[SLUG] Is SATA a viable upgrade for aging Linux workstations?

Hey everyone, I'm stuck at a crossroads right now. My main Athlon 1.2 Ghz workstation with a Promise UDMA5/100 controller is probably on its last legs before retirement (its given me 3 years of loyal service -- looking to squeeze out 2 more). Seeing as it needs a new harddrive anyway, I'm really w

Re: [SLUG] su - Password expired

On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 03:09:57PM +1000, Adam W wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone seen this problem before. Cant seem to find an answer on google > on how to fix. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] adamw]$ su > Password: > Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator > su: incorrect password > >

[SLUG] su - Password expired

Hi, Anyone seen this problem before. Cant seem to find an answer on google on how to fix. [EMAIL PROTECTED] adamw]$ su Password: Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator su: incorrect password [EMAIL PROTECTED] adamw]$ chage -l adamw Minimum:-1 Maximum:6

Re: [SLUG] Messaging & Kicking Users on Console

This one time, at band camp, Adam W wrote: >1) how do i kick people off my linux box that are logged in via ssh or >someother means i.e how do i get rid of them out of "w" be root, and kill the shell process >2) how do i send messages to people logged in on ssh etc. Similar to >when you halt the

[SLUG] Messaging & Kicking Users on Console

Hi All, Have googled for this but cannot seem to find the answer to these pretty simple/common (i thought) questions. 1) how do i kick people off my linux box that are logged in via ssh or someother means i.e how do i get rid of them out of "w" 2) how do i send messages to people logged in on ss

[SLUG] file permissions, php, & move_uploaded_file

I've spent 2 days googling for an answer to this one, and come up short. So I'm asking here in case someone knows the (obvious to some) simple answer. The system is SME-server 6.0 final. I've changed the user apache runs as (to jserver) and added that account name as a user on the system, and add

Re: [SLUG] bash pptp heartbeat script

Quoting James Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Amanda wrote: > > Have a pptp connection from SME server to windows 2000 vpn server. > > I'm looking for a bash script which will periodically (launched from cron) > ping > > a machine on the remote network and restart pptp if it doesn't respond. > > >

Re: [SLUG] bash pptp heartbeat script

Quoting David Kempe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Amanda wrote: > > > Have a pptp connection from SME server to windows 2000 vpn server. > > I'm looking for a bash script which will periodically (launched from cron) > ping > > a machine on the remote network and restart pptp if it doesn't respond. > >

Re: [SLUG] bash pptp heartbeat script

Amanda wrote: Have a pptp connection from SME server to windows 2000 vpn server. I'm looking for a bash script which will periodically (launched from cron) ping a machine on the remote network and restart pptp if it doesn't respond. if you have control over both ends you might consider openvpn as

Re: [SLUG] bash pptp heartbeat script

Amanda wrote: Have a pptp connection from SME server to windows 2000 vpn server. I'm looking for a bash script which will periodically (launched from cron) ping a machine on the remote network and restart pptp if it doesn't respond. I wrote a similar thing for dos years ago which captured the outpu

Re: [SLUG] quarantine all image files

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:22:30 +1100 Richard Ames <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Consider http://messagewall.org/ > > Would appreciate your reaction Looks like abandonware. Last updated in 2002. And why would they use openantivirus over clamav?! Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Maili