs on my desktop machine. As you can image, the laptop loses power far more often than the desktop machine